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Most of the developers are familiar with the popular Javascript style guide library called Standard — which also serves as a linter and automatic code fixer. However, in a move which is now being questioned by many developers, Standard has begun to show ads when installed through NPM. In a GitHub post published last week […]
Advertisements rule the internet and now Mozilla is arguing that the online advertisement ecosystem is broken. The non-profit company says that the majority of the revenue generated from advertisements is landing in the pockets of a handful of companies while other publishers are not benefiting from it. On similar lines, Mozilla has today teased a […]
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has filed charges against Facebook for allowing discrimination against certain demographics in housing ads. HUD says that Facebook violated the Fair Housing Act by offering options to advertisers that let them exclude groups listed as protected classes in the Fair Housing Act. Just a week ago, Facebook adjusted […]
Over the months, Facebook has turned pretty serious about what and how ads are shown to users on its platform. Handing more power to the users, the tech giant is going to introduce another way for blocking non-consensual ad targeting. Starting from February 28th, Facebook’s “Why am I seeing this?” panel will reveal more information about the brand […]
The in-house Google Chrome ad-blocker, which was initially launched for United States, Canada, and Europe last year, is ready to roll out worldwide on July 9th, Google said in a blog post. Google has been following the Better Ads Standards from the Coalition for Better ads for more than a year. This group’s sole purpose is to improve […]
Cybercriminals behind this operation earned about $30M USD The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Google and multiple cybersecurity and digital forensics firms worked together to collapse one of the most complex digital advertising fraud schemes ever seen, which managed to infect more than 1.7 million computer equipment with the aim of generating fake clicks and […]
As we’ve seen, that’s been shifting. With a new game from companies like Hulu and Amazon, Netflix has seen running deals get pricier and customers get antsier. For a few years now, Netflix’s catalog has been narrowing while its prices have been rising. So where’s a streaming company to find new savings in a tight […]
Short Bytes: Traditionally the URL ending with a slash denoted a directory presence at the path, and a non-slashed version implied a file. Today, it’s a good practice that both the versions of a URL produces same content. But returning the same content for both versions can hurt SEO. Smart and proper redirection from one version […]
If you visit MSN.com there is a chance your PC has been affected with a malware — Outlook users should also check for it as upon signing out from their email they are redirected to MSN home page. Once again, Microsoft becomes the victim of malicious malvertising, and the culprit behind these misleading ads is […]
If your browser displays unwanted and wrongly placed ads such as an adult website ad on a website for kids or showing an ad where it simply cannot appear like on a government website then this means trouble. Such unwanted ads sometimes contain hidden software, which often are malicious or infected with malware which can […]
Microsoft’s Windows 10 is known for collecting personal data of its users, but who thought the firm will be forcefully displaying ads on your desktop? Online ads emerging from nowhere on your desktop is a regular sighting. It is probably part and parcel of internet usage and we all have grown accustomed to it. However, […]