Google’s Chrome team on Thursday proposed a “privacy sandbox” that’s designed to give us the best of both worlds: ads that publishers can target toward our interests but that don’t infringe our privacy. It’s a major development in an area where Chrome, the dominant browser, has lagged competitors. Browsers already include security sandboxes, restrictions designed …
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Website publishers and companies that show ads on them can track you from one site to another, creating a profile on your interests intended to show ads more targeted toward your likely interests. But that can significantly impair your privacy, and browsers are starting to crack down. Apple on Wednesday published a policy governing how its Safari browser will block …
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Facebook said Tuesday it’s suing two app developers in Asia for making money from advertising fraud, highlighting how the social network is cracking down on abuse on the platform. The app developers LionMobi in Hong Kong and JediMobi in Singapore released apps on the Google Play Store that infected a user’s phone with malware to make it appear as if …
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Liking tweets and retweeting them are fine ways to support your favorite Twitter personalities. But you know what’s better? Cash. And now the Brave browser lets you put your money where your mouse is. Brave has built a Twitter tipping system into the newest version of the ad-blocking browser, released Thursday for Windows, MacOS and Linux. The online gratuity service, …
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Supporters, founders and employees of sex tech and women’s wellness startups like Dame Products and Unbound Babes assembled outside Facebook’s New York office Wednesday. The crowd protested the social media site’s policies, which don’t let the companies run ads for their products. Polly Rodriguez, CEO and co-founder of Unbound Babes, told CNET the event had a turnout of 40 to 50 …
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Prime Day starts at midnight on Monday, July 15, but the party got underway last night in New York with a free streamed concert from Taylor Swift. Hosted by Jane Lynch, the Prime Day concert also featured artists Dua Lipa, SZA and Becky G. Tay Tay headlined the show and performed her newest singles, ME! and You Need To Calm Down. …
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Browser startup Brave now can show its privacy-first ads on Android, not just personal computers. The company’s browser blocks websites’ ads and trackers by default, but if you opt in to see Brave-supplied ads instead, you’ll get 70 percent of the resulting revenue. With most of Brave’s users on smartphones, the Android move is a significant expansion of Brave’s advertising …
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An Australian government watchdog agency is taking Samsung to court over claims that the company’s Galaxy phones are safe to take in the water. In 2016 Samsung released its first IP68 water-resistant phone, the Galaxy S7. All of the electronics giant’s flagship phones have since carried the IP68 certification for water resistance and have been advertised as water-friendly phones. The Australian Competition and …
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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has kicked off a probe into digital advertising and online platforms. Its examination will focus on Facebook and Google in particular, the agency said Wednesday. A similar study in Europe resulted in Google being hit with a $1.7 billion fine in March for “abusive” online ad practices. The European Commission had said Google was exploiting its …
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When it comes to concerns over new ad-blocking limits planned for Chrome, Google has budged but so far hasn’t moved very far. The company is responding to criticism of proposed changes to its Chrome web browser that may cripple ad-blocking tools. Though Google revealed it’s lifting some limits and plans an exemption for enterprise users, it doesn’t look like the search …
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