Industry Uber will pay its drivers to place rooftop ad displays on their vehicles A new revenue stream for the ride-hailing firm By Cohen Coberly, February 24, 2020, 2:36 PM 9 comments
The Web Google Chrome will start penalizing sites that display irritating video ads Google won't give its own sites special treatment By Cohen Coberly, February 5, 2020, 6:36 PM 10 comments
The Web Google Google promises to 'experiment' with Search results following ad backlash Google will tweak the placement of favicons By Cohen Coberly, January 24, 2020, 4:23 PM
Google The Web Google updated look of search results makes ads less obvious The changes have been met with a wave of criticism By Adrian Potoroaca, January 23, 2020, 3:27 PM
The Web Tech Culture Twitter says it fixed a glaring issue that allowed ads to target neo-Nazis Twitter still can't properly enforce its content policies By Adrian Potoroaca, January 17, 2020, 7:31 AM 10 comments
Software The Web Senator asks the FTC to investigate AdBlock for alleged privacy law violation The 'Acceptable Ads' whitelist is under fire again By Cohen Coberly, January 14, 2020, 6:02 PM 7 comments
Tech Culture The Web Facebook is betting big on selling ad space to Chinese companies The company sells $5 billion worth of ads to Chinese companies every year By Adrian Potoroaca, January 14, 2020, 8:42 AM
The Web Security Facebook sues Hong Kong company that used "celeb baiting" to hijack accounts It used ads to trick people into downloading malware By Rob Thubron, December 6, 2019, 10:45 AM
Tech Culture Google Google outlines new, restrictive political ads policy that limits microtargeting Another tech giant distances itself from Facebook's stance on political ads By Adrian Potoroaca, November 21, 2019, 12:04 PM
The Web Tech Culture Hundreds of Facebook employees send letter to Zuckerberg asking for changes to political ads policy Many believe letting politicians lie with impunity is against the company's core values By Adrian Potoroaca, October 28, 2019, 9:04 PM 21 comments
The Web Senator Warren tests Facebook's ad policies on lying... by lying The presidential candidate goes meta By James Miller, October 13, 2019, 1:25 PM 10 comments
Industry Tech Culture TiVo confirms ads are coming to all DVR recordings regardless of subscription status Users are less than happy about the move By Cal Jeffrey, September 23, 2019, 12:59 PM 17 comments
The Web Tech Culture YouTube's moderators believe big stars and cash cows get let off the hook "Our responsibility was never to the creators or to the users --- it was to the advertisers." By Isaiah Mayersen, August 10, 2019, 11:55 AM
Gaming Walmart tells staff to remove signs showing violence, including video game ads Following last weekend's mass shootings By Rob Thubron, August 9, 2019, 8:52 AM 47 comments
Microsoft Apple Microsoft's new ad sees 'Mac Book' praise the Surface Laptop 2 Meet Mr. Book By Rob Thubron, August 1, 2019, 5:20 AM
Mobile Google Google bans huge Chinese app maker from the Play Store for swamping users with disruptive ads CooTek had previously promised to stop the practice By Rob Thubron, July 17, 2019, 12:26 PM
Mobile Tech Culture Google Lens AR shows Stranger Things 3 newspaper ads in all their 80s glory Like a future portal to the past By Cal Jeffrey, July 11, 2019, 3:23 PM
Software The Web Mozilla may be hinting at premium, ad-free Firefox for $4.99 a month Mozilla is looking to test the subscription waters By Eric Hamilton, July 8, 2019, 10:40 AM 31 comments
Mobile Samsung sued by Australian watchdog over "deceptive" Galaxy ads It's claimed the phones aren't as waterproof as the ads suggest By Rob Thubron, July 4, 2019, 5:20 AM
The Web Google Brave rejects Google's anti ad-blocking proposal, boosts built-in ad-blocker performance by '69x' Available in Brave's Nightly and Dev beta branches now By Cohen Coberly, July 1, 2019, 5:27 PM 9 comments
The Web Facebook taps Instagram Explore for extra ad revenue stream The marketing program is on a slow rollout with select users; full implementation coming in a few months By Cal Jeffrey, June 26, 2019, 4:34 PM
Tech Culture Spotify is allowing marketers to target listeners based on podcast preferences Ad frequency and format will not change and Premium users will remain unaffected By Cal Jeffrey, June 17, 2019, 5:10 PM
Hardware Mobile Huawei ditches unwanted lock screen ads Turns out they did have control over the issue By Isaiah Mayersen, June 16, 2019, 7:58 AM 10 comments
Mobile Ads start appearing on Huawei phone lock screens The company says it isn't to blame By Rob Thubron, June 14, 2019, 6:58 AM 13 comments
The Web Tech Culture The North Face apologizes for altering Wikipedia entries to improve Google search results "What they did was akin to defacing public property" By Rob Thubron, June 3, 2019, 10:32 AM 7 comments