Tech Policy The Man with a Plan to Upgrade the Democrats Raffi Krikorian, the CTO of the Democratic National Committee, is out to beat hackers—and the Republicans. by Martin Giles 2017-12-08T00:00:00-05:00
Silicon Valley Google Now Tracks Your Credit Card Purchases and Connects Them to Its Online Profile of You The search giant wants to know how online ads translate into offline sales, but says it is taking steps to ensure users’ privacy isn’t breached. by Michael Reilly 2017-05-25T14:40:00-04:00
Business Impact Digital Advertising Takes a Hit Big-name advertisers have begun to question whether they’ve placed too much faith—and money—in targeted advertising. by Kate Kaye 2017-05-05T00:00:00-04:00
Connectivity How Facebook Learns About Your Offline Life You probably know that the social network uses your profile to serve ads it thinks you’ll like—but it also draws on a lot of information it gathers from offline data brokers. by Michael Reilly 2016-12-28T14:15:00-05:00
Connectivity Facebook Can’t Win Against Ad Blockers, and Here’s the Proof A simple Chrome extension takes advantage of rules that require social-media ads to be clearly labeled. by Tom Simonite 2016-08-15T16:50:00-04:00
Connectivity Facebook Has Nuked Ad Blockers, For Now Facebook thinks millions of people are cheating it out of ad views. by Tom Simonite 2016-08-09T16:00:00-04:00
Tech Policy Largest Study of Online Tracking Proves Google Really Is Watching Us All Google’s Web trackers are present on the majority of the Web’s top million sites. by Tom Simonite 2016-05-18T12:00:00-04:00
Connectivity Facebook Wants You to Chat with Business Bots Forget calling customer service. Your next interaction with a business might be inside Facebook’s messaging service. by Tom Simonite 2016-04-12T13:28:00-04:00
Business Impact Saying Hello to Ello, an Ad-Free Facebook Alternative A social network avoids ads and elevates design. by Rachel Metz 2014-09-30T14:00:00-04:00
Sponsored A Clearer Picture: Companies Define How They Add Value to the Ad Tech Space by MIT Technology Review Insights 2013-09-12T01:00:00-04:00 In partnership with Digilant