Advertising Stories for 2014

Lizard Squad: Xbox Live, PSN Attacks Were a 'Marketing Scheme' For DDoS Service 139
Fraud Bots Cost Advertisers $6 Billion 190
AdNauseam Browser Extension Quietly Clicks On Blocked Ads 285
French Publishers Prepare Lawsuit Against Adblock Plus 699
A Mismatch Between Wikimedia's Pledge Drive and Its Cash On Hand? 274
Google Launches Service To Replace Web Ads With Subscriptions 319
Apple Swaps "Get" Button For "Free" To Avoid Confusion Over In-App Purchases 103
AT&T Stops Using 'Super Cookies' To Track Cellphone Data 60
Overbilled Customer Sues Time Warner Cable For False Advertising 223
How YouTube Music Key Will Redefine What We Consider Music 105
EFF Hints At Lawsuit Against Verizon For Its Stealth Cookies 81
Users Can't Distinguish Scams From Facebook's Features 116
Why the Time Is Always Set To 9:41 In Apple Ads 109
A Mixed Review For CBS's "All Access" Online Video Streaming 85
Verizon Injects Unique IDs Into HTTP Traffic 206
We Need Distributed Social Networks More Than Ello 269
Ello Formally Promises To Remain Ad-Free, Raises $5.5M 167
NPR: '80s Ads Are Responsible For the Lack of Women Coders 786
Google Changes 'To Fight Piracy' By Highlighting Legal Sites 160
Snapchat Will Introduce Ads, Attempt To Keep Them Other Than Creepy 131
Why Do Contextual Ads Fail? 249
Intel Drops Gamasutra Sponsorship Over Controversial Editorials 724
Facebook's Atlas: the Platform For Advertisers To Track Your Movements 92
Google's Doubleclick Ad Servers Exposed Millions of Computers To Malware 226
European Commission Reopens Google Antitrust Investigation 96
Comcast Using JavaScript Injection To Serve Ads On Public Wi-Fi Hotspots 230
Mozilla Rolls Out Sponsored Tiles To Firefox Nightly's New Tab Page 171
Sources Say Amazon Will Soon Be Targeting Ads, a la Google AdWords 83
Study: Ad-Free Internet Would Cost Everyone $230-a-Year 611
Bezos-Owned Washington Post Embeds Amazon Buy-It-Now Buttons Mid-sentence 136
The Man Responsible For Pop-Up Ads On Building a Better Web 135
How Facebook Sold You Krill Oil 114
Which Is Better, Adblock Or Adblock Plus? 436
Nasty Business: How To Drain Competitors' Google AdWords Budgets 97
A New Form of Online Tracking: Canvas Fingerprinting 194
Dealing With 'Advertising Pollution' 418
Google To Stop Describing Games With In-App Purchases As 'Free' 139
The Bursting Social Media Advertising Bubble 254
Facebook Lets Users Opt Out of Targeted Ads 97
After Trademark Dispute, Mexican Carriers Can No Longer Use iPhone Name In Ads 53
Nintendo To Split Ad Revenue With Streaming Gamers 110
5 Years Later, 'Do Not Track' System Ineffective 254
Google Foresees Ads On Your Refrigerator, Thermostat, and Glasses 355
Malvertising Up By Over 200% 174
Google Halts Gmail Scanning for Education Apps Users 67
Verizon's Plan To Snoop On Its Customers 85
Google Aids Scientology-Linked Group CCHR With Pay-Per-Click Ads 186
Why No One Trusts Facebook To Power the Future 218
Microsoft's Security Products Will Block Adware By Default Starting On July 1 177
Ad Tracking: Is Anything Being Done? 303
Google Blurring Distinction Between Ads and Organic Search Results 187
The Facebook Ads Teens Aren't Supposed To See 111
Free (Gratis) Version of Windows Could Be a Reality Soon 392
Mozilla To Show Sponsored Links To First-Time Firefox Users 182
Dirty Tricks? Look-Alike Websites Lure Congressional Donors 157
Super Bowl Ads: Worth the Price Or Waste of Time? 347
Pending Apple Patent For 'Inferring User Mood' 79
Rovio Denies Knowledge of NSA Access, Angry Birds Website Defaced Anyway 71
Adware Vendors Buying Chrome Extensions, Injecting Ads 194
Ask Slashdot: Are AdBlock's Days Numbered? 731
Yahoo Advertising Serves Up Malware For Thousands 184
ABC Kills Next-Day Streaming For Non-Subscribers 169