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Irish watchdog: Facebook privacy still falls short

...members understand how it uses their data in conjunction with apps and advertising, Facebook's chief privacy officer for policy Erin Egan said in a... Read more

14 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

BT to lift limits on 'unlimited' broadband

...usage limits on four of its broadband packages, which it has been advertising as 'unlimited' even though they are capped. BT is to allow unlimited... Read more

10 March, 2011 by David Meyer

Symantec: Flashback Trojan pulled in $10,000 a day

The Flashback malware, which at its peak infected more than 600,000 Macs worldwide, may have been earning its creators in the region of $10,000 a day through ad clicks Read more

2 May, 2012 by Don Reisinger

Facebook page explains advertising policy

...new web page explaining how and why the social network depends on advertising. On its 'About Advertising on Facebook' page, the company says it spends... Read more

23 December, 2011 by Lance Whitney

Ad watchdog bites Motorola over 'most powerful' claim

...The UK's advertising standards watchdog has ordered Motorola not to repeat its claim that its... Read more

24 August, 2011 by David Meyer

Apple's mobile ads gain as Google and Microsoft dip

...Apple's iAds is taking share from mobile-advertising leaders Google, Microsoft and others, according to a Bloomberg BusinessWeek report on... Read more

28 September, 2010 by Erica Ogg

ISPs drag feet over broadband ad change

...providers have been slow to get into line with a change in advertising rules that told them to offer realistic broadband headline speeds. Some ISPs... Read more

3 April, 2012 by Ben Woods
Adblock Plus for Mozilla Firefox 2.0.3

Adblock Plus for Mozilla Firefox 2.0.3

...to automatically configure the add-on for purposes ranging from removing online advertising to blocking all known malware domains.Adblock Plus for Mozilla Firefox is... Read more

5 January, 2012

Twitter pushes promoted tweets into news stream

...Twitter stepped up its advertising efforts on Thursday with a new program that puts promoted tweets right... Read more

29 July, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

Gap between broadband you get vs broadband ISPs promise set to shrink

ISPs sign up to new Ofcom code of practice for broadband advertising... The gap between advertised and actual broadband speeds has widened for copper... Read more

28 July, 2011 by Tim Ferguson

Australian telco fined £3.5m over broadband ads

...Australian telecommunications company Optus has been fined for running misleading broadband advertising. The Australian Federal Court ordered the firm to pay a massive $5... Read more

8 July, 2011 by Josh Taylor

EU warns web firms over 'do-not-track' timescale

...drafts for a do-not-track (DNT) standard already exist and the advertising industry has already agreed on a code of practice to inform people... Read more

22 June, 2011 by David Meyer

Google's Admeld buy faces antitrust probe

...Google's purchase of internet advertising company Admeld will be subject to an antitrust review by the US... Read more

20 June, 2011 by Steven Musil

Amazon to sell cheaper Kindle with on-screen ads

...cheaper than the current offering, as it will be partly funded by advertising and sponsored screensavers. Kindle with Special Offers will include advertising. Credit: Amazon... Read more

12 April, 2011 by Stuart Dredge

Ofcom calls for changes to broadband speed advertising

...closer to those advertised, when compared with copper-based connections.Broadband-speed advertising should include real-world performance, as shown in Ofcom's study of... Read more

2 March, 2011 by David Meyer

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