11393: Samsung Smart TV Is Dumb.

Can’t tell if this Samsung Smart TV commercial depicts an interracial family or a gay couple with Asian housekeepers.

10601: Overreaction Of The Week.

The Chicago Tribune reported Verizon will soon sell Black and Brown Samsung Galaxy S III smartphones. Were Blacks and Browns not smart enough to be smartphones before now?

Verizon to sell black, brown versions of Samsung Galaxy S III

By Salvador Rodriguez

Verizon will offer the Samsung Galaxy S III in four different colors as the carrier looks for ways to give consumers another reason to keep buying the smartphone.

The New Jersey carrier this week announced on its website that it will begin selling sapphire black and amber brown versions of the Galaxy S III. It did not specify when they would be available. The carrier currently sells the phone in marble white and pebble blue.

The Galaxy S III was the highest selling phone in the U.S. in August, outselling the iPhone 4S, but the recently released iPhone 5 could retake that title from Samsung.

Samsung has been attacking the iPhone 5 with marketing campaigns highlighting the Galaxy S III’s features, including its large 4.8-inch screen. Recently, Nokia also began attacking the Apple phone by pointing out iPhones’ lack of color options.

The addition of black and brown versions of the Galaxy S III may help Verizon against the other top U.S. networks, which also sell the popular Android device.

AT&T sells the phone in blue, white and garnet red versions while T-Mobile and Sprint sell the phone only in blue and white.

6089: Gains And Losses.

Ups and downs with a MultiCultClassics Monologue…

• French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis suspended sales of its anti-obesity drug after health officials stated the drug posed too many risks. Or maybe Sanofi-Aventis saw McDonald’s continuously escalating profits and decided, “Aw, fuck it.”

• Xerox announced plans to cut 3,000 jobs. The affected employees can expect to receive termination paperwork as soon as someone unjams the Xerox machines and gets the damned things to work.

• The New York Times announced 3Q profits dropped 51 percent. Ironically, it was not exclusively reported in The New York Times.

• Samsung reported 3Q profits dropped 44 percent. “Overall, our third-quarter earnings were impacted by the worsening market conditions resulting from the slowdown in the global economy,” said Samsung’s executive vice president. “Moreover, our DRAM, NAND and LCD businesses all faced steep price declines led by persistent oversupply in the industry.” Hey, you can never have too many DRAMs, NANDs and LCDs.