Adblock Plus has released an update to their globally-popular ad blocker. The new Adblock Plus 3.7 improves CPU performance and enhances battery life, amongst other things. Most important, however, are the improvements in the filter list menu. In addition to pre-installed lists for blocking intrusive ads, Adblock Plus has a large selection of filter lists […]
Music streaming service, Spotify, is ramping up its fight against ad blockers by explicitly banning them in its terms of service. The firm has long been anti-ad blockers. Until now, Spotify users who employed ad-circumventing software had their accounts suspended and were send a warning via email. The suspension would be revoked if they removed their ad blocker […]
GeoEdge brings mobile security and quality up to speed. Using the same proprietary, patent-pending technology that powers GeoEdge’s widely adopted solutions for the broader web, it detects security issues, inappropriate and offensive ad creative, and user experience issues at the pre-impression level delivered by any of the major mediator SDKs. The tool blocks the bad ad […]
Spotify has restated key usage metrics for 2017 leading up to its IPO next month, claiming it recently discovered 2 million users had been accessing the free version of the streaming-music service using unauthorized apps that blocked ads. “On March 21, 2018, we detected instances of approximately two million users as of December 31, 2017, […]
RhythmOne, a global advertising technology company, has announced the release of the Q4 2017 installment of its “Programmatic Insights Report – Spotlight on Quality” series. Based on an analysis of the 2.8 trillion average monthly ad opportunities RhythmOne’s programmatic platform processed from October to December 2017, the report provides insight into quality trends and invalid […]
It’s no stretch to say that digital advertising can be annoying, and mobile ads even more so as they’re harder to avoid. For UK consumers, some mobile ad formats are especially irksome, according to a recent study commissioned by ad tech firm InSkin Media. Polling of UK internet users in Q1 2017 by mobile market […]
Young TV consumers may be watching much more streaming video, but a large majority will skip online video advertising if allowed. The latest Deloitte “Digital Democracy Survey” says 80% will skip digital TV/video commercials — and over 70% of Millennials and younger Gen Z viewers find mobile ads to be “irrelevant.” Ad-blocking software is a […]
O2 is considering giving its users “more control” to reduce the number of ads they see on their mobile devices in a move that could encourage ad-blocking. Mark Evans, the chief executive of O2, Britain’s second biggest mobile operator, said at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that users should have the right to block ads […]
Shine Technologies is changing its name to Rainbow, leaving the ad-blocking market and recreating itself as a service with benefits for consumers and advertisers alike: an opt-in experience allowing web users to decide what ads they get. The move signals that the Israeli company is embracing advertisers, its previous enemy, developing the new product with […]
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) just released a new report which highlights the growing usage of ad blocking technology and offers practical advice on how users could be convinced to uninstall their ad blockers. Conducted by C3Research among 1,300 computer and 201 mobile users in the US, the research finds that two-thirds of consumers using […]