Adblocking

YouTube Confirms Ads When Screen Is Paused

Chasing the almighty dollar. Alphabet's YouTube reportedly confirms it is delivering adverts on a user's pause screen

2 months ago

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 Switches On Chrome Ad Blocker

Bad news publishers? Chrome web browser now enables its ad blocker to prevent annoying and "intrusive" ads

7 years ago

Google Hits Back At ‘Intrusive’ Pop-Up Ads

New algorithm will demote mobile websites using interstitial adverts from January 2017

8 years ago

Adblock Plus Comes To Windows 10 Edge Browser

Windows 10 Anniversary adds support for Edge extensions, including pop up gatekeeper Adblock Plus

8 years ago

Opera Brings Native Adblocking To Android And Desktop Browsers

Opera Mini gets built-in adblocker for Android that claims to boost page loading speeds by 40 percent, while stable desktop…

9 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

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

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

iOS 9 Will Feature Ad Blocking For Safari

Pop up ads to be banished with iOS 9's 'Content Blocking Safari Extensions'

9 years ago