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Google, Amazon, and Microsoft may be paying to sidestep Adblock Plus
When a massive amount of your income is tied to search, protecting it becomes important. A new report -- citing unnamed sources, from unknown origins -- claims Google, Microsoft, and Amazon have all...
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Apple’s Grammy’s ad paints the iPad as a musical virtuoso
If you're given an ad spot in the music industry's biggest award night, you will most likely link it to some musical product. But if your business isn't directly related to that, then you'll have to...
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Samsung Smart TV glitch added Pepsi ads to home movies
Earlier this week, alarms were sounded when Samsung’s privacy policy for their Smart TVs eluded to what amounted to an always-on listening device. In an attempt to drown out the confusion, Samsung...
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Dear Microsoft: this is NOT how to sell Cortana
From time to time, Microsoft is able to come up with video ads that don't manage to embarrass itself while waging its marketing war against Apple. Remember the Cortana versus Siri ad about speakers?...
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YouTube may have targeted ads later this year
You watch YouTube — everyone does. Whether it be some new product or a funny montage, we all use YouTube on a fairly regular basis. It’s the hosting site many turn to when they launch a product, find...
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Samsung Gear VR allows father to see son’s birth in real-time
Witnessing the birth of one's own child is often said to be one of the most unforgettable experiences a person can have. An event that one should drop everything for in order to attend. Sadly, life...
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Twitter profiles may soon see ads in timeline
Like any publicly traded company with a business model that lets you use the service for free, Twitter is going to have to monetize. Either we all pay up to Tweet (not going to happen), or we start...
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Verizon buys AOL for $4.4 billion cash
Here’s one we didn’t see coming: Verizon has agreed to purchase AOL. The deal, worth $4.4 billion in cash, gives Verizon something they’ve been wanting for some time — an instantly powerful ad network....
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Netflix is testing ads before and after videos
One of the nicest things about Netflix is that you can fire up any content you want and immediately start watching it, no advertisements anywhere to be seen. That has started changing recently for some...
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Comcast tipped in agreement to acquire Visible World
A source has cropped up claiming that Comcast has entered into an agreement to acquire Visible World, a television advertisement targeting firm — something that, if the deal becomes official, will...
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Snapchat adds tap to view feature and more
Snapchat has updated its mobile app, and with the update comes a change to a commonly used feature: opening snaps and stories. In the past you had to press and hold the screen to view these things —...
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Microsoft’s first Windows 10 ad wants you to think of kids
With barely two weeks before the momentous occasion, Microsoft is unsurprisingly oiling up all the marketing machinery it can muster. Aside from its Upgrade Your World party, Redmond has just released...
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Forever 21 shows Instagram on giant screen made of thread
What would be the best way to display Instagram posts to a large crowd? Your immediate and of course logically expected answer would be a large LCD screen or something like it. Fashion retailer Forever...
View ArticleYahoo’s ads spread malware via hackers, vulnerable Flash
Yahoo was recently hit by hackers who used its advertisements to deliver malware to an unspecified number of visitors on several of its own websites, it has been revealed. The malware campaign carried...
View ArticleStudy: Ad-blocking software use is rising at breakneck speed
AdBlock and apps like it are the bane of ad-supported websites, and an occasional bit of browser extension-based guilt for users. On one hand, no one wants to deal with ads, at least not the poorly...
View ArticleNetflix users reclaim 140 hours others spend watching TV ads
Discussions of cord-cutting usually touch on the financial and less-limited aspects of eschewing traditional television. The latter of those two talking points are less relevant today as networks...
View ArticleAmazon will start rejecting Flash ads next month
The Internet’s collective move against Flash — the frequently vulnerable software that increasingly has more downsides than up — just gained a big new ally: Amazon. The Internet retailer announced this...
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Like it or not, Firefox Suggested Tiles have arrived
Mozilla may be a non-profit organization, but that doesn't of course mean it's not interested in raising some cash on the sides. Even if the court of public opinion says otherwise. Months after it...
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Lenovo now has Ashton Kutcher promoting Moto phones
"The mobile phone is stuck." If you were told that those words were uttered by Ashton Kutcher, you'd probably start hearing it in the same tone as actor's "Dude, where's my car?" phrase. But Mr....
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Facebook Instant Articles is adding video advertisements
Facebook is going to add video advertisement support to Instant Articles, a platform for publishers that presents articles more quickly to the social network’s users. In addition to the new video...
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Swedish tourism lets you call 1 number, talk to random Swedes
Did you ever get bored and had the urge to talk to a random Swedish number out of the blue? If you've ever had a fantasy that specific and, frankly, odd, then dream no more. Sweden has just answered...
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Google’s mobile image search will soon have shopping ads
Google is going to add shopping advertisements to its image search, presenting related products to browsers and giving them a way to click-through and buy. The advertisements will show up for users on...
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Google’s new pervasive ad tracking is thankfully opt-in
Google isn't exactly popular for its privacy practices, despite official protestations that it is, in fact, pro-privacy. So when the company initiates changes to its ad tracking that includes more of...
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Adblock Plus launches its own ad platform
It’s either the ultimate irony or a vindication of the ad tech industry., or both. In what almost sounds like an April Fools scheduled wrong, Adblock Plus, one of the most popular names when it comes...
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Watchdogs want Google, Disney to stop kid-centric influencer marketing
Influencer marketing has been an increasingly contentious issue, with the FTC recently calling out deceptive sponsored social media posts as the first part of a crackdown against them. The commission...
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Facebook’s racial exclusion ad feature prompts concerns
Late last week, a report surfaced revealing that Facebook enables advertisers to exclude certain people based on race. With this feature, advertisers can make sure their advertisements are only seen by...
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GameStop taps Playwire to launch in-store television ads
GameStop has tapped Playwire Media to bring in-store advertisements to GameStop TV, the media content you find playing on the retail stores’ televisions. According to Playwire, the nearly four thousand...
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Windows 10 File Explorer now shows Microsoft “ads”
Advertisements on web pages? That’s so 2000. Ads in free mobile apps? Becoming a fact of life. But ads in file managers? That’s probably pushing it a bit. Yet that is exactly what Microsoft seems to be...
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Facebook blocks ads from fake news Pages
Facebook is blocking advertisements from Pages that dish out fake news, taking away the financial incentives that drive some to create these faux news bits. This is the company’s latest effort to rid...
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Honest Ads Act wants tech companies to reveal who buys political ads
Russian-linked online advertisements have snowballed into a new bill called the Honest Ads Act that would force tech companies like Google and Facebook to disclose when political advertisements are...
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Google Pixel 2 ad show the dozen things you can ask it to do
Given how things are right now, the Google Pixel 2 is definitely in need of some good marketing. Admittedly, this latest, nearly two minute long video ad could do the trick. It’s one thing to extol the...
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Google Chrome ad filtering crackdown: here’s how it works
Google just published a reminder that may have gone slightly unnoticed by most. Starting tomorrow, February 15, Google Chrome will remove all ads on websites that fail to meet the criteria set by the...
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Ads on the Web: it’s time to make a change
Google has just recently implemented a rather hard-handed change in its Chrome web browser that would effectively remove many of the most annoying ads on the Web. Some hail it as a huge step forward in...
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Mozilla calls out Facebook’s current default privacy settings
Mozilla just called out Facebook, saying it believes there are still issues with the social network’s default privacy settings. Due to these concerns, Mozilla has chosen to “pause” its advertising on...
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Snapchat unskippable six-second ads start rolling out
Snapchat’s previously announced unskippable six-second advertisements are now rolling out to users. This is a new type of advertisement that forces the user to watch the entire short ad, blocking their...
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Samsung ad openly mocks iPhone X download speed
Ads that try to poke fun or even diss competitors often fall under one of two types: tastefully funny or outright mockery. Samsung’s anti-iPhone ads have fluctuated between those two, sometimes even...
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Huawei faked Nova 3 camera output with a DSLR again
The heavy emphasis placed on smartphone cameras these days are sending companies scrambling to prove theirs is the best, be it in camera hardware, AI features, or both. Huawei, who has partnered with...
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Chrome 71 to remove persistent abusive ads
Ads have almost become a dirty word on the Internet. What should have been, and actually is for some, a legitimate source of revenue, bad behaviors by not a small number of players have tainted that...
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Hulu may soon play advertisements when videos are paused
Hulu is gearing up to test advertisements that play when the viewer pauses a video, a new report claims. The idea reportedly is being explored by both AT&T and Hulu, the latter of which is said to...
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Mozilla Firefox “not an ad” experiment irks the Web, again
Mozilla, the not-for-profit organization behind the popular Firefox browser, is always searching for ways to keep the lights on while developing and distributing a complex and sophisticated piece of...
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