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Facebook Bringing Sound to Autoplay Videos

Facebook is testing playing sound on its autoplay videos. While autoplay videos have been a fixture on Facebook for some time, the sound has been muted until the user decided ...

August 25, 2016 at 6:02 pm by

Senate Holds Online Ad Company ‘Backpage’ in Contempt of Congress

The internet can be a wonderful thing and lets you view everything from your favourite show several days early to downloading the latest games on their day of release. The ...

March 20, 2016 at 2:30 pm by

FTC Warns Apps Could Be Invading Your Privacy

We all love downloading that new app. Be it a game or something more practical for everyday use, we love exploring it and finding out what it does. Seems like some Apps may be ...

March 20, 2016 at 11:30 am by

German Court Rules Facebook’s ‘Friends Finder’ Unlawful

The highest court in Germany has ruled that Facebook’s ‘Friends Finder’ function is unlawful on the grounds that it scrapes the e-mail contacts of users in order to ...

January 15, 2016 at 4:00 pm by

European ISPs Aren’t Delivering on Advertised Download Speeds

European internet service providers have been caught exaggerating the typical download speeds for end-users according to a study released by the European Commission. The ...

October 25, 2015 at 11:00 am by

FCC To Post List Of Robo Callers

A thousand a day may seem like an exaggeration but when you pick up the phone to the robotic voice saying you’ve just won a great deal or that they are offering you the ...

October 23, 2015 at 12:00 pm by

YouTuber Pockets £20,000 for Promoting Xbox One

A Federal Trade Commission investigation into publicity-for-pay allegations has revealed that one YouTube channel pocket nearly £20,000 for promoting the Xbox One console. ...

September 4, 2015 at 4:18 pm by

Hundreds of Wikipedia Editors Caught Promoting Brands

Hundreds of Wikipedia editors have been banned from the online encyclopaedia after being found promoting products and brands within articles for pay. Wikipedia’s CheckUser ...

September 2, 2015 at 11:00 am by

UK Police Hijacks Ads on 251 Pirate Sites

City of London Police have seized ad revenue from 251 sites that host or link to copyrighted material and replaced and replaced ads with anti-piracy messages, a Freedom of ...

August 26, 2015 at 9:30 am by

Ad for ‘Thinnest Smartphone’ Banned in UK for Sexualising Women

An ad for “the world’s thinnest smartphone” has been banned in the UK. The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA), said that the ad was “likely to cause ...

February 26, 2015 at 1:58 am by

New Sonos Logo Looks Like Pulsating Speakers When Scrolled

There’s little else to say because you’ve already seen it. Well, just in case you managed to get here without scrolling past the thumbnail, Sonos, speaker ...

January 24, 2015 at 1:58 am by

Twitter’s Video Platform More YouTube Than Vine

Details have emerged regarding Twitter’s forthcoming video function. According to a Twitter Video FAQ found by Daniel Raffel , it will support .mp4 and .mov formats, with ...

January 4, 2015 at 3:19 pm by

Facebook Sued for Scanning Private Messages

A California judge ruled on Tuesday that Facebook must face a class action lawsuit for scanning users’ private messages without consent. Judge Phyllis Hamilton of Oakland, ...

December 26, 2014 at 9:52 pm by

Watch: Ad Campaign Completely Shot With iPhone 6 Plus

Luxury skincare brand Erno Laszlo had their entire Christmas ad campaign filmed with the iPhone 6 Plus. Ad agency Truth NYC produced the ad exclusively with Apple’s ...

December 21, 2014 at 7:58 pm by

ASA Tackles Vloggers Misleading Advertising

The UK’s Advertising Standards Agency has asked popular YouTube vloggers Dan and Phil to remove an ad for Oreo cookies, after it was found to be misleading. The ad in ...

November 27, 2014 at 12:45 am by

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