Popular ad blocker Adblock Plus has revealed for the first time exactly how it makes is money. The Adblock Plus revenue model has long been a contentious one. Adblock Plus charges some companies to ...

Adblock Plus today launched Adblock Browser for Android. Currently in beta, the company’s first browser was created by taking the open-source Firefox for Android ...

The use of software that blocks ads on websites is on a rapid rise. According to a study last year by PageFair and Adobe, some 144 million people used the software monthly, up almost 70% from the year ...

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On Tuesday this week, Facebook made waves by breaking ad blockers, implementing technology to show ads to people who are using ad blocking technology in their desktop browsers. Within two days the ...

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With more than 400 million desktop installations in its pocket, it was only a matter of time until Adblock Plus became available on mobile devices. Eyeo, the company behind the extension, first tested ...

In 2006, Adblock Plus 0.6 was released as a browser extension that promised to keep users’ Web experience uncluttered and advertising-free. As the Internet became overrun with auto-play videos, ...

Have your privacy cake and consume the web too Brave Software has reworked its browser's Rust-based adblock engine to make it significantly more memory efficient and perhaps more secure. So you get ...

Safari includes an array of features, including the ability to access recent business websites from a single window and the ability to view websites in an adjustable reader application. The Internet ...

Adblock, the popular extension for Chrome and Safari, has announced via a pop-up to users that it has been sold — but doesn't mention a price or a buyer. The company was previously privately owned by ...