Mobile Samsung will remove ads from some stock smartphone apps later this year Cleaning up Samsung's mobile UI By Shawn Knight , August 18, 2021, 9:33 AM
Mobile The Web Apple's App Tracking Transparency feature in iOS 14 is driving advertisers to Android Pricing of Android ads has increased as a result By Adrian Potoroaca , July 5, 2021, 4:48 PM 10 comments
The Web Google Former Googlers launch Neeva, a $4.95 p/m search engine with no ads and a privacy focus Neeva offers plenty of other benefits for the price By Rob Thubron , June 30, 2021, 7:47 AM 12 comments
Gaming Get ready for TV-style commercials in console and PC games Verging on Black Mirror territory By Rob Thubron , June 30, 2021, 5:18 AM 55 comments
Tech Culture Wearable Tech Developer set to use Facebook's Oculus VR ads drops plan following backlash Sticking ads in your paid-for game? Expect to be review bombed By Rob Thubron , June 22, 2021, 8:21 AM
Wearable Tech Tech Culture Facebook is testing VR ads for the Oculus platform The social giant promises it will only use some of your data to serve ads By Adrian Potoroaca , June 17, 2021, 11:33 AM 7 comments
Mobile Apple Samsung takes aim at the iPhone 12 Pro Max's cameras in three new ads "Your phone upgrade shouldn't be a downgrade" By Rob Thubron , May 25, 2021, 8:35 AM
Apple Apple privacy ad personifies web trackers as overly-obsessed stalkers Watch them get deleted from existence By Cohen Coberly , May 20, 2021, 4:57 PM 12 comments
The Web Mobile Gmail and Facebook are first and third most popular iOS apps collecting personal information So far there has still been no Facebook 'adpocalypse' By Cal Jeffrey , May 13, 2021, 3:46 PM
Gaming Domino's brings back 80s era villain in new ad campaign, Crash Bandicoot game An unusual gaming / advertising crossover By Shawn Knight , April 26, 2021, 3:16 PM
Hardware Apple Intel accidentally uses MacBook Pro in ad for its new processor Someone's in trouble By Rob Thubron , April 8, 2021, 10:27 AM 12 comments
Google The Web Google promises to stop selling your browsing history to advertisers FLoC-based advertising puts users in groups so the group is targeted rather than the individual By Cal Jeffrey , March 3, 2021, 12:39 PM 24 comments
Google Google finally updated Gmail's App Store entry with privacy 'nutrition labels' It still has at least seven others that don't have data collection information listed By Cal Jeffrey , February 23, 2021, 1:47 PM
The Web Court documents reveal Facebook intentionally overestimated audience reach numbers to advertisers Facebook says estimates don't matter when advertisers are paid per click By Cal Jeffrey , February 18, 2021, 2:21 PM 16 comments
Apple Intel's latest ad campaign mocks M1-powered MacBooks They can't even play Rocket League, writes Chipzilla By Rob Thubron , February 12, 2021, 9:47 AM 63 comments
The Web Twitter considering subscriptions to boost revenue Looking beyond advertising for a long-term strategy By David Matthews , February 9, 2021, 6:13 AM 8 comments
The Web Google Google's 'FLoC' API could be a privacy-preserving alternative to cookies It would group users into interest-based clusters By Cohen Coberly , January 26, 2021, 2:36 PM
Industry Google Texas AG outs Google for tilting advertising scales in Facebook's favor The two companies allegedly cooperated in a win-win deal that was a big lose for competitors By Cal Jeffrey , January 18, 2021, 3:21 PM
Google Apple None of Google's apps have been updated since before Apple's privacy rules took effect How long can it go without updating its iPhone apps? By Cal Jeffrey , January 5, 2021, 6:32 PM 18 comments
Industry The Web New lawsuit alleges Google and Facebook made a deal to help each other against antitrust action Google reportedly codenamed it Jedi Blue By Adrian Potoroaca , December 22, 2020, 4:53 PM
Apple Apple reacts to Facebook's attack ad saying it is 'standing up for our users' Consumers versus Commerce with Big Data in the middle By Cal Jeffrey , December 17, 2020, 1:49 PM
Apple Facebook takes out full-page ads slamming Apple's iOS 14 anti-tracking feature Facebook, champion of small businesses everywhere... By Rob Thubron , December 16, 2020, 10:57 AM 24 comments
Gaming EA disables in-game advertisements in UFC 4 following fan backlash Who wants to play a $60 game with full-screen unskippable ads? By Humza Aamir , September 7, 2020, 7:55 AM 11 comments
Apple Mobile Apple delays predicted iOS 14 data transparency 'adpocalypse' until 2021 Developers now have until 'early next year' to implement tracking options in their apps By Cal Jeffrey , September 3, 2020, 4:56 PM 7 comments
Apple Tech Culture Ridley Scott, director of Apple's 1984 ad, gives his opinion on Epic's version Shade Runner By Rob Thubron , September 1, 2020, 9:33 AM