The use of software that blocks ads on websites is on a rapid rise. According to a study last year by PageFair and Adobe, some 144 million people used the software monthly, up almost 70% from the year ...

Ad blocking is no longer limited to desktop browsers, with this week’s announcement that Adblock Plus is launching its own mobile browser with ad-blocking capabilities built in. Adblock had to create ...

dblock Plus has built a business out of helping web users avoid overly annoying ads and other unwanted digital content on the desktop by taking money from companies willing to conform to its ...

The makers of the popular Adblock Plus software which is designed to block ads and other scripts in desktop web browsers launched a web browser for Android as a public beta earlier this year. Now the ...

Adblock Plus for Android may sound too good to be true, but it works. It not only gets rid of banners, pop-ups, and video ads while you browse, it also kills those often annoying in-app ads. Jaymar ...

Ad blocking extensions on mobile devices could force online publishers to fundamentally change their business models as ad revenue dries up. (Bloomua/Shutterstock) Now these companies are moving into ...

AdBlock Plus, one of the world’s most widely used ad blocking extensions, is set to launch its own dedicated mobile browser which will reportedly remove native ads by default. The app, which is due to ...

Adblock Plus, one of the most popular browser extensions for stopping online advertisements, has launched a mobile browser integrating this technology into beta development. Announced on Wednesday, ...

Asus' line of smartphones and tablets will soon ship with AdBlock Plus pre-installed. Not only that, it'll come enabled by default - a decision that has the potential to create waves in the mobile ...

There is literally so much going on in ad blocking that I have had to split this blog in two. This blog provides a background and establishes the battle lines, and the next one provides some possible ...