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Ad Companies Are Trying to Buy Popular Chrome Extensions

20

Jan

2014

Over the weekend, it was reported that an odd, new trend is popping up among extensions for Googles Chrome browser: ads. According to Ars Technica, advertising companies are buying popular Chrome extensions that already have a built-in userbase, and then changing the extension to insert ads into websites. Ownership of a Chrome extension can be transferred to […]

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Your ISP probably can’t wait to try out AT&T’s Sponsored Data scheme

11

Jan

2014

It’s easy to see why ISPs and carriers would love ATT’s Sponsored Data scheme — after all, it gives them the ability to both slap subscribers with overage fees and extract rents from tech companies who are willing to pay fees so that their own users don’t get slapped with overage fees. Ars Technica reports […]

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U.S. subscribers explain why they hate their ISPs

10

Dec

2013

It’s no secret that most Americans really don’t like their Internet service providers and now Ars Technica has reached out to its reader base to get a better understanding of exactly why Americans hold their ISPs in such low esteem. What emerges, Ars finds, is consumers who are fed up with “high prices, data caps, […]

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