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Microsoft loves placing ads and promos for its products and services in various places across its OS. The latest place where it is placing ads for Teams Essentials is inside the Get Help app.
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Recent findings on insider builds of Windows 11 have shown that Microsoft is planning on presenting more adverts for its products within the Settings windows, particularly on the default Home tab.
Debates about what is an advertisement versus a recommendation in Windows spark from time to time. In this piece, we discuss how unsolicited ads make sense for Microsoft but are detrimental to the UX.
Uber has launched its own media division, with which it plans to sell advertisement space inside its ride hailing and food delivery apps, as well as during rides and even on top of cars.
Creators that have a significant number of followers on Snapchat will have a new way of earning money through the platform - mid-roll advertisements. The feature will be available later this year.
A document has revealed that most U.S. intelligence agencies, including FBI, NSA, CIA, and DHS use ad blockers due to fear of targeted ads and malvertising, even though they are not mandated to do so.
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Samsung has announced that following feedback from its customers, it will be removing advertisements from its proprietary apps by the end of this year. The move will likely be welcomed by many.
UK ad authority body, ASA, has banned an ad for the product 'Eradicator19+' by a company called Go-Vi. The ad is for an air purifier that claims it has been "Proven to destroy Coronavirus* cells".
Google recently announced that it will soon stop individual tracking to preserve user privacy. But what does that mean exactly? We take a deep-dive around its proposed FLoC approach to find out.
Facebook will now allow ads that promote COVID-19 vaccines as a way to stop the spread of the virus. However, it will ban exploitative ads and those that claim it to be a cure for the virus.
Google today announced that it is bringing audio ads in beta form to marketers, targeted specifically at YouTube users that use the video streaming service to listen to music in the background.
Google is testing the addition of personalized shopping recommendations on the new tab page for Chrome. A hidden flag in Chrome Canary lets users enable the feature with fake data.
It appears that publisher 2K Sports has pulled an EA and added unskippable advertisements to its full-priced NBA 2K21 title, just a month after EA received backlash for doing something similar.
EA is facing backlash for adding in-game commercials for Amazon's The Boys in UFC 4. The company has now removed the ads and apologized for not communicating changes to players ahead of time.
The company's CEO believes that in the near future, a large chunk of radio advertising will move online to streaming services like Spotify. The firm is currently focusing on podcasts and artist ads.
Samsung has been sending users notification ads via a couple of its apps announcing the Galaxy Note10 series. Users took to Twitter to complain about the unwarranted advertisements.
eBay heavily criticized its competitor Amazon in its latest promotional video for its upcoming Crash Sale. In the minute-long video titled "Honest Alexa", a tweenager named Alexa trashes Prime Day.
YouTube has banned a disturbing advertisement for The Nun that popped up for unsuspecting viewers without warning. The promotional material was potentially harmful for heart patients, among others.
Google has announced that it will now be offering the powers of machine learning to advertisers over the coming months so that they can maximize their revenue by delivering targeted ads.
Huawei is expected to announce its P20 line on March 27. Ahead of the event, the firm has deployed a fleet of advertising trucks which have been parked in front of Apple and Samsung stores in the UK.
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Apple has released a new advertisement for its HomePod smart speaker, directed by filmmaker Spike Jonze. It features singer FKA Twigs in a dance number, performed to Anderson .Paak's 'Til It's Over'.
It appears that the TouchPal keyboard app, which comes pre-installed on many Android devices - primarily HTC's - has suddenly started to show advertisements, leading to online backlash.
Google, whose majority of revenue comes from advertisements, has reportedly started experimenting how ads will look like in virtual reality. The experiments are currently going on at Area 120.
Google today announced that it will convert ads on AMP pages to its AMP ads format, making them load up to five seconds faster. Advertisers will also be able to use AMP pages as landing pages in ads.
Google has announced a series of changes to its advertising policy, which would give advertisers more control over ad placement. The goal is to curb cases of ads placed on "questionable content".
Microsoft's recently launched productivity tool, Teams, was featured on ABC's Good Morning America earlier today. The company sponsored a “Boosting Your Business” segment on the news channel.
It appears that Google is axing 30-second advertisements on YouTube, and is instead placing more focus on six-second "bumper" ads, which will likely see an uptick in frequency starting in 2018.
A new advertisement from Apple for the iPhone 7 Plus puts Portrait mode in the spotlight. Portrait mode is a feature that utilizes both cameras on the phone to produce professional-looking photos.
A recent study by researchers at Stanford University found that while young people are indeed social media savvy, they have difficulty determining genuine news from sponsored content.
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Apple has released a new advertisement for the holidays, starring Frankenstein. The ad leaves viewers a message, asking them to be open and accept everyone, no matter who they are.
Microsoft continues to promote the Surface Pro 4 tablet, while comparing it against Apple products. In its latest ad, it goes for a musical head to head with the Macbook Air.
As a move to provide better search results for users, Google is modifying its mobile search algorithm. It will now give a low ranking to websites which use invasive pop-up elements.
Microsoft has released a video made by the Bing team to celebrate the services' birthday. The video is a pretty emotional one, featuring a father helping his daughter through a difficult time.
Microsoft has released a new Surface commercial, that we have posted after the jump, and seeing that it is exactly 30 seconds long, this one will likely make it to the cable networks.
Microsoft showed off a new advertisement tonight during ABC World News and this time around, the company is focusing on its cloud and how it is helping with cancer research.
Microsoft pushed out two new commercials for the Super Bowl and it looks like the resonated well with consumers as the feedback on Twitter was generally positive during the game.
Microsoft has released two new advertisements that will be shown tonight during the Super Bowl that promotes how the company's technology is empowering everyone to do more.
While we know that Microsoft intends to unify both the Windows Phone and Windows Store with the release of Windows 10, that hasn't stopped Microsoft from promoting it ahead of time.
Apple has released a new advertisement for the Macbook Air, but this video is a bit different than the previous advertisements that the company has released over the past few years.
A new Samsung advert for its Galaxy S5 flagship smartphone is asking users of its ageing S3 device who use the camera heavily to upgrade, by pointing out how the S5 has superior photo-shooting powers.
