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A Primer on Display Advertising for Web Designers
4.6.2020
A lot of websites (this one included) rely on advertising as an important revenue source. Those ad placements directly impact the interfaces we build and interact with every day. Building layouts with ads in them is a dance of handling them in fluid environments, and also balancing the need...
Libra Payments Can Boost Facebook’s Ads Business, Zuckerberg Says
28.5.2020
Libra can make it easier for Facebook's users to buy goods advertised on its platform, which would incentivize businesses to buy more ads, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday
Google Profits off Impersonations of Banned Cryptocurrency Celebs and Companies
1.5.2020
Cryptocurrency companies are banned on Google but the platform is allowing phishing sites to impersonate them. London-based bitcoin exchange Coin Corner showed that a fraudulent site mimicking it is allowed on Google’s advertising platform though its own evidence-backed appeals of legitimacy...
Innovating on Web Monetization: Coil and Firefox Reality
23.4.2020
I still think Coil is cool. I have it installed on CSS-Tricks as a publisher and money trickles in. I have a paid account and I trickle out money to other sites that use it. I wrote about all that last year.
This’ll explode to something huge if we actually get the Web Monetization API stuff....
TV Reporter Warns of Facebook Ads That Claim They Made Millions From BTC
20.4.2020
The TV presenter’s warning comes amid an increase in the number of crypto investment scams using fake ads featuring localized celebrities to target victims
Facebook Sues User for Cloaking Ads for Fake COVID-19 News and Crypto Scams
9.4.2020
Facebook and Instagram sue user for cloaking ads for fake COVID-19 news and crypto scams, sneaking them past reviewers
Microsoft Patents New Cryptocurrency System Using Body Activity Data
29.3.2020
Microsoft has patented a cryptocurrency mining system that leverages human activities, including brain waves and body heat, when performing online tasks such as using search engines, chatbots, and reading ads. “A user can solve the computationally difficult problem unconsciously,”...
Billionaire Demands Facebook Reveal Who Placed Scam Bitcoin Ads About Him
26.3.2020
Billionaire Wissam Al Mana has demanded Facebook disclose the identities of the parties who used his image to promote a crypto scam
While You’re Under Quarantine, Check These Sites for Remote Crypto Jobs
22.3.2020
If you are on the lookout for a job in these pressing times, when the coronavirus pandemic has limited public movement and shut down businesses, it’s worth exploring opportunities to work from the relative safety of your home. The number of people doing so globally has been steadily growing...
Janet Jackson's Billionaire Ex Sues Facebook Over Bogus Crypto Ads
24.2.2020
Janet Jackson’s billionaire ex-husband has filed a defamation action against Facebook in connection with a cryptocurrency scam on the platform
UK Regulator Tells Stablecoin Savings Firm: Get Your Ads off the Tube
10.2.2020
The British Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has ordered the London Underground to take down advertisements for startup Zeux – a company that uses stablecoins as part of a high-interest savings offering.
The FCA appears to have expressed concern that Zeux’s business model involves using customer...
Chinese Crypto Investment Firm Asked to Remove London Underground Ads
10.2.2020
The firm reportedly touted an investment scheme with 5 percent interest but didn't state that it sent the funds back to China using crypto
More Bitcoin Scam Ads With Martin Lewis on Instagram — Can We Get a Filter for That?
16.1.2020
With Bitcoin scam ads still popular on the internet, uninformed investors need robust due diligence to prevent falling victims
A Web Component with Different HTML for Desktop and Mobile
16.1.2020
Christian Schaefer has a great big write-up about dealing with web advertisements. The whole thing is interesting, first documenting all the challenges that ads present, and then presenting modern solutions to each of them.
One code snippet that caught my eye was a simple way to design a component...
Blockchain Tops the List of Most In-Demand Tech Skills for 2020
13.1.2020
If you are planning to start a new career this year, or just improve your value in the jobs market, the best thing that you can do is acquire some blockchain skills. Companies around the world are looking for people with capabilities in this field and it appears that demand far outpaces the supply....
Bitcoin Scam Ads Featuring Martin Lewis Now Spotted on Instagram
7.1.2020
Bitcoin scam ads featuring the likeness of Martin Lewis have been spotted on Instagram, months after the financial expert settled related proceedings against Facebook
Collective #570
2.12.2019
Bekk Christmas * Lighthouse CI * Blocks UI * Patchbay * Pico-8 Advent Calendar * Dealing with Ads in 2020
Collective #570 was written by Pedro Botelho and published on Codrops
Crypto Goes Mainstream with TV Ads and More in France, Switzerland
29.11.2019
Cryptocurrencies are getting mainstream media coverage in Europe – with France’s biggest TV network airing Bitcoin (BTC)-related advertisement, and a Swiss newspaper publishing a full-page spread on crypto.
As previously reported, Keplerk last month relaunched a program that allows customers to...
How Crypto Assets Are Capturing the Attention Economy
14.11.2019
Human attention is a finite resource: we awake each day with it replenished, only for it to seep away through work, leisure, and time frittered idly browsing the web while circumventing ads. Recognizing the scarcity of maintaining human interest, attention economists have devised incentivized...
Dutch Court Orders Facebook to Remove Fake Bitcoin Ads
11.11.2019
A Dutch court ruled that Facebook must pull fake BTC investments ads exploiting John de Mol’s image