Collaborate Disseminate
After downloading Microsoft’s Edge, “Technically Incorrect” columnist Chris Matyszczyk “was then subject to constant pestering from Microsoft to, well, download the new Edge. Which was an entirely new dimension of irritation.”
But occasionally browsi… Continue reading ‘I Opened Microsoft Edge and Apple Got Angry’
“Algorithms are meaningless without good data. The public can exploit that to demand change,” argues a new article in MIT’s Technology Review (shared by long-time Slashdot reader mspohr):
Data is fed into machine-learning algorithms to target you with… Continue reading Can Users Poison the Data Big Tech Uses to Surveil Them?
Facebook will lift its ban on political ads on Thursday, ending a self-imposed prohibition that began immediately after the November 2020 general election and remained active for months. Politico reports: Facebook informed top political advertisers of … Continue reading Facebook Lifts Political Ad Ban
When viewing sports coverage from other countries, it’s common to see sideline advertising boards that are promoting products you’ve never even heard of. This new TV system is capable of digitally replacing the content of those boards, so they’re adver… Continue reading Broadcasting tech swaps stadium ads for regional advertising
By Waqas
Brands use ad targeting to attract potential customers but is it an ethical approach? Why is the EU asking for a ban on ad targeting?
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: A Ban on Ad Targeting: Why Did EU Regulators Call fo… Continue reading A Ban on Ad Targeting: Why Did EU Regulators Call for It?
Uber apparently squandered an estimated $100 million on third-party digital advertising campaigns. Input Mag reports: Former Sleeping Giants alum and co-founder of Check My Ads, Nandini Jammi, caught most of us up on the whole situation yesterday in a … Continue reading Uber Wasted $100 Million On Useless Digital Ad Campaigns
This weekend Forbes ran a thought-provoking article by “a digital marketer of 25 years” who now helps marketers audit their digital campaigns for ad fraud:
When P&G turned off $200 million of their digital ad spending, they saw NO CHANGE in busine… Continue reading When Big Brands Stopped Spending On Digital Ads, Nothing Happened. Why?
Facebook added banner ads criticizing Apple into some of its iOS apps, 9to5Mac reports, in its ongoing war against Apple’s new privacy changes:
By tapping the Learn More button, the app opens an article written by Facebook in which the company says App… Continue reading Apple-Criticizing Banner Ads Now Added to Some of Facebook’s iOS Apps
On Thursday, Google announced a new setting that lets people limit the alcohol- and gambling-related ads they come across. Gizmodo reports: Per the announcement, the feature will first roll out for YouTube ads in the U.S., before globally expanding to … Continue reading Google Will Let You Limit the Alcohol and Gambling Ads You See
The Adrozek ad-injecting browser modifier malware also extracts device data and steals credentials, making it an even more dangerous threat. Continue reading Adrozek Malware Delivers Fake Ads to 30K Devices a Day