Dan Avery

Wendy’s burns the Twitterverse with annual ‘roast’ day

Wendy’s launched its “#NationalRoastDay” campaign on Twitter Wednesday, inviting fans to nominate themselves for a shady slight from the square-burger purveyor’s social media team. The annual marketing campaign drew requests for cheeky insults from thousands of users, as well as other food and beverage companies, including Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Oreo, Velveeta and Oscar Mayer. Still …

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Americans spent a third of waking hours on mobile devices in 2021, report finds

With pandemic lockdowns worldwide last year, we all had plenty of time to play with our favorite handheld devices. In the top 10 markets, the average time spent on mobile devices was 4.8 hours a day in 2021, according to mobile-analytics firm App Annie, an increase of 30% from 2019. Consumer spending on mobile games grew to $27.3 billion in …

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