The web is only "free" because our attention is sold to the highest bidder via complex real-time auction systems, based on data-mining algorithms, that serve up ads. If you were a fan of the AMC series Mad Men, with its depiction ...
Internet
Feb 7, 2018
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A recent study published by researchers from the School of Information Studies (iSchool) reveals that the general public has a poor understanding of the workings of online behavioral advertising, and the privacy implications ...
Internet
Feb 1, 2017
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If you were using Facebook on a desktop last week, you may have noticed that your ad-blocking software was being blocked. That was a move by Facebook, which said it was updating its approach to ad blocking while also expanding ...
Internet
Aug 16, 2016
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The use of ad-blocking software for mobile devices has nearly doubled in the past year, raising questions about the viability of online media business models, a study showed Tuesday.
Internet
May 31, 2016
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The websites of several French media outlets joined together Monday requesting or requiring readers to disable ad blocking software to gain access to news content.
Internet
Mar 21, 2016
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Ask online advertisers what their biggest headache is today, and they will probably say ad blockers, which are browser extensions and add-ons that can remove adverts from websites.
Internet
Feb 18, 2016
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The online advertising industry has faced a considerable backlash recently as a greater understanding of how the practices of data scraping, aggregation, mining and user profiling are carried out behind the scenes. From Edward ...
Internet
Jan 25, 2016
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Mobile Internet sites face a new threat as millions download ad-blockers to their phones and tablets, removing pesky adverts but potentially wiping out billions of dollars in advertising revenue.
Business
Oct 12, 2015
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When you visit a website, you often find yourself waiting and waiting for advertisements to load. Video starts playing automatically, and animated ads jump in front of what you were there to see. The seconds tick by.
Internet
Sep 23, 2015
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A new front in the war against online advertising has opened up with the official release of Apple's latest mobile operating system, iOS 9. The most contentious feature was the ability for the mobile version of Safari to ...
Internet
Sep 22, 2015
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