Tag: BANNER

Skype has announced a new change to its desktop app, but this particular feature addition isn't about functionality, it's about monetization. Yes, advertisements are coming to Skype. On the upside, they'll only appear on the Skype Home tab -- so they won't get in the way of your actual chat sessions. The blog post also states that only the U.S., U.K., and Germany will be seeing ads ...

Relevant ads can sometimes be useful -- Google's recent hyper-local announcement is one such case. However, there are plenty of users on the Web who aren't all that keen about the behavior-tracking that ad providers employ in order to serve those ads. And apparently the people behind the ads think the right thing to do is to offer you a way out. The newly-formed Self-Regulatory Program for ...

With the Internet Explorer 9 beta set to launch in just over a week, you'd expect to see Microsoft stepping up their PR efforts. IE9's developer previews and Test Drive demos have been well-received, after all, so we're not surprised to see the first IE9 teasers appear. Our eagle-eyed friend Long Zheng has spotted a shiny, new banner ad for Internet Explorer 9. The animated ad features the ...

As the new Hotmail continues to roll out -- it's now in use by more than 100 million people and headed to all remaining users soon! -- I don't doubt that many of you who hated the old version might want give Hotmail a second look. With loads of new features, improved performance, and no more text promotions in your message footers, Hotmail is now a strong alternative to GMail -- even for seasoned ...

Pretty much any time we run a list of favorite or popular Firefox add-ons, readers chime in with cheers for AdBlock Plus. It's always a source of controversy on blogs -- since most of 'em are delivering content for free in exchange for displaying adverts. The Firefox Extension Guru blog noticed that -- for some reason -- updates he was making on his web sites weren't displaying for some ...

We have learned to pay little attention to those banner ads that loom at the top and sides of websites everywhere. But brewing deep in London, England a team of eCommerce junkies are making the giant leap to revive them, giving them the street cred they lost many moons ago. Tailgate has developed an intriguing way to spice up those traditional banner ads that for some were a no-click zone. Their ...

Here is yet another Flickr toy to add to your arsenal, hailing from flagrantdisregard.com's extensive Flickr Toys section: the Flickr Profile Widget banner generator. You have a nice array of options to specify, such as which of your photos to show (most recent, most interesting, random recent, random interesting), and you can chose whether to show the photo count I have pictured here. As ...