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How To Stop Google From Using Your Picture In Online Ads

Am sure by now, you may have received a little notification on your email stating that Google has changed its privacy agreements and I believe that not so many people bother reading the long list of information in the page. However, a very interesting part is where Google says your image maybe used in adverts or endorsement as its called. This would only be used when you and or your friends like or downloaded a particular product then your picture could surface in an Adsense ads encouraging other of your friends to like or get the same thing you did. The good news is that you have a choice to either enable or disable this feature. Google is a big advertising company with huge amount of data already mined from their products like email, Google+, YouTube etc and there is no limit to how these information would be used to grow their online advertising program. If you wish to stop Google from using your picture in online ads, follow these simple steps below. 1. Go to y...

Facebook Is About To Mess Up Instagram

Instagram was acquired by Facebook 17 months ago and although some were skeptical on what will come of the image sharing social platform. Most believe that Facebook will come with their advertising tactics to use the platform to generate income and it seem as though its about to really happen. Facebook is now talking of how they will mess up Instagram with ads. Yes, Facebook is now making move to start rolling out ads on the Instagram platform. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal this weekend, Instagram’s director of business operations Emily White talked about how Instagram was setting itself up to monetize. They company just announced that they had 150 million users, yet up until now, there’s still not a single ad in sight. But they’re coming. As director of business operations, the 35-year-old Ms. White effectively is the new chief operating officer of Instagram, the point person charged with turning a billion-dollar acquisition that has never made a c...