Google Buys London Firm Spider.io to Fight Ad Fraud
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Google Buys London Firm Spider.io to Fight Ad Fraud

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Google Buys London Firm Spider.io to Fight Ad Frau...

Google has bought out London-based fraud prevention startup Spider.io in an effort to protect its advertising business model from ad-clicking malware ...

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Yahoo Users Infected with Malware After Ads Hijacked
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Yahoo Users Infected with Malware After Ads Hijacked

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Yahoo Users Infected with Malware After Ads Hijack...

Yahoo has confirmed that their ads on European websites were subject to a malware injection attack from Dec 31 to Jan 3. Read More...

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Class Action Facebook Suit Alleges Link Data in Private Messages Shared with Advertisers
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Class Action Facebook Suit Alleges Link Data in Private Messages Shared wit...

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Class Action Facebook Suit Alleges Link Data in Pr...

A class action suit out of California has Facebook defending allegations of data mining their users' private messages. Defendants claim Facebook recor...

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Twitter Buys Spindle, Targeting Local Businesses
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Twitter Buys Spindle, Targeting Local Businesses

11y Michael Passingham

Twitter Buys Spindle, Targeting Local Businesses

Twitter has bought local discovery app Spindle. Spindle, available on iOS in the U.S., describes itself as a "news feed for your neighborhood", collat...

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