March 13th, 2013

Google Pulls Ad-Blocking Apps From Play Store For Violating Developer Distribution Agreement

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More than a few developers have worked to make web browsing and app use in Android as clean and ad-free as possible, but it seems their efforts haven’t made them any fans at Google. That displeasure was made clear today when number of developers who have created and maintain ad-blocker apps found their wares unexpectedly (and unceremoniously) removed from the Google’s Play Store. → Read More

December 15th, 2010

Good News, Adblock Plus Fans – Soon, There Will Be A Google Chrome Extension

Adblock Plus, easily the most popular Firefox browser extension, recently hit the 100 million downloads milestone. Soon, the developer(s) behind the add-on will be releasing a beta extension for Google Chrome.

We should note that the most popular Chrome extension today is also an ad-blocker, made by Michael Gundlach, who’s trying to turn this into a full-time job (as well). → Read More

November 17th, 2010

Adblock Plus, The Popular Firefox Add-On, Hits 100 Million Downloads

You sure love blocking ads when you’re browsing the Web, don’t you?

Adblock Plus, the hugely popular Firefox add-on, has been downloaded over 100 million times, its creator is set to announce soon. That’s a record number of installs for a browser app, and one that will be hard to beat, too.

In hopes of avoiding the wrath of my fellow TechCrunch staff writer Jason Kincaid, here’s another… → Read More

August 25th, 2010

Adblock Plus Extension Developer Raises Funding From Mystery Partner

Adblock Plus, the wildly popular Firefox browser add-on that, well, blocks ads, is not going to get the plug pulled out of any time soon, and might eventually turn into a self-sustaining venture, even.

That’s the gist of this blog post by ABP developer Wladimir Palant (hat tip to @CleverClogs), who has apparently raised enough capital – courtesy of an unnamed Samaritan – to quit his day job at → Read More