Brazil’s 7-1 hammering at the hands of the Nationalmannschaft has rendered all other conversations over the last 24 hours completely irrelevant. And in addition to hijacking all office-based conversations, the footballing debacle also took hold of Twitter, breaking a few records along the way. And, in an effort to give a graphic representation of how mad the online community went during the match, Twitter published an interactive map that shows how people throughout the world responded to the each goal being scored.

Whybin\TBWA has been through a fair amount of change since Todd McLeay took over in early 2013, both in terms of clients and staff. But, much to the agency’s relief, it has retained its biggest client after ANZ re-signed its trans-Tasman contract. PLUS: Yellow also picks the agency for a brand refresh.

In terms of vehicular annoyances, people who put those little white stickers of their family on the back window rank pretty highly. Why, people, why? Personalised plates are not far behind. And cheesy spare tyre covers are also a leading cause of road rage. But this one, which was spotted in deepest suburbia on a leisurely Sunday drive, is an exception and, with some quality Engrish, shows the essence of the RAV4 brand.

Up until relatively recently, Kickstarter had rules and a degree of vetting to try and keep out the scams and fakes. That meant there was no funny business like that seen on various auction sites. The rules have changed, however, and now it’s basically a free-for-all as long as “it’s not illegal, regulated or dangerous”. And one of the first major beneficiaries of that has been Zack Danger Brown, who asked for $10 to make his first ever potato salad and currently has over $30,000.

Samsung loves poking fun at Apple and their fans. It has been a big focus in their ad campaigns over the last couple of years and they’ve just done it again with their latest spot, titled “Wall Huggers”.

There was a lot of excitement when Google launched its prototype driverless car recently. But, as this impressive stunt for Hyundai shows, we already seem to have the technology.

A new logo for Villa Maria’s Wise Owl range has been given the nod of approval – a New World Stratford liquor manager is keeping it for life as a tattoo.

Richard Newstead, a senior content editor at Getty Images, recently compiled a gallery of his favourite images from the ‘Our Moment’ collections featured on the website. The result is a varied series of 15 images that gives the viewer a momentary glimpse at colourful cityscapes, blissful dogs, blinding sunrises, re-imaginings of historical landmarks and more.

The rural sector has helped keep New Zealand afloat over the past few fairly difficult years and, as the amount of spending done at Fieldays shows, it’s a sector with a fair bit of confidence (and cash) at the moment. And, in an effort to better reach that sector, APN NZ has launched The Land, a new weekly rural publication sandwiched between the pages of APN’s six regional newspapers that are read across the North Island by town and country dwellers alike.

Barbie is now an entrepreneur, with an actual LinkedIn profile. With her briefcase and smartphone, she’s ready to inspire/mislead little girls through a career at her latest venture “Dream Incubator”.

Satire is an important part of democracy, although judging by his various legal challenges, Colin Craig obviously doesn’t agree. And @nintendoug, “an angry man with a computer”, has given New Zealand a wonderful satirical gift in the form of Neetflux, which gives the right (and the media) a bit of a nudge with a series of fake movie posters.

This morning, yet another bombshell hit the SVOD space with the announcement that Slingshot had introduced its global mode, which will give Kiwi subscribers access to services such as Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, BBC iPlayer. This announcement comes only a week after Telecom launched its SVOD service called Lightbox and two weeks after Sky sent out a release saying that it was planning to launch a similar service in the near future.

Five interactive digital billboards will reign in Auckland’s CBD by the end of July, bringing a little bit more of Times Square to little old New Zealand. The existing single digital billboard in Queen St will soon link up with a network of four others that will be installed in Newmarket, Newton, Eden Terrace and Grafton, with full social media interaction capabilities.

This one is an interesting take on the drunk driving PSA. Instead of blood and guts, SAAQ of Quebec went with a subtle and more thought-provoking approach. Using a series of pulleys, this PSA explores the cause and effect relationship of drinking and driving.

In the new Kia Sportage spot by Work Communications, New Zealand’s green landscape and pristine waters serve as a foil to office-based captivity and the screen-staring that often comes with it. And while driving to a desolate swimming beach and diving in seems like a liberating idea, it probably isn’t quite as pleasurable as what it seems. What the footage shot by TVNZ’s Blacksand fails to tell the viewer is that the spot was shot at the onset of winter and that lead talent Sophie Baragwanath had to endure frigid swims during one day of shooting.

Over the last week, Heart of the City has been promoting its ‘Where Next?’ app, which was first announced in May. Designed in collaboration between VMob and Colenso, Where Next? puts VMob’s platform to work with a free iPhone and Android app designed to personalise the information visitors get about events, attractions, retail and hospitality, venues, deals and places to find out what’s on.

Snow in May never stays. Snow in June still too soon. Snow in July, it will lie. That old adage seems to have been true this year, and the snow lovers are getting their wish this week with some big dumps around the country. So Air New Zealand, Host Sydney and content creators Diaries Downunder have decided to celebrate the welcome arrival of the white stuff with a spot of synchronised snow sliding on Isobel Glacier. Plus: Tourism New Zealand’s snow-related efforts to tempt the Aussies.

The Associated Press recently revealed that it would be automating its business reporting through a series of algorithms that compose 150- to 300-word stories in lieu of actual humans. Powered by technology developed by a company called Automated Insights, these algorithms pull data from readily available statistics and are already used by the New York Times for its wedding announcements and by Forbes for its earning reports previews. According to Mashable, the technology resulted in 300 million automated stories last year, a number that’s higher than that produced by all the major media companies combined. And in 2014, they’re setting the bar even higher by aiming to produce over a billion stories.