Ad Blockers

YouTube Denies Slowing Down Mozilla Firefox

Alphabet's YouTube insists it is not slowing down Firefox, after complaints videos are taking extra long to load on the…

12 months ago

Google Confirms Chrome Adblocker To Combat ‘Annoying, Intrusive Ads’

Google is ready to take on the web's most annoying advertisements

7 years ago

Google Might Build Its Own Ad-Blocker For Chrome Web Browser

If it goes ahead with the plans, Google will block ads based on standards from the Coalition for Better Ads

8 years ago

Ad Blocking Uptake Stablises As Consumers Recognise Need For Adverts

Necessary evil? Study finds 22 percent of British adults use ad blocking software, as growth stalls

8 years ago

Europe Urges Removal Of Network-Level Ad Blockers

European body cites net neutrality concerns with new guidance that networks cannot implement advert blockers

8 years ago

Web Publishers Need To Address Reasons Why Readers Install Ad Blockers

ANALYSIS: Newspapers and Web sites of all kinds are fighting the use of ad blockers as a threat to their…

8 years ago

Google Pulls Samsung Ad Blocking App From Play Store

Ad blocking app for Samsung phones pulled from Google's Play Store for breach of terms and conditions

9 years ago

EE Could Allow Ad Blocking At Network Level

EE CEO Olaf Swantee says operator is having strategic review to see whether customers should be allowed to control their…

9 years ago

In-App Ad Blocker Been Choice Returns To App Store

Been Choice is back on the App Store after Apple has an unexplained change of heart

9 years ago