An international coalition of consumer protection, digital and civil rights organizations as well as data protection experts have added their voice to the growing demands for a ban on so-called “surveillance-based advertising”. The objection is against a form of digital advertising that relies on a massive background computing machine that soaks up information about individuals … Read more
Facebook’s efforts to bring advertising to the Oculus virtual reality platform, which has billions of dollars spent building it, doesn’t seem like a good start. The company announced last week that it plans to launch its first in-game ads within the Blaston title of prolific VR game developer Resolution Games, and just days later the … Read more
Microsoft President Brad Smith. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) Microsoft President Brad Smith isn’t done with the fight against Google yet. In an interview with Bloomberg TV on Wednesday, Smith said that Google violated the concept of the open web and “sucked most of the oxygen out of opportunities for people who stopped creating … Read more