Lock screen ads are a popular way for mid- and low-budget smartphone makers to subsidize costs, but Americans have largely been able to avoid them until now. Get ready for that to change.

It’s a trend that’s already gained steam in Asian markets. Now, US Android users could soon be staring at lock screens populated by ads. What would such a reality mean for brands? And would users ...

Amazon has been a huge staging ground for the proliferation of AI-generated spam. In fact, as we noticed earlier this year, its marketplace has already started to fill up with shoddy AI-generated ...

At its Build conference (Opens in a new window)earlier this week, Microsoft revealed a brand new lock screen for Windows 10. It's designed to change over time to fit how you use your computer, and ...

Kindle e-readers have long served as a medium for showing ads. Users either chose to live with it or pay the extra $20 to get rid of those though many said that just politely asking the Amazon support ...

Through the looking glass: It seems as if ads have become an inescapable part of technology. In recent years, they have appeared within full-priced video games and on messaging apps, smart home ...

You can save some money by selecting Special Offers when buying your Kindle. If you get tired of the lockscreen ads, though, ...

Krishan is chief revenue officer at ad tech start-up Postr. He has over 12 years of digital media expertise across the agency, publisher, technology, and ad-network space. Postr brings sponsored data ...

Microsoft has begun using the Windows 10 lock screen to advertise content -- but while the game it chose is excellent, some people won't like the precedent this sets. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...