Welcome to Allex Radu English Blog

This is my personal blog in English and here you'll see posts about tech and advertising topics.

My name is Allex Radu, I'm 26 year old and I live in Romania. I been a blogger for about four years and I written posts ranging from itunes controversy to president assassinations.

On this blog I write for you my take on technology and advertising, you also will be seeing my weekly video podcast about advertising named "Ad Critic".

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2011 Prius ad vs 2011 Honda Civic Hybrid ad

In this eleventh episode of Ad Critic I’ve reviewed another two car ads, this time some hybrids, Toyota Prius vs Honda Civic Hybrid.

If you want to watch separately the ads that I’ve reviewed in this episode you can watch them bellow.

Chevy Volt ad vs. Nissan Leaf ad

For the landmark 10th episode of AD Critic I’ve decide to do a special episode in which I review and compare 2 commercials of each product (4 in total), in this case electric cars: Chevy Volt vs Nissan Leaf .

 

If you want to watch separately the ads that I’ve reviewed in this episode you can watch them bellow.

For your homework, watch rest of the ads of these two products.

Apple Macbook Air ad vs. Samsung Series 9 Notebook ad

For this episode I’ve decided to review another two ads of a two hot products, Apple Macbook Air vs. Samsung Series 9 Notebook. This is another battle between Apple and Samsung, but who will win on the advertising front after I’ve put these ads head to head?

If you want to watch separately the ads that I’ve reviewed in this episode you can watch them bellow.

For your homework, watch another ad of each product down bellow and write your own review.

Hyundai Santa Fe ad vs Kia Sorento ad

In the 8 episode of the AD Critic show I’ve reviewed the Hyundai Santa Fe ad and the famous KIA Sorento ad with the toys that taking a road trip to Vegas.

If you want to watch separately the ads that I’ve reviewed in this episode you can watch them bellow.

As homework, watch another ad of each product down bellow and write your own review.

Apple iPhone 4 ad vs. Samsung Galaxy S2 ad

In the seventh episode of AD Critic I’ve put head to head two commercials of some hot products, Apple iPhone 4 and Samsung Galaxy S2 or Samsung Galaxy S II.  Do your homework and see the rest of the ads bellow.

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If you want to watch separately the ads that I’ve reviewed in this episode you can watch them bellow.

Watch all the ads of the Apple iPhone 4 (left) and Samsung Galaxy S2 (right) using the playlists bellow:

Apple iPad 2 ad vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 ad

In the sixth episode of Ad Critic I’m reviewing and comparing the Apple iPad 2 and and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 ad. You probably know how Apple iPad 2 differs from Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, but did you know how their ads compare? In the sixth episode of AD Critic I’ve reviewed both commercials and I’ve compared them. This is a double episode (in length), but trust me is worth your time. Watch it bellow. Please rate and subscribe!

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If you want to watch separately the ads that I’ve reviewed in this episode you can watch them bellow.

Legendary Zazoo Ad vs Durex Bunny Ad

In this episode I’ve reviewed and compared two condoms ads with completely different tag lines.

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If you want to watch separately the ads that I’ve reviewed in this episode you can watch them bellow.

Anti-Gay Insurance Ad vs. We Don’t Discriminate Against Gay Ad

In this episode of AD Critic I’ve compared two gay commercials, one of which had been banned. To see why it has been banned and to find out why is not a good idea to advertise that you don’t discriminate people watch the forth episode of this show.

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If you want to watch separately the ads that I’ve reviewed in this episode you can watch them bellow.

Apple 1984 ad vs 2011 Motorola Xoom Superbowl ad

In this third episode of AD Critic I’ve put the legendary Apple 1984 ad head to head to it’s modern counterpart, the 2011 Motorola Xoom Superbowl ad.

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If you want to watch separately the ads that I’ve reviewed in this episode you can watch them bellow.

Google is banning users outside US from installing Google+ Android App

Since I’ve registered to Google+ I’ve wanted to install the android App because I have an Android Smart Phone and I want to be able to use Google+ on my smartphone more easily than going to m.google.com/plus like all the non-smartphone people, but it turns out that I can’t because Google sees me that I’m using an Android smart phone in Romania (by the way, I live in Romania) so when I’m trying to install the app on Android Market I get this message: This item cannot be installed in your device’s country.

Google banning Google+ users outside US on Android

I truly don’t get this, isn’t the idea o gathering more users so Google can find more information about them and using this information to push ads to them, this is Google mantra, so why banning several countries from  installing your social network app on your mobile O.S., this is idiotic.

My smartphone is compatible because it supports even Android 2.1 and I have Android 2.2.1 . Can somebody give me more information about why is this happening?