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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…

6 years ago

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…

7 years ago

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…

8 years ago

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…

8 years ago

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,…

8 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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.…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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…

10 years ago

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…

11 years ago