• Facebook says Apple iPhone update will hurt ability to target ads

    Facebook says Apple iPhone update will hurt ability to target ads

    Facebook on Wednesday warned developers that a new Apple privacy update would likely harm its ability to get targeted ads in front of iPhone users. The social network said in a blog post that forthcoming changes in Apple’s new iOS 14 iPhone and iPad software could render its Audience Network system “so ineffective on iOS …
  • eBay planning sale of classifieds arm to Norwegian firm Adevinta

    eBay planning sale of classifieds arm to Norwegian firm Adevinta

    eBay plans to sell its classified ads arm to Norwegian e-commerce firm Adevinta as it strips away segments outside its core online marketplace, a new report says. The two companies are close to a deal that would see Adevinta buy eBay’s classifieds business in a cash-and-stock takeover that could be announced as soon as Monday, …
  • Pornhub offers $300,000 worth of free ads to ailing small businesses

    Pornhub offers $300,000 worth of free ads to ailing small businesses

    Pornhub says it wants to help ailing merchants expose themselves to a whole new audience. The giant smut site is giving away $300,000 worth of free advertising — a move it hopes will stimulate small businesses that have been beaten down by the coronavirus crisis. In a competition launched Tuesday, Pornhub will select 100 small …
  • Google lifts ad ban on anonymous blogging site ZeroHedge

    Google lifts ad ban on anonymous blogging site ZeroHedge

    ZeroHedge is back on Google’s ads platform after a several-week-long ban. The financial site, which is known for posting most of its articles under the pseudonym Tyler Durden, a fictional character played by Brad Pitt in the movie “Fight Club,” can once again tap into the search giant’s lucrative advertising money, a Google spokesperson confirmed. …
  • Zuckerberg says Facebook will crack down on hate speech as ad boycott widens

    Zuckerberg says Facebook will crack down on hate speech as ad boycott widens

    Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook will accelerate a crackdown on hate speech — less than an hour after consumer-products giant Unilever announced it was yanking all Facebook ads for the rest of the year. In a striking about-face in a controversy that has increasingly engulfed the social network, Facebook’s 35-year-old boss on Friday said Facebook will …