Category Archives: Advertising

Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: For the soundtracks to their 2023 holiday season ads, both Amazon and Apple turned to music by members of The Beatles. Amazon’s Joy Ride, which stars three older women reliving their youthful joy at a sledding h… Continue reading Apple and Amazon Release Warm, Fuzzy Holiday Ads – Both With Beatles-Related Songs→

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: People who buy a Fire TV from Amazon are probably looking for a cheap and simple way to get an affordable 4K smart TV. When Amazon announced its first self-branded TVs in September 2021, it touted … Continue reading After Luring Customers With Low Prices, Amazon Stuffs Fire TVs With Ads→

YouTube’s crackdown on ad blockers is in full swing, leading to a wave of ad blocker uninstalls. 9to5Google reports: As Wired reports, this rollout has led to “hundreds of thousands” of uninstalls, not of YouTube but of ad blockers. The figures apparen… Continue reading YouTube Crackdown Leads To ‘Hundreds of Thousands’ of Ad Blocker Uninstalls→

Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland writes: In 1994 the TV show Friends premiered, and its first season’s high ratings made it the 8th most-popular show. The next year Microsoft released Windows 95 — and filmed a promotional video for it with 2… Continue reading When Matthew Perry Met Windows 95→

Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: Over at Computers Are Bad, J.B. Crawford [a senior professional services engineer at GitLab] offers a pretty epic takedown of the startup “Cooler Screens”, which has replaced the formerly transparent cooler door… Continue reading When Supermarket Freezer Doors Have Screens With Ads→

Brian Steinberg reports via Variety: So-called “pause ads” — they only turn up a few seconds after a viewer has decided to halt the programming, and not every time one does — are seeing new movement in the streaming world, with the format appearing m… Continue reading ‘Pause Ads’ Creep Onto Hulu, Peacock and Max As Streamers Seek New Revenue→

Jon Brodkin reports via Ars Technica: An advertising industry group urged Comcast to stop its “10G” ads or modify them to state that 10G is an “aspirational” technology rather than something the company actually provides on its cable network today. The… Continue reading Comcast Resists Call To Stop Its Misleading ’10G Network’ Claims→

Ivan Mehta writes via TechCrunch: Reddit said Wednesday that the platform is revamping its privacy settings with an aim to make ad personalization and account visibility toggles consistent. Most notably though, it is removing the ability to opt out of … Continue reading Reddit Is Removing Ability To Opt Out of Ad Personalization Based On Your Activity→