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In what is almost an ironic twist on the material cost of online advertising, Salon now wants readers who run security extensions, err, block ads, to lend Salon their CPUs so that the publisher can [Read More ...]

I have long held the view that blocking ads in a web browser is a basic and standard part of web security. You should be blocking ads for the exact same reasons you should use a firewall, malware [Read More ...]

AdBlock Plus parent Eyeo has relaunched Flattr six months after acquiring the company. Flattr was previously known for enabling users to make one-time payments to reward creators, but its new service [Read More ...]

The WSJ has reported unconfirmed but reasonable sounding claims that Google is working on an ad blocker for Chrome: Google is planning to introduce an ad-blocking feature in the mobile and desktop [Read More ...]

About a week ago Android Police reported that Google Contributor, the service where users can sell adverts to themselves, had shut down. According to a statement from Google, that is only about half [Read More ...]

When it comes to managing comments on a website, the free options include WordPress (and other native comment systems), Facebook comments,  and Livefyre (now owned by Adobe). You also used to be [Read More ...]