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Apple iPhones Hit With Calendar Spam Touting Cheap Designer Goods

Unwanted event invitations continue to appear in iPhones calendars, but Apple remains silent on the matter

8 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

Local Government: ‘Up To’ Broadband Adverts Are Misleading Rural Users

Broadband adverts are misleading if touted speeds are only available to urban areas, says LGA

8 years ago

Facebook To Track Non-Users To Aid Advert Push

Social network giant will begin tracking people without Facebook accounts as part of advertising growth

8 years ago

Three Will Block All Mobile Adverts For 24 Hours

Day-long trial will delight customers but could be bad news for online businesses

8 years ago

GoDaddy Sites Hijacked By Malvertising Attack

Websites of two US television stations hacked to display malware-ridden ads, Malwarebytes reports

9 years ago

Three Wants To Start Blocking Annoying Mobile Ads

However, move to tackle “excessive and irrelevant” mobile ads raises concerns about net neutrality

9 years ago

Google Took Down 780m Bad Ads In 2015

Large rise in adverts that violated Google’s policies, include major malvertising campaigns

9 years ago

Google Play Will Warn Against Ad-Supported Apps

Google continues to add new features to its app marketplace following in-app purchase guidance warnings

9 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

Booby-Trapped Hugo Boss Advert Is The Most Stylish Malware Of This Season

‘Malvertising’ attack came from advert on Huffington Post and several other news sites

10 years ago

Facebook Rejigs Its Data And Adverts Policies

New Facebook terms and conditions, including improved ad targeting, will kick in on January 1

10 years ago

Millions Of Web Adverts Go Offline As Google DoubleClick Goes Down

Outage of online ad platform could end up costing businesses millions

10 years ago

Snapchat Debuts In-App Adverts

Horror film Ouija becomes first ever advert on messaging service

10 years ago

Microsoft Mocks Apple iPad In Advert

Microsoft's advert pokes fun at the Apple iPad and highlights its shortcomings against Windows 8 tablets

12 years ago

Canonical Offers Kill Switch After Ubuntu Privacy Row

Canonical is to offer a kill switch to turn off online searches in Ubuntu Linux 12.10 following a privacy row

12 years ago

Skype To Place Big Adverts In VoIP Calls

Skype ads - designed to distract you on calls - will hit you if you don't have credit

12 years ago

Wikipedia Warns On Browser Malware

Wikipedia says it doesn't run ads from for-profit firms so those seeing them are likely to be infected with malware

13 years ago