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# workaround
Video ads on mobile games annoying you? There is a way around it
Although there is a catch.
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Jul 3rd 2016, 10:45 AM
# Taylored experience
Not content with number one albums, Taylor Swift is going to release her own game
The company behind the successful Kim Kardashian: Hollywood will be developing the smartphone game.
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Feb 4th 2016, 10:23 AM
# skip skip skip
YouTube is about to charge $10 a month to get rid of ads
And the new service, called Red, is coming to Ireland “soon.”
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Oct 21st 2015, 8:49 PM
# cough up
Solitaire is back on Windows but it's going to cost you
That’s right, it’s a freemium game.
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Jul 30th 2015, 8:30 PM
# no escape
Apple's iOS ads could become more annoying as fullscreen ads arrive
Two new ad formats for iPhone and iPad will allow fullscreen ads and pre-roll videos to be included in apps and games.
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Aug 27th 2014, 4:46 PM
# freemium
Now Google faces a lawsuit by US parents over in-app purchases
The lawsuit was filed by a mother whose five-year old son spent more than $65 on in-app purchases without his parents’ permission
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Mar 11th 2014, 9:31 AM
# App Store
App companies face EU pressure to limit in-app purchases for kids
The European Commission is meeting with a number of large tech companies and policy makers to discuss the problem of paid content in apps designed for children.
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Feb 27th 2014, 4:52 PM