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Los Angeles man, 90, spends $10,000 to take out two newspaper ads telling AT&T CEO that his internet service is too slow – and he receives a call from the company’s executive office straight away Aaron Epstein, 90, has been struggling with slow AT&T internet at his home in North Hollywood The frustrated senior citizen … Read more
Tim Cook has said targeted Facebook advertising is ‘manipulating’ people amid his ongoing battle with Mark Zuckerberg over profits and privacy in Silicon Valley. The Apple CEO was forced to defend an update to the iPhone which will make it more difficult for companies to run personalized commercials on people’s phones and iPads. When probed on the move … Read more
Facebook is developing a new tool that will keep ads away from sensitive posts in your News Feed. The social media platform is testing ‘topic exclusion’ controls that allow advertisers to keep marketing from politics, crime, controversial social issues and other designated topics. It’s already started using the controls with a limited number of advertisers. … Read more
Facebook is developing a new tool that will keep ads away from sensitive posts in your News Feed. The social media platform is testing ‘topic exclusion’ controls that allow advertisers to keep marketing from politics, crime, controversial social issues and other designated topics. It’s already started using the controls with a limited number of advertisers. … Read more
Apple CEO Tim Cook claims Facebook’s personalized ads cause ‘violence and polarization’ in the latest round of the Silicon Valley battle over privacy Cook was speaking at a virtual conference out of Brussels on Thursday He has long criticized the use of targeted advertising which Facebook and millions of other businesses – large and small … Read more
A new hard-hitting series of adverts urging Britons to stay at home will air from tonight, as ministers ramp-up pressure on the public to obey lockdown rules. The shock tactic adverts will feature close-ups of Covid patients wearing oxygen masks accompanied by a bold thought provoking message. In one advert, viewers will be told to … Read more
The show must go on for Kim Kardashian. Amid a swirl of rumors that she is on the verge of divorcing Kanye West. the 40-year-old reality star was busy promoting her perfume brand on Instagram this Thursday. The Keeping Up With The Kardashians standout slipped into a couple of gleaming metallic outfits that played up … Read more
Pension savers and investors are being bombarded with fraudulent online ads on ‘industrial scale’, say financial regulators who called for more money and resources to step up public warning campaigns. Criminals no longer need to produce glossy brochures or set up fake offices as online adverts can be created ‘very easily’, an official told MPs … Read more
Ebay’s £7bn ads deal faces probe by competition watchdog in monopoly fears The CMA has started examining eBay’s £7billion deal with Norway’s Adevinta Ebay is selling its classified ads division that includes Gumtree and Motors.co.uk The CMA is scrutinising the deal because Gumtree and Motors.co.uk have millions of UK users between them By Helen Cahill … Read more
Just a few months after trolling Apple for no longer including a charger with the iPhone, two competitors are now doing the exact same thing. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun confirmed the Mi 11 will come without a charger and Samsung deleted a Facebook post over the weekend that mocked Apple’s move, which may be hinting … Read more