Ad blockers don’t just block ads on the internet – they actually break websites such as British Airways and Vodafone, a new study has found. According to tests conducted on the UK’s 100 most popular websites, ad blockers didn’t just block pop-ups, but accidentally corrupted useful parts of a website, such as an airline check-in screens or retail order tracking pages. If you were browsing, all you would see is an error message or simply a chunk missing on screen, but no explanation for what was behind it. In the study by London ad-tech company Oriel, the researchers tested 24 common ad blockers, including Adblock, Adblock Plus and uBlock Origin,…
-
-
Mobile Friendly Websites
The days when we needed desktops and laptops to surf the internet are totally behind us. The Internet today has moved from just being accessed from the desks to being with us anywhere and everywhere we go. Mobile Phones with internet access today has become the most basic amenity of any household. This has also give rise to the term “Internet at your fingertips” or “Internet on the go”. The internet on mobile has also moved on from GPRS to GPRS edge to 3G to 4G. In some countries users today have access to the 4G LTE(Long Term Evolution). Some of the top trends of the year like the Instagram…