Bet you thought the election was over. It is, but some groups think they can get you shopping for a new congressman next year while you shop for Christmas this year. Amid the holiday TV commercials, ...

Your next cup of coffee may come courtesy of corporate marketers looking to capture your heart – and pocketbook. Campaigns in which companies perform so-called random acts of kindness – ranging from ...

Gmail users are mad about sponsored ads they say are now appearing in the middle of their inboxes, versus at the very top where they can more easily be distinguished from genuine emails. Gmail has ...

Internet users overwhelmingly enjoy free Web content supported by advertising, and they’d rather see advertisements targeted toward their interests than random ads, according to a survey released this ...

There's almost no area of our lives that hasn't been taken over by ads — and Instagram is no exception. In between your friends' photos of dinners that they're having without you and sponsored posts ...

A hot potato: How could Google make Gmail better? How about adding something nobody wants: more ads, including some in the middle of email lists. Not surprisingly, people aren't happy about it. This ...

Get ready for more random ads online, higher prices and subscriptions galore. But your privacy concerns may still not fade. By Brian X. Chen and Kate Conger The internet is changing, including how ...