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Eloquence

If I were a better writer, I’d write as well as Maciej does. A very nice presentation on privacy, advertising, malvertising, click fraud, and more: http://idlewords.com/talks/what_happens_next_will_amaze_you.htm

Help–The Whole Web Thinks I’m Using IE7!!!

Every few weeks for the last six or so years, I see someone complain on Twitter or in forums that the entire Internet seems to think they’re running an old version of IE. For instance, an IE11 user on Windows 8.1 might see the following warning on Facebook: These warnings typically occur when the browserContinue reading “Help–The Whole Web Thinks I’m Using IE7!!!”

Ad Publishers–A TODO List

Where’s Google’s* blog on how they’re doing everything they can to make ads they serve as fast and small as possible? Where’s Google’s blog on how many ads they’ve nuked as “deceptive” and trumpeting how policy forbids ads for “adware-wrapped” installers? Where’s Google’s blog about how many billions of ad-generated dollars they’ve supplied to contentContinue reading “Ad Publishers–A TODO List”

Ad-Block: Current Status

Microsoft used to joke about cutting off a competitor’s air supply. Apple instead handed shears to devs, pointed at a hose, and walked out. As iOS9 launches, here’s the list of top paid apps in the iTunes AppStore: It’s only a question of when, not if, the top slot of the Free Apps category isContinue reading “Ad-Block: Current Status”

Developer Advocacy

The Microsoft Edge (nee Internet Explorer) team held one of their “#AskMSEdge chats” on Twitter yesterday. After watching the stream, @MarkXA neatly summarized the chat: The folks over on WindowsCentral built out a larger summary of the tidbits of news that did get answered on the chat, some of which were just pointers to theirContinue reading “Developer Advocacy”