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Microsoft Experiments with Ads in Windows 11 Start Menu

Microsoft is currently testing a new feature that places ads within the Windows 11 Start menu. These ads are showing up in the “Recommended” section, which ...

April 15, 2024 at 9:25 am by

YouTube to Make Watching 4K Videos a ‘Premium’ Exclusive?

Based on the growth (and increasingly annoying prevalence) of adverts seen on the platform, it’s hardly any secret that YouTube (Google) is getting more and more ...

October 3, 2022 at 8:20 am by

Mike’s Rant – Is YouTube Killing The Platform With Adverts?

Is YouTube Killing Themselves With Adverts? It’s been more than a little while since I had a chance for a good rant. Then again, I feel I’ve had very little to ...

March 9, 2019 at 10:13 am by

Facebook Removes 500 Political Pages Ahead Of US Mid-Terms

Facebook Removes 800 Political Pages Ahead Of US Mid-Terms Next month will see the mid-term elections in the US. For those unaware, these are elections that are held half-way ...

October 12, 2018 at 4:44 pm by

Advertising Standards Upholds Complaints Against YouTube

Advertising Standards Authority Upholds Several Complaints Made Against YouTube If YouTube has been under scrutiny for anything in the last year, with the exception of ...

June 13, 2018 at 8:37 pm by

Facebook Wants to Tell You What Advertisers Know about You

Facebook is trying to be more transparent. Given the recent Cambridge Analytica fiasco, it makes sense for Facebook to try to redeem itself in our eyes. Remember when we told ...

April 24, 2018 at 6:14 pm by

YouTube to Scrap 30-second Unskippable Ads

It may not sound like a long time, but try putting your hand on an open flame, or get in the ring with Mike Tyson, or watch a YouTube ad and see how long 30 seconds feel. The ...

February 18, 2017 at 4:58 pm by

Facebook Will Use Algorithms to Fight Ad Discrimination

Ad discrimination is a pretty serious issue on Facebook, and when those in charge of the social network found out that some advertisers were using “ethnic ...

February 9, 2017 at 5:01 pm by

Google Penalizing Mobile Websites with Intrusive Pop-up Ads

Traffic from mobile internet browsing has increased significantly over the past few years due to more and more people using their smartphone to access websites but this has ...

January 21, 2017 at 9:30 pm by

Samsung Forcing Ads to Enable Smart TV Features

The HomeTheater subreddit is in a fury today regarding Samsung and their policies on smart TV features and advertising. User Azara1th reported that his $1,500 TV is ...

December 14, 2016 at 11:00 pm by

Facebook to Bypass Ad-Blockers

Numerous news sites have declared war on ad-blocking software this year – the likes of Forbes, New York Times, and Wired have already instituted a policy of withholding ...

August 9, 2016 at 8:00 pm by

YouTube Introducing Unskippable Ads

Google has announced that it is set to introduce unskippable ads to YouTube videos, in the form of six-second “bumper ads”. The length of the new ads is only one second ...

April 26, 2016 at 9:40 pm by

How To Disable Windows 10 Lock Screen Adverts

Windows 10 has caused a debate amongst users, both those who have adopted the new operating system and those who have decided to stay with the older operating systems. One of ...

March 26, 2016 at 1:45 pm by

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 ...

March 12, 2016 at 9:00 am by

TMZ Falls Victim to Malvertising Campaign

Malicious online activity in the form of hacks, malware and viruses have seen an exponential increase over the past 5 years, the rise in the number of consumers online ...

February 5, 2016 at 9:55 am by

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