Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Save time and bandwidth by shutting out the most annoying types of advertising (iStock) (the_independent_577) Ad blockers are ...

Inevitably, whenever there is a discussion on the internet about how YouTube (or any other website) is choked with ads, someone will say, "Just use an ad blocker." The name seems to say it all. An ad ...

Ad blockers are software you can install on your mobile device to control ads and pop-up scripts while browsing the web or using various apps. Pop-ups are annoying and often hazardous because they ...

It’s estimated that roughly 27% of internet users are leveraging ad blockers, meaning that advertisers are missing out on roughly a quarter of potential ad targets. In this article, we’ll cover what ...

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In part two of this series on the state of ad blockers, I take a look at a new product from a well-known company whose earlier product has been available for nearly a decade: Adblock Plus (ABP).

Why would anyone agree to use an adblocker from the worlds largest advertising corporation? Googles business is collecting your data and SELLING YOUR DATA it to the highest bidder. They do not have ...

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