There may be no more need for third-party adblocking tool installation for Google Chrome soon enough, rumor has it.
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Samsung Internet 4.0 with ad-blocking support can now be installed on Lollipop devices
The world’s most popular Android device manufacturer might still not be in a position to threaten Google’s mobile OS domination with its in-house Tizen platform, but when it comes to smartphone web browsers, Samsung looks ready to give the search giant a healthy run for its money.What could the aptly titled ...
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Adblocker guilt? Not when news sites pack up to half their pages with ads
Publishers like Pocketnow have been pulling teeth as to how they can sustain themselves financially while not tanking user experience with their content. The dreaded ad has become less ad and more dread with auto-playing video content to splash pages suddenly appearing over something you might want to click.Of course, these smoke and mirrors aren’t just annoying, but they eat up your data, too. Some smart people over at Enders Analysis have wondered about how much of this complex code weighs against ...
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Google Play reverses course on Samsung browser ad-blocker removal
Last week was a wild ride for users of Samsung’s Android browser, first as Samsung opened the door for browser add-ons capable of blocking ads, and then as Google appeared to start culling such software from its Play Store offerings. At least, that’s what it looked like at first, but Google’s banhammer was being applied a bit inconsistently; was this an across-the-board war on ...
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Google pulls the plug on ad-blocker for Samsung’s Android browser
It’s easy to find yourself overwhelmed by ads on your smartphone, whether in apps or just on the mobile web. So it’s little surprise that when a company announces a new way to give users control over just how they’re exposed to those ads, we’re quick to take advantage of it. That’s just what happened a few days back as Samsung opened up its Android browser’s API to work with ad-blocking software, and devs were in a rush to deliver solutions ...
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ASUS signs deal to pre-load AdBlock Plus on its products
When we reviewed the ASUS ZenFone 2 — or, at least one of them — this year we noted that for an unlocked phone, this thing sure had quite the bloatware. The company sure loves packing on those feel-good additions where possible but this one might just take the cake, especially when we’re talking about the fuss iOS is ...
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Mozilla sunsets Firefox OS smartphones, gives rise to Focus ad blocker
Mozilla imaged an entirely new development medium for those who were interested in the Firefox OS 2.5, but weren’t willing to take the complete dive: by packaging an easy-to-install Android launcher and sending it right to you. Turns out it’s not going to be of much use to those devs anymore. In fact, the platform is now dead.At least on the smartphone side. Mozilla senior vice president of connected devices Ari ...
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Dev behind popular iOS 9 ad blocker pulls app over ethical crisis
Apple’s iOS 9 is here, and among all the other new additions, that means the arrival of ad blockers. Straight away, these new ad-blocker options shot to the top of the App Store charts, as users rushed to try them all and find the option they liked best. One that was quick to emerge as a top paid pick was developer Marco Arment’s Peace, but now, just days after its debut, Arment has withdrawn Peace from the App Store, ...
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You can install one of the first adblockers on iOS 9 (though we’d prefer you didn’t)
It seems that the new version of Apple’s proprietary mobile operating system is doing the media consumer a solid and giving content creators hell at the same time by allowing ad blockers into the App Store and be run on your iPhone. One such app is called Peace, which you can grab at the link below. But before you do so, know that you’re not only blocking advertisements but also blocking tracking tags.Peace works on Safari and Safari embeds. It can hide comment spaces and forms, external web fonts and ...
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