A new report released on August 10 has shed light on the plight of publishers with an estimated loss of $22 billion as a result of increased usage of ad-blocking software on…
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Microsoft sells display advertising business to AOL
Microsoft has inked a deal with AOL that will see the tech giant handing over its display advertising business to the latter. As part of the 10-year deal, AOL will take over…
Malware hijacks router DNS to inject ads, pornographic content into websites
Use of malware to hijack router DNS and then subsequently inject ads and pornographic content onto all websites a user is surfing isn’t a new kind of hack, but hijacking routers using…
Facebook bags shopping search engine ‘TheFind’
Facebook has acquired Mountain View, California-based personalized online shopping search engine, TheFind. The announcement of acquisition was made on Friday but the details of deal were kept undisclosed. Announcing the deal, Facebook…
Google ‘Contributor’ will let you get rid of those unwanted ads
Google on Thursday unveiled a new product for publishers dubbed ‘Contributor’ which will let them earn a monthly fee from readers who are rather ready to pay for content than see ads….