Mozilla, the non-profit behind the Firefox web browser, has been exploring new revenue models for the past few years, including options that don’t rely on advertising. Now the team has launched a “Test Pilot” program for Firefox Better Web, a service that Mozilla first teased last year. It lets you pay a monthly fee to […]
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Google Chrome will block annoying ads by default starting next year
Ads pay for the vast majority of free content found on the web. That’s pretty much how the modern web evolved. But some ads are really annoying, potentially blocking the content you’re trying to read and probably making you less likely to have warm, fuzzy feelings about the products being advertised. For that reason, and many […]
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If Google Chrome starts blocking some ads, would you give up third-party ad blockers?
18 Comments on If Google Chrome starts blocking some ads, would you give up third-party ad blockers?Google is said to be developing an ad blocker for its Chrome web browser. Sounds weird, right? Google makes most of its money through advertising, so why would the company start blocking ads by default in what’s arguably the world’s most widely used web browser? According to the Wall Street Journal, it’s a self-defense move. […]
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Facebook plans to show ads even if you’re using an ad blocker
There’s a lot of free, ad-supported content on the internet. You can search the web, read the news, and watch cat videos for free. And even though Hulu is moving to a subscription-only service, you can still (legally) watch plenty of TV shows and movies without paying a penny. But according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau, […]
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Opera web browser gets a built-in ad blocker
It’s no secret that many websites would load much more quickly if they didn’t display ads… and many people are also wary of having their data tracked by the companies that serve up those ads. So there’s a growing cottage industry of ad blocking software for desktop and mobile web browsers. Usually if you want […]
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Three cool features in Apple’s iOS 9
Apple’s iOS 9 is now available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, and it brings a lot of new features… even if some of them may seem like old hat to Android users. But there are some features that stand out, either because they’re truly new or because they could change the way we all […]
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Adblock Plus mobile browser launches for iOS, Android
The makers of the popular Adblock Plus software which is designed to block ads and other scripts in desktop web browsers launched a web browser for Android as a public beta earlier this year. Now the browser is out of beta… and it’s also available for iOS. You can download the Adblock Browser from the App […]
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Google open sources Chrome browser for Android, NoChromo makes an ad-free version
Google recently released most of the source code for the Android version of its Chrome web browser. So it was just a matter of time before developers started to build their own browsers based on Chromium. And not surprisingly, one of the first of those browsers is basically Chrome… with a built-in ad blocker. Meet […]