Stories Tagged as
Cookies
Web cookies to track apps
by
Molly Wood
Aug 14, 2014
How Google is trying to account for shifts in how we browse online.
Where all those digital cookies came from
Jun 4, 2014
How the online cookie went from friend to foe... and why we may be friends again.
Photo by Mike McGinnis/Getty Images for HumanaVitality
Advertisters scared as internet giants look to cut cookies out of their diets
by
Molly Wood
Nov 8, 2013
The online trackers used by advertising companies may be a thing of the past.
Firefox cuts back on the cookies
by
Molly Wood
Jun 27, 2013
Firefox moved forward with a plan last week to automatically block third party cookies. As you might guess, advertisers, who rely on those little crumbs of code, aren't happy.
What do Girl Scouts learn from selling cookies?
by
Paddy Hirsch
Mar 9, 2012
It's Girl Scout cookie season and you know what that means: Swaths of girls and parents hawking Thin Mints and Do-Si-Dos in supermarket parking lots and workplaces across the country. But what's the real lesson here?
Courtesy Girlscouts.org
An update on The Great Google Cookie Scare of 2012
by
Molly Wood
Feb 22, 2012
What you need to know about how Google may be following you around the web.
For public good, not for profit.
It wasn’t just Safari. Google bypasses IE security too
by
John Moe
Feb 21, 2012
I'm sure the fact that these companies are rivals have nothing to do with these complaints.
What advertisers are learning about you online
by
Molly Wood
Jan 23, 2012
A new book explores the digital trail you leave behind online and what advertising companies are able to determine from it. Also, tablets and readers spike up dramatically.
Facebook caves
by
John Moe
Sep 28, 2011
A couple days ago, we reported on how, under Facebook's new arrangement, the company will track your activities online EVEN IF you've logged out....