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Yahoo to buy analytics startup Flurry
To bolster mobile ad business.
Jul 22 2014 9:57AM
Telstra wins legal battle over Optus ads
Updated: Judge finds Optus ad "misleading".
Feb 18 2014 4:40PM
Lookout Labs creates Android ad detector
Free tool warns of ad networks' data collection.
Feb 24 2012 5:27PM
Vulnerable ad servers exploited with OpenX flaw
Exploits known vulnerability in old version.
May 10 2010 12:46PM
Gumblar malware detected on ninemsn
Microsoft's ad server dishes up malware links.
Feb 16 2010 4:00PM
YouTube used for ad spam campaign
First use of real videos by spammers.
Oct 9 2009 10:55AM
New York Times serves up rogue ads to readers
An "unauthorised advertisement" made its way onto the Gray Lady's third-party managed ad stream.
Sep 15 2009 11:58AM
Google clamps down on 'malvertising'
New resources to help arrest the spread of malware through advertising
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Jun 22 2009 10:01AM
Google moves into expandable advertising
Google has announced that it is to trial a new form of advertising on its search pages..
Mar 6 2009 3:08PM
European Commission eases Microsoft anti-trust monitoring
The European Commission (EC) has announced today that it is easing off on Microsoft and its enforcement of a 2004 anti-trust ruling.
Mar 5 2009 5:50AM
Facebook plays down privacy concerns
Social networking giant Facebook has denied reports in the press that it is selling details of its 150 million users to multinational companies for market research purposes.
Feb 3 2009 10:49AM
More Aussie spammers caught under ACMA’s iron fist
The Ad Company has copped a formal warning from the Australian Communications and Media Authority for alleged breaches of the Spam Act.
Nov 6 2008 9:42AM
Google upgrades ad quality judgment
Google is again visiting the health spa, this time for a make-over for its mechanism for judging ad quality.
Aug 23 2008 4:44PM
Google marches into Russia with ad buy
Google is to acquire Russian-based contextual ad firm ZAO Begun..
Jul 21 2008 3:48PM
Google offers free ad measurement tools
Google is to offer free web measurement tools to advertisers to help them better target online audiences..
Jun 25 2008 7:28AM
Google hints at ad partnership with Yahoo
Senior Google executives have publicly expressed interest in a potential advertising partnership with search engine rival Yahoo..
May 10 2008 12:20PM
Consolidation to boost online ad market
The online advertising market is set for a major boost, according to analysts, as recent consolidation in the online advertising market leads to big gains for advertisers..
Apr 23 2008 3:14PM
Microsoft to buy web ad firm Rapt
Microsoft has announced plans to acquire web ad analysis company Rapt for an undisclosed sum.
Mar 17 2008 2:05PM
Facebook backs down on ad plans
Social networking site Facebook has cancelled its advertising program, that showed what members were purchasing from ecommerce web sites..
Dec 3 2007 3:23PM
