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Google Claims Chrome AdBlock Has Improved Websites
Google Adblock Last year, an update to the Google Chrome browser saw adblocking features added. While these did not specifically prevent adverts from appearing on websites, it did look to change those that did appear. An example of this would be that adverts with flashing lights or popups would no longer be…
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Chrome’s Native Ad Blocker Goes Live for Mobile
News of Google implementing a native ad blocker for Chrome surfaced several months ago with divided response. Now it appears that it is finally live in Chrome’s Canary and Dev builds on Android. It sounds weird that Google, a company that makes money from advertising is implementing an ad blocker.…
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Google Won’t be Building Ad Blocking into Chrome… Obviously
Google won’t be building an ad-blocker into their Chrome browser, which might sound crazy to some given that other browsers are already doing so, but Microsoft and Mozilla didn’t build their business on delivering ads in the same way that Google has done for many years. Google raked in $15…
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Adblock Plus Beats Facebook’s Unblockable Ads
Facebook has been working on a way to make ad-blockers obsolete on its own platform, and it recently implemented this ad blocker-proof format a little while ago. However, even though it was relatively successful at first, Adblock Plus has already figured out a way to shut down this system, at…
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Mobile Ad Blocking Increased by 90 Percent Last Year
Mobile devices have quickly become an essential component of daily life and we rely on them to organise business meetings, speak to friends and even enjoy addictive games on the move. Traditionally, adverts were placed in newspapers, television and other print media but the digital age has dramatically altered the…
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For One Day Ads Will Be Replaced By Anti-Censorship Messages
We all enjoy browsing the internet, viewing all your favourite sites and then suddenly you find a pop up appear advertising a new product that you “must buy” or a new game that you even get a “special offer” when you decide to close the window. The solution people use…
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UK Culture Secretary Compares Ad Blocking to Music Piracy
Ad blocking plugins have become a topic which polarized opinions and causes some friction between content creators and their readership. Websites like eTeknix rely on advertising revenue to pay staff wages, and help produce detailed content. On the other hand, we always want to make sure that the experience is user-friendly…
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O2 CEO Says Mobile Ad Blocking “Isn’t The Answer”
A few days ago, mobile giant Three, announced plans to block adverts on a network level and provide a more enjoyable user-experience. It’s important to remember that only “irrelevant and excessive mobile ads” will be blocked which ensures unobtrusive ads can still bring in revenue. This seems like a sensible balance and I…
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Edward Snowden Explains Why he Supports Ad-Blockers
Edward Snowden, the whistleblower-turned-press freedom advocate exiled in Russia after leaking NSA documents that demonstrated the terrifying scope of its mass surveillance program, has publicly endorsed ad-blocking software and has encouraged every internet user to employ it. Speaking to The Intercept’s Micah Lee, Snowden, responding to the question “Do you…
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PageFair Breach Infects Windows PCs with Trjoan Flash Installers
PageFair, a service designed to “help websites survive the rise of adblock”, has been compromised, causing websites using its software to spread malicious Trojan Flash installers the PCs of visiting users. The company, which believes that “the rise of adblocking is now leading to the death of quality free websites”,…
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PewDiePie Proclaims “Using AdBlock Doesn’t Mean You’re Clever”
YouTube sensation, PewDiePie earned a staggering $7 million in 2014 according to figures from Expressen, and continues to attract large audiences every day. This unbelievable success story indicates that it’s possible to forge a full-time career on YouTube. However, PewPieDie is an extreme case and it’s incredibly difficult to receive large…
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AdBlock Has a New Owner and No One Knows Who
Popular Chrome and Safari browser extension AdBlock has been quietly sold, and no one seems to know who the new owner is. Yesterday, users of AdBlock – rebranded from its former guise as AdBlock Plus – may have seen a pop-up announcing that, in contravention of the entire principle of…
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Adblock Plus Launches Web Browser For iOS
Recently, Apple announced plans to allow the use of ad-blockers on Safari for the very first time. Granted, this will only be available to users on the latest iOS 9 release, but Eyeo, the company behind AdBlock Plus has pre-emptied this revelation with its own browser designed to detect and block…
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YouTube Plans to Introduce a New Paid Subscription Service
There have been rumours of YouTube working on introducing a new paid subscription service for some time now, but there hasn’t been anything concrete until now. The streaming service looks to add a monthly subscription that would allow users to watch videos without ads, having the revenue split between YouTube…
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Google Paying Adblock Plus To White-list Unobtrusive Adverts
After Google recently cheesed a lot of people off by removing Ad-blocking Apps from the Google Play Store, it turns out they are now resorting to paying Adblocking App companies to white-list Google adverts. According to Horizont.at Google is funding the developers of the AdBlock Plus App to create a…
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