2022 Was a Massive Year for ‘Bad Ads’ on Google Search
There’s a hell of a lot of groups violating Google’s ad policies these days. On Tuesday, Google said it stopped 5.2 billion “bad ads” in 2022, 1.8 billion more than…
Everything You Need to Know About the Google Antitrust Lawsuit
Photo: Leon Neal / Staff (Getty Images) On Tuesday, the US Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. Joined by eight state attorneys general, the federal government said…
Why Elon’s Twitter Subscriptions Are Missing the Point
Image: Sergei Elagin (Shutterstock) Controversy sells. For a long time, there has been no place where this is more true than on social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Controversy…
Uber riders, in-car video ads are coming
Uber is looking at ways to make more money through advertising with plans including in-car tablets that show video ads to riders.
Netflix’s ad-based tier launches November 3 at $7 a month
Netflix’s new plan with advertising will cost $7 a month and launches on November 3.
If you have a smart TV, you need an ad-blocker
Advertising is the deal with the devil we make for inexpensive hardware and services, but we can still fight back.
YouTube says it will no longer let Trump (or any politician) take over its homepage
YouTube is making big changes to who it will let “take over” YouTube.com. For Donald Trump, as well as other politicians, the change means they can never buy that ad…
HBO Max launches cheaper subscription tier with limited ads
All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers.If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. By Proma Khosla2021-06-02 13:50:28…
Why Instagram keeps serving me an ad for what looks like a pile of fossilized poo
Of the dozens of Instagram ads I viewed in the past few weeks, one made me do a double take every time. Mostly, because it contains what looks like a…
After update, only 4 percent of iOS users in U.S. let apps track them
Sorry, Facebook. Apple released iOS 14.5 to the public at the end of April, which included the ability to stop apps from tracking your activity for ad targeting purposes. New…