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Clickjacking Campaign Exploits European Cookie Law

Malwarebytes warns of advertising scam tricking users via the European cookie popup notification

9 years ago

Twitter Targets Outside Users With Extra Ads

New strategy will look to advertise to people who read tweets without logging in to Twitter

9 years ago

Wikipedia Brings In AI Editor

Wikipedia entries to face scrutiny from artificial intelligence tool in order to ease editor workload

9 years ago

Has Adobe Finally Admitted The Death Of Flash?

Steve Jobs hated it, and now its parent company encourages migration to modern alternative HTML5

9 years ago

NME Readers Got A Taste Of Microsoft’s Sponsored Content And They Hated It

Blog: But Microsoft isn't the real nme here, online advertising is surely necessary to survive?

9 years ago

Concern Raised At JPEG Copyright Clampdown

Proposals to make JPEG pictures harder to copy, prompts objection from digital rights group EFF

9 years ago

AdBlock Plus Arrives on iTunes, Promises Whitelist Scrutiny

AdBlock Plus finally arrives on Apple App Store, amid promise its "whitelist" will open up to outside scrutiny

9 years ago

Adblock Plus Returns To Android, Arrives On iOS

No more pesky adverts as Adblock Plus launches on both Google Play Store and Apple iOS

9 years ago

Top 10 Tech Brand Redesigns

After Google switches up its logo, here's our list of global companies that have bravely undergone brand redesigns in recent…

9 years ago

Ad Blocking To Cause Publishers £14bn In 2015 As Popularity Grows

Adblocking software such as Adblock Plus is witnessing a dramatic rise in users as the software shifts to mobile

9 years ago

EFF Beefs Up ‘Do Not Track’ Standard

Electronic Frontier Foundation and co create stronger “Do Not Track” (DNT) standard, but will advertisers care?

9 years ago

Consumers Distrust Businesses With Personal Data

Where has the trust gone? Businesses no longer trusted when it comes to handling people's personal data

9 years ago

Why Google Eddystone Looms As An Apple iBeacon Killer

BLOG: Google Eddystone provides open-source Bluetooth LE beacon technology that greatly expands on what Apple's iBeacon system can do for…

9 years ago

University Study Finds Adblock Plus Could Save 40 Percent Network Bandwidth

Vanquishing pesky pop-ups and vacuous videos reduces IP traffic in test enterprise network environment

9 years ago

Blog: British Land Splurges £270K On London Cheesegrater ‘Media Wall’

WARNING: The true cost of ultra wide-screen sales flattery, 12 LG TVs and three tablets

9 years ago

Adblock Plus Rolls Out Mass Deployment For IT Administrators

Network administrators can now deploy Adblock across entire enterprise with the benefit of skipping 'first run page'

10 years ago

What Does AdBlock Plus Mean For The Future Of Online Publishers?

Some argue that AdBlock Plus has the potential to destroy publishing revenues, so what can be done for Internet users…

10 years ago

Yahoo To Face Lawsuit For Email Spying

American judge orders Yahoo to face class-action lawsuit for alleged snooping of people's emails

10 years ago

Google Adds ‘Buy’ Button To YouTube Videos

New TrueView targeting system means you can shop whilst you watch

10 years ago

UK SMEs Set To Ramp Up Digital Spending

Business investment in websites is to increase dramatically over the next two years, research predicts

10 years ago

Google Profits Up Despite Advert Value Squeeze

Google's outgoing CFO reveals modest profit rise, amid increased competition for mobile ad dollars

10 years ago

Adblocking Declared 100 Percent Legal By German Courts

Hamburg courts give Adblock the nod in a "victory for every single Internet user"

10 years ago

Microsoft Search Deal Sees Yahoo Make Gains

A search deal with Microsoft and Yahoo has been renewed and amended with two key changes that make the deal…

10 years ago

Google Hits Back At European Antitrust ‘Objections’

Search giant “strongly disagrees” with the EC's “statement of objections” as it opens formal Android probe

10 years ago

Facebook Wants To Become Your One-Stop Shop For News

Social network looking to host content from news organisations

10 years ago

Oracle Uses Java To Install Adware On Macs, PCs

Superfish take two? Oracle is now bundling Ask.com adware on Mac computers via the Java installation

10 years ago

Superfish Adware: Should We Send Lenovo To The Naughty Step?

What can Lenovo's customers do about its sneaky adware, and how will Superfish impact the company's brand reputation?

10 years ago

OpenX Confirms 2014 Net Revenue Surpassed £66 Million

Programmatic ad firm boasts 70 percent year-over-year monetisation growth

10 years ago

How To Explain Malvertising To A Five-Year-Old

The definitive definition of malvertising from the experts for the kids (and adults, too)

10 years ago

Google – We Blocked 524 MILLION Bad Ads Last Year

Search giant also banned 214,000 advertisers and removed 250,000 sites in fight against malware

10 years ago