What is this crap? Ads in the Android notification pulldown!? According to TmoNews, the ads are starting to pop up in notification pulldowns after updating the T-Mobile My Account app. It’s worth noting that ads were present within the app previously — a completely normal and acceptable practice. But we’re almost positive it’s against some (or several) rules in the Android handbook to use the notification area for slinging crap apps/services. Just...

Over the years, YouTube has become bloated with useless ads that no one cares to watch or listen to. The standard practice these days is to press play, mute audio, and switch to another tab for 15-30 seconds. But thanks to a new ad format that YouTube started rolling out today, less time will be wasted “killing time” as we wait for ads as users will now have the ability to skip ads… It sounds like pure fiction in the modern digital era where advertisers...

Google TV really looked like a legitimate contender for my living room until these words were confirmed by Google TV project manager, Rishi Chandra: “Google TV ads will not be skippable”. Bummer. If you think about it though, Google is a company that thrives off of advertising. Of course they’re going to do anything and everything in their power to get ads in your face. Except with Google TV, these ads will supposedly be more targeted than ever,...

Ads. Consumers hate them with a passion, though they’re a necessary evil. Consumers like free stuff. Developers, producers, and manufacturers like money. Advertisements help to bridge the gap between the two, giving end users free or greatly reduced access to products and services while those making said products/services still get paid. With the big push to the mobile internet, manufacturers and developers are struggling to find ways of making money on this new...

Using something as simple as blinking LED lights has incredible possibilities for fast and easy transmission of information and data. Now if someone in the gadget world such as manufacturers and 3rd parties can create apps and services to allow end users to interact with one another, this technology could really take off. Geeky dreams and hopes aside, one industry that is looking to employ such technologies is one that we could stand to lose a bit of interaction with...