Neowin News Feed for: Advertisements

Every ad you see on Meta platforms could be AI-generated by 2026

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 15:50:01 +0000

The AI trend is getting a big push, as Meta could reportedly fully automate ad creation using AI by 2026. Read more...

Meta announces plans to make advertisers disclose AI usage in political ads

Steve Bennett — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 13:24:01 +0000

Meta has announced today that it plans to require advertisers to disclose where AI has been used in the creation of media for political advertisements, this will take effect from the start of 2024. Read more...

Microsoft's Windows 11 Copilot experience gets worse with it now showing ads on desktop

Sayan Sen — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 09:24:01 +0000

Microsoft recently debuted its Copilot feature on Windows 11 as a preview. However, users have faced some issues related to wallpapers and GPUs. And the experience is set to get worse now with ads. Read more...

YouTube is changing the way it serves ads on TV apps

Steve Bennett — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 21:24:01 +0000

Google has announced changes to the way it serves adverts to viewers on YouTube who are using connected TV apps to watch their content, primarily making the breaks longer but less frequent. Read more...

Microsoft now showing ads for Teams when you try to "Get Help" on Windows

Sayan Sen — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 09:30:01 +0000

Microsoft loves placing ads and promos for its products and services in various places across its OS. The latest place where it is placing ads for Teams Essentials is inside the Get Help app. Read more...

Linda Yaccarino brings ads peace, GroupM says Twitter is no longer high risk

Paul Hill — Fri, 19 May 2023 23:40:01 +0000

GroupM has reversed its "high risk" designation of Twitter. This means that its clients can resume their advertisements on the website and Twitter can begin earning revenue from those ads. Read more...

Indian government asks Google to stop showing ads for overseas betting apps

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 08:42:01 +0000

The Government of India has asked Google to stop displaying surrogate ads of overseas betting companies in search results and on YouTube as well, amid online gambling crackdown in the country. Read more...

Netflix's Basic with Ads plan set to arrive in 12 countries this week

Paul Hill — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 02:12:01 +0000

Netflix's Basic with Ads plan is launching this Thursday in the United States and 11 other countries. The plan is subsidized with advertisements and is therefore a bit cheaper than other plans. Read more...

Netflix confirms its lower priced subscription tier with ads won't be coming this year

Alap Naik Desai — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 22:36:01 +0000

Netflix has indicated that its ad-subsidized subscription tier, in which Microsoft is deeply involved, won't be arriving this year. The streaming company will offer the new plan in select regions. Read more...

Netflix planning lower priced plan with ads and penalize password sharing, suggests report

Alap Naik Desai — Tue, 10 May 2022 21:56:01 +0000

Netflix is contemplating adding a new subscription tier that could cost less but would have ads. The streaming company could also start charging subscribers who share passwords with non-paying users. Read more...

Sony scouting AdTech companies to insert ads within PlayStation games, just like Microsoft

Alap Naik Desai — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 04:58:01 +0000

Sony could be following in Microsoft's footsteps by trying to insert ads within games played on the PlayStation 5. The ads, however, will be non-obtrusive and served only in the free-to-play titles. Read more...

Microsoft Xbox console games to contain ads but they could be subtle in-game ‘promotions'

Alap Naik Desai — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 20:56:02 +0000

Ads within games that are played on a dedicated gaming console are still a rarity. It seems Microsoft is interested in building its own ad network that serves subtle and non-intrusive ads to gamers. Read more...

TikTok's projected ad revenue for 2022 is more than Twitter and Snapchat combined

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 15:58:01 +0000

TikTok, which is by far the most popular social media app among teenagers and young adults across the world, has a projected ad revenue which is more than that of Twitter and Snapchat combined. Read more...

Netflix will stay ad-free even if it means higher entry price point to streaming service

Alap Naik Desai — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 22:42:02 +0000

Netflix has confirmed that it will not insert ads to lower the entry price of subscriptions on its streaming service. The company could, however, explore an ad-subsidized model owing to competition. Read more...

Twitter has begun testing ads in replies

Usama Jawad — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 11:20:01 +0000

A Twitter representative has said that the company is testing the insertion of ads in replies to tweets. It's possible that this experience will be opt-in and creators will receive an ad revenue cut. Read more...

YouTube may let you block ads for €6.99 per month in the future

Usama Jawad — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 06:54:01 +0000

YouTube is currently experimenting with a new subscription model in some European countries which allows users to block ads for the price of €6.99 per month. It is dubbed "YouTube Premium Lite". Read more...

Microsoft issues warning about malware campaign infecting Chrome, Edge, and Firefox

Usama Jawad — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 07:24:01 +0000

Microsoft has issued a warning about a highly dangerous malware family infecting Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Yandex to insert ads into search results. On Firefox, it also steals user credentials. Read more...

Samsung users have been receiving Note10 ads via Bixby

Paul Hill — Sat, 10 Aug 2019 16:34:02 +0000

Samsung has been sending users notification ads via a couple of its apps announcing the Galaxy Note10 series. Users took to Twitter to complain about the unwarranted advertisements. Read more...

Samsung alleged to have falsely advertised Galaxy phones' water resistance, taken to court

Hamza Jawad — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 11:10:01 +0000

Over 300 adverts made by Samsung involving the water resistance of its Galaxy series of mobile phones have been taken to court by an Australian consumer commission for misleading content. Read more...

Google updates mobile ad business, places "promoted pins" on Google Maps

Justin Luna — Thu, 26 May 2016 09:56:01 +0000

Google has announced changes to its mobile advertising service. It will now show promoted pins on Google Maps, as well as optimize ads for what it calls today's "mobile-first" world. Read more...

Virgin Media ads banned after BT and Sky complain over '5x faster' claims

Andy Weir — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 09:36:45 +0000

Various ads from Virgin Media have been banned after BT and Sky complained to the ASA over claims that Virgin customers could expect to download "five times faster" than on its rivals' networks. Read more...

Snapchat looking to become ad-supported in the near future

Shreyas Gandhe — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 20:58:15 +0000

Popular messaging application, Snapchat, is seeking deals with advertisers in order to generate revenue, which would result in the app becoming ad-supported some time in the future. Read more...

Microsoft's own ads are switching on Xbox One consoles (again)

Andy Weir — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 09:19:37 +0000

Commands spoken in Microsoft's TV ads for the Xbox One are activating consoles in users' homes again, with the latest ad, which features Aaron Paul saying "Xbox, On", switching on their devices. Read more...

Google's experimental promotional view turns emails into higher quality advertisements

Brad Sams — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 17:23:54 +0000

Google is experimenting with a new view in the ‘promotional' tab of Gmail Inbox that turns plain email layouts into a grid that will make your inbox more friendly for advertisers. Read more...

Mozilla to show advertisements on Firefox 'New Tab' page to new users

James Walker — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 20:02:27 +0000

Mozilla is going to display 'Directory Tile' adverts in the empty spaces on Firefox's 'New Tab' page to new users of the browser until they have browsed enough to display their own sites on the page. Read more...

Chrome extensions being bought out by malware vendors in order to peddle malicious updates

Jett Goldsmith — Sun, 19 Jan 2014 23:00:00 +0000

Malware vendors have been buying up popular Chrome extensions in droves, leading to a surge in cases of adware and malware that are sent to every user of the extension. Read more...

Microsoft is working on three adverts to rebrand the company

Brad Sams — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:22:39 +0000

A new bit of information has been uncovered that shows that Microsoft is about to work to rebrand the company's image by producing three 60-second advertisements. Read more...

With over 3.5 million hits, Microsoft winds down Scroogled advertisements

Brad Sams — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:46:05 +0000

Microsoft's Scroogled campaign has been a concentrated effort by Microsoft to attack Google's core values and paint them as a company who invades your privacy but the funn appears to be over. Read more...

Ubuntu wants you to buy more crap from Amazon

Tyler Holman — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 09:25:18 +0000

Ubuntu might be free, but Canonical is hoping to generate more revenue (all to improve the product, of course) by introducing Amazon shopping suggestions into the world's most popular desktop Linux. Read more...

Microsoft Surface advertisement spotted in New York [Update] Another advert spotted

Brad Sams — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:34:43 +0000

A new image posted up on the Internet suggests that Microsoft is kicking off its Surface advertising campaign in New York. The images look much like the ones presented at the Surface announcement. Read more...

Facebook testing letting users pay to advertise to their friends [Update: We got it too!]

Owen Williams — Fri, 11 May 2012 01:07:21 +0000

It's already been confirmed that the News Feed would contain featured stories from advertisers in the near future, but now, Facebook is allowing users to advertise their posts to their friends. Read more...

New York hotel's WiFi placing hidden code in web pages

John Callaham — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 07:02:54 +0000

At least one hotel in New York City uses its free WiFi connection to place some hidden code inside the web sites that are visited by its guests who use the wireless network. Read more...

Bing actually has three new advertisements

Sam Symons — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:48:49 +0000

Yesterday, Neowin reported that Microsoft had posted the first advertisement for Bing, despite the website only having been available for a very short time. Well, it appears that there isn't just one video to show... Read more...

How do Microsoft's advertisements really affect Apple?

Sam Symons — Wed, 20 May 2009 22:44:53 +0000

Anybody who's anybody knows about Microsoft's 'Laptop Hunters' range of advertisements, and how they're targeting the prices of Apple's MacBook and MacBook Pro computers. If, for some reason, you haven't seen the ads yet, a... Read more...

Google to weave advertisements onto its Maps

Thu, 31 May 2007 20:32:31 +0000

Google has revealed how it plans to integrate its AdSense advertising platform with Google Maps. Google has not set a time frame for when the feature will be ready to go public, said Andrew Eland,... Read more...

Large online advertisements are catching on - study

Fri, 08 Mar 2002 04:08:05 +0000

One year ago, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) released standardized formats for three types of "large-format" online ads. According to a new study, these large ads are slowly but steadily carving out a niche for... Read more...