The writer got an invite to Xbox UK London HQ to meet with members of the Xbox LIVE advertising team. A senior digital art director/UX designer told him advertising created for the current Xbox dashboard must be compatible with the controller and with Kinect, whilst ensuring that they "work exactly the same." With Kinect being bundled with the Xbox One, there will be more advertising engagement with the peripheral, he writes, but also the opportunity for more targeted advertisements.

"Hitler" fried chicken. It's for real, and it's in Thailand. Horrid taste aside (though the chicken is supposed to be good), the logo looks like KFC's, so the company is mulling legal action against the fried chicken shop named Hitler that sports a storefront emblem very similar to KFC's, only with Adolf Hitler's head replacing Colonel Sanders'.

Walmart has spent more than a year targeting its supermarket competitors in television advertisements. But Food Lion is fighting back. A television commercial for Food Lion running currently in select markets shows a shopper at a store resembling a Wal-Mart asking an employee where the syrup can be found. The shopper waits while the worker calls across to several departments in an attempt to locate the item before directing the shopper to pharmacy - for cough syrup.

Fazoli's and Sbarro each plan to debut a fast-casual Italian concept in the near future. Fazoli's plans to open two fast-casual Italian eateries by the end of this year. The yet-to-be-named concept will operate as a separate brand under Fazoli's. Sbarro is launching fast-casual brand Pizza Cucinova in Columbus, Ohio, this fall. The brand will focus on pizzas and salads. Piada, also based in Columbus, is serving up Italian street food at 10 locations. Boca Raton, Florida-based Italio, with similar offerings to Piada, has three restaurants in Florida and another three slated to open.

The New York Red Bulls Major League Soccer team has to go mano a mano against more than 10 professional sports teams (Yankees, Mets, etc.,) for fans not just soccer teams. Adding to that challenge is next month's debut of the relaunched Cosmos, and in 2015, the New York City Football Club, a new team funded by the deep pockets of the U.K.'s Manchester City franchise and the New York Yankees. Earlier this year, the Red Bulls hired R/GA to boost recognition and ticket sales.

Smartphone app developer Shazam is getting $40 million to back the development of the start-up best known as a digital ear that can identify songs. The move is surprising for 73-year-old Slim, who built his company America Movil in a more staid sector, namely the highly regulated telecommunications and TV business in Latin America.

Diesel's new artistic director, Nicola Formichetti, is benind the brand's new campaign on Tumblr, #dieselreboot, where consumers can contribute to the brand's "second life." The company wants to bring tastemakers together to form a creative community. Over the next few weeks, Formichetti will broadcast calls to action on the #dieselreboot Tumblr account, asking users to contribute imagery, inspiration, ideas, and artwork. Consumers can also contribute using the #dieselreboot hashtag on Twitter, Instagram, and Vine.

Ruffles, a potato chip brand under PepsiCo's Frito-Lay division is launching Crispy Fries Potato Strips, available nationwide this month and timed with National French Fry Day on July 13. They can also can be microwaved for a straight-from-the-diner flavor, the company noted.

The death of Cadillac's planned "halo" car has been exaggerated. There've been several widely discussed stories over the past few days suggesting that Cadillac has given up on a planned $100,000 "show-stopper," possibly based on the Cadillac Ciel concept vehicle because General Motors bean-counters couldn't pencil in an appropriate business case to justify the necessary investment. TheDetroitBureau.com has been advised that, indeed, a "large luxury" model has been scrapped from the Cadillac plan. But several sources have stressed that the decision had more to do with the potential for that specific design than anything else.

With cell phones packing professional-level cameras, companies that make actual cameras -- companies like Nikon -- know that the convergence compromised devices have the life expectancy of 35mm film. Nikon President Makoto Kimura says the number of people dropping compact cameras for smartphones is "exploding" and that his company has created a new imaging business team to address the problem. He said that its task is "to create a product that will change the concept of cameras," adding that such a device will come to market in less than five years. But can it make calls?