Fighter jets launch flares to flummox heat-sinking missiles by hiding the real target in a sea of decoys. The same strategy, designed to thwart advertisers, may be coming to a web browser near you.

An ad-free web browsing experience may only be available to those willing to pay for it. At least, that appears to be the future waiting for Google Chrome. In a recent update, Google has moved to ...

The startup hopes its privacy-respecting system will clean up the toxic parts of today's ad tech so you can actually enjoy free websites again. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by John Byrne, head of product at 7th Minute.

Apple is running a commercial in which a kid with an iPad asks, "What's a computer?" The ad is meant to portray a world where computers no longer exist and kids don't even know what they are. Many who ...

On-demand content delivered to your Intel Viiv-enabled media centre PC could soon be accompanied by advertisements, thanks to an alliance between Intel and Omnicom Media Group (OMG). The two companies ...

Apple on Monday released a new ad on YouTube, "5 Reasons iPad Pro can be your next computer," once again trying to sell people on the idea that the tablet can replace a laptop workflow. The ad's ...

(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) forecast strong fall sales and posted a profit that was double Wall Street targets on Thursday thanks to the retailer's younger, higher-earning businesses, ...

If you’re a small business exclusively serving a local market, you probably think the Internet has little to offer as an advertising medium. And you may be right — for now. But the Net is changing.

Amazon.com Inc.’s first-quarter profit surged, beating analysts’ estimates and demonstrating that its focus on cloud computing, advertising and other high-margin businesses continues to pay off. First ...

Salon.com has a new, cryptocurrency-driven strategy for making money when readers block ads. If you want to read Salon without seeing ads, you can do so—as long as you let the website use your spare ...