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Security Researchers Warn Of Android Design Flaw

Researchers have warned of a flaw in Android that allows fake pop-ups to appear in legitimate apps

13 years ago

Microsoft Researcher Slams Google+ Real-Name Policy

Google+'s real-name policy is an abuse of power and harms privacy, according to Microsoft researcher Dana Boyd

13 years ago

Yahoo Denies Spying On Mail Users

Consumer group Which? claims that Yahoo is snooping on users' mail, but Yahoo says this is standard practice

13 years ago

Google Mobile Ad Revenues Surge

Google's mobile advertising revenues are set to grow exponentially, as the company faces a regulatory probe

13 years ago

A Billion Visitors A Month Call On Google

Google is facing stiff competition from Facebook online, despite topping the billion unique visitor mark in May

13 years ago

Google Sets Aside £303m For DoJ Advert Probe

Google has set aside half a billion dollars to settle a US investigation of its advertising practises

14 years ago

Government To Go Easy Enforcing New EU Privacy Law

The UK government will take its time enforcing new EU privacy laws affecting cookies

14 years ago

Google +1 Won’t Beat Facebook’s Like Button

Google +1 is no Facebook conqueror, but it could be made into an attractive program for advertisers, says Clint Boulton

14 years ago

ISPs Defend ‘Up To’ Broadband Speed Claims

Service providers are scrambling to defend themselves against Ofcom's criticism of broadband advertising

14 years ago

ASA To Investigate Phony ISP Claims

Time is up for claims like 'up to' and 'unlimited', says advertising watchdog

14 years ago

Google Adds No-Track Feature To Chrome

Google's Keep My Opt-Outs extension gives Chrome users a persistent way to opt out of data tracking

14 years ago

Google: AdMob Gets 2bn Advert Requests Per Day

Google's AdMob advertising platform is showing strong growth on the back of iPhone and Android distribution

14 years ago

Google Grabs 60 Percent Of US Mobile Advert Market

Google has taken nearly 60 percent of US mobile advert spending for search and display adverts, while Apple's new iAd…

14 years ago

Google’s Ad Business Booms Thanks To YouTube

Google officials have claimed the search engine is making $2.5bn in display advertising from YouTube and $1bn in mobile ads

14 years ago

Google Reports 32 Percent Profit Hike

Google reported a 32 percent third-quarter profit jump of $2.17 billion, with display and mobile ads providing the bang analysts…

14 years ago

Cisco Enhances Its Borderless Network Security

Cisco's Borderless Network initiative continues to grow with a security appliance and VPN client

14 years ago

Twitter Seeks Ad Dollars With Promoted Accounts Push

Twitter is chasing advertising revenues after an executive revealed that soon it will allow advertisers to pay for Twitter to…

14 years ago

Facebook’s Arrogance Points To Sociocultural Ignorance

Facebook's disregard for user privacy is well documented, but could this be a result of Zuckerberg's upbringing rather than mere…

14 years ago

Google Expands Android AdWords Features

New location extensions for Google Places extend the way businesses can use mobile business ads

14 years ago

Brits Confused By Broadband Advertising

Misleading broadband advertising is confusing British consumers, a survey has found

14 years ago

Advertising Watchdog To Regulate Facebook

The advertising regulator's powers will be extended to cover social media marketing from 1 March

14 years ago

BT Rapped Again By ASA Over Broadband Advert

BT has been pinged by the Advertising Standards Authority yet again, following complaints over BT's advertised broadband speeds

14 years ago

BT Reprimanded Over Fibre Advert Claims

Another communications provider is in trouble with the advertising regulator, after BT boasted that its fibre-based service could deliver the…

14 years ago

Google Comes On Strong With £3.3 Billion Quarter

Google is raking in the cash with a 25 percent increase in profit over this time last year

14 years ago

Orange Hits Back at 3G Advert Ruling

Orange has been ordered by the Advertising Standards Authority to pull an advert which claimed it had a bigger 3G…

14 years ago

YouTube Users Watched 14.6 Billion Videos In May

YouTube users watched 14.6 billion videos in May, says ComScore, an all-time high for Google's video service

14 years ago

Vodafone Told Off For Femtocell Ad Claims

The advertising regulator has rapped Vodafone over the knuckles concerning an advert claim about its Sure Signal femtocell

14 years ago

Promoted Tweets Protected From Third-party Ads

Revised developer terms of service deny third parties ability to inject paid tweets on any service that uses its API

14 years ago

Adobe Launches Apple Smear Campaign

Adobe has taken out a new ad campaign to blast Apple for its closed approach regarding developer licensing and touting…

15 years ago

Commercial Spyware For iPad To Track Users’ Activity

Retina-X Studios has released Mobile Spy for the Apple iPad, pitching it as a way for businesses to keep an…

15 years ago