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Article | 5/12/2012 US FTC bars advertising firm from sniffing browser histories
An online advertising firm accused of spying on the browser histories of consumers has reached a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission bar...
Article | 30/11/2012 Yahoo hit with $2.7 billion judgment by Mexico court
A court in Mexico has entered a US$2.7 billion judgment against Yahoo in a breach-of-contract suit over a yellow-pages listing service.
Article | 30/11/2012 Microsoft joins malware, ad teams to fight click fraud
Microsoft is linking malicious software analysts with online advertising fraud experts in an effort to disrupt click fraud, a scam where advertisers p...
Article | 23/11/2012 Facebook faces legal threat over unsolicited advertising in Scandinavia
Facebook could be taken to court by consumer organizations in the Nordic countries if it does not stop placing unsolicited advertisements in users' ne...
Article | 19/11/2012 US lawmakers question FTC's antitrust investigation of Google
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission may be headed toward an "unwarranted" power grab in its antitrust investigation of Google, two lawmakers from Silico...
Article | 23/10/2012 Mayer vows improvements across the board at Yahoo
Marissa Mayer, participating in her first Yahoo earnings conference call since becoming CEO, outlined a broad range of areas in which the company need...
Article | 22/10/2012 Yahoo Q3 revenue dips, earnings up
Yahoo's revenue dropped slightly but earnings rose during the third quarter, the first complete one under the helm of new CEO Marissa Mayer.
Article | 13/12/2011 AdBlock Plus defends decision to allow some ads
The developers of AdBlock Plus, an extension for Firefox that blocks advertising on websites, are trying to contain a brewing controversy over their d...
Article | 13/12/2011 House panel to move forward on Stop Online Piracy Act
A U.S. House of Representatives committee has scheduled a debate and vote on controversial copyright legislation, the Stop Online Piracy Act, with the...
Article | 9/12/2011 Google offers Currents, a Flipboard-like app
Google has released a free mobile app that pulls content from different websites into one place and lets people build what looks a bit like their own ...
Article | 8/12/2011 Yahoo awarded $610 million in spam case
Yahoo has won a lawsuit against spammers, a legal victory that also includes a default judgment of US$610 million.
Article | 8/12/2011 NavX sues Google again, increasing its claim for damages over Adwords rules
French navigation data provider NavX filed another lawsuit against Google last Thursday, renewing its accusations that the company abused its dominant...
Article | 1/12/2011 Adobe buys Efficient Frontier to boost its online advertising capabilities
Adobe Systems has acquired Efficient Frontier in order to boost its abilities to power advertising campaigns that use social networks and search engin...
Article | 23/11/2011 Senator threatens filibuster of Protect IP Act as vote nears
The Protect IP Act, which would allow the U.S. Department of Justice to seek court orders focused on shutting down websites accused of copyright infri...
Article | 23/11/2011 Net neutrality is too regulatory, but Stop Online Piracy isn't?
Several Republicans in the U.S. Congress who voted this year to overturn net neutrality rules -- with most opponents arguing the rules would create th...