Tag: ADS

It appears that "privacy" and "transparency" are more than just the latest buzzwords to hit the online community. This week, dozens of the biggest companies advertising on the Web today are banding together in an effort to regain some of the trust that's been lost over the years due to ads. Alright, let's just be honest about it then; while regaining a modicum of the consumer's trust is an added ...

Holy schnikies, there's a lot going on this week! Twitter is really ticking off developers with some new advertising policies, but it's moving forward with new features, too. Meanwhile, on the app front, we finally saw the debut of Twitter for iPhone (formerly Tweetie). I don't like it one bit, and I'll tell you why after the jump. Let's go! First up, ads. In preparation for the launch of ...

I'm a GMail user. I've been a GMail user for years, and I'm not likely to stop using it any time soon. I was, however, excited by all the improvements in Microsoft's latest update to Hotmail. Competition is good, after all -- and a better Hotmail should lead to improvements and innovation in other webmail apps. When reading about the changes you probably noticed a number of bloggers talking ...

DLS commenters are quite the savvy bunch ... I don't mean the commenters who keep urging me to get Viagra and BMW (what kind of weird spam is that, anyway?) but guys like Philip, who commented on my post regarding the rather-cruddy Desktop Google Reader and pointed me in the direction of something much cooler: FeedSquares. FeedSquares is a Chrome extension (and an Android app) which puts a pretty ...

I have no idea how long this extension will be around -- has the jury returned a verdict on whether ad-blockers are ethical? -- but for the casual user, minimal.digg is awesome. By removing the fluff, the crust, the non-essential verdigris, minimal.digg gets you to the content faster. In fact, unless you're deeply entrenched in the Digg community, I can't see why you wouldn't use this extension. ...

Since everyone's in a tizzy about the effect of ad blockers on site revenues, it seems like a good time to take a look at a way to avoid annoying ads, raise money for nonprofits, and still get your favorite web publisher paid at the same time. The DoGooder replaces boring, run-of-the-mill ads with environmentally-friendly messages, and 50% of the funds raised go to green initiatives and ...

Welcome to the first Twitter Tuesday of March! There's plenty to talk about this week, including the big news that Twitter is finally ready to slip a little advertising into your stream. If you've been wondering when the Big T was going to start chasing a profit, you're about to get an answer. We'll talk about that, plus new apps, Twitter tools and rumors in this edition of Twitter Tuesday. ...

I'm about to shock you with my most blatant 're-newsing' to date. I pray, what with the spectacular Super Bowl tonight, that you can forgive me -- well, at least the Americans amongst you. OK, the Americans from the Deep South. BUT ANYWAY... Computerworld has a gallery of the 10 best Super Bowl technology ads, from 1976 (Xerox!) to present day (Garmin). They're all classics that you've ...

Sometimes, Apple's decisions about content in the App Store can be petty and anti-competitive -- like asking developers to remove any mention of Android. But sometimes, they make a call that seems to put users first. This time, it's a request that developers use your location to provide useful information, rather than just serving you location-based ads. Here's the text of the warning to ...

A lot of people use the Internet to find porn. A lot of people use Firefox (go download Firefox 3.6!) digg_url = 'http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2010/01/21/ultimate-porn-surfing-firefox-add-ons/'; In fact, I'd go as far to suggest that porn surfers -- or at least the search for naughty, illicit, adult-only material -- account for Firefox's biggest market demographic. The 'young' ...

Google -- the granddaddy of internet advertisers -- says it's not worried about extensions for its Chrome browser that block or eliminate ads on websites. Well... that's interesting. Apparently Google feels that advertisers will make an effort to ensure their ads are less annoying and people will soon see their benefits. Or at least that is the hope over at Google headquarters: "There will ...

To say that the imeem purchase by MySpace has been messy would be a bit of a gross understatement. Its primary purpose -- creating playlists -- was broken by its transition to MySpace's ownership and website. Right now imeem users are basically and functionally screwed: imeem currently does... well, nothing. Well, until today that is: now imeem playlists display ringtone ads. You could almost ...

Galloping into the scene on its shining, white horse, Google has finally struck back at the privacy advocates that got just a little riled up by Google CEO Eric Schmidt's outburst last week. And it takes the form... of a presentation! Yes, in classic, classy, we're-as-transparent-as-a-pane-of-glass-covered-in-morning-dew understatement, Google has prepared a lovely set of slides that outline ...

Despite a rather counter-intuitive name, Yahoo have just announced the next stage of their we-shall-be-great-again game plan: the Ad Interest Manager. Like Google, Yahoo makes 'educated guesses' about what ads to show you, based on your surfing habits. Yahoo wants to go one step further (or one step back, depending on your point of view): you can now opt out of 'interest-based' ads. I can't ...

After Adobe's recent acquisition of analytics giant Omniture for $1.8 billion, there was a lot of speculation that Adobe was beginning a foray into the advertising. Now we've got some more clues, since Adobe's partnering with Gigya, a company that distributes widgets and advertising. Now, Adobe's got its fingers in every part of the process, from content creation to ads to analytics. Adobe's new ...