Called Adblock Fast, the plug-in from startup Rocketship Apps worked within Samsung’s mobile browser thanks to a partnership with the phone maker, which opened an API this week allowing third ...

Google has pulled an Android ad blocker backed by Samsung from the Play Store, only days after it was launched. Earlier this week, Samsung added the ad blocker to the web browser preinstalled in ...

If you’re looking for an ad blocker that can do a little more (and you have a Samsung phone) here’s a new app worth checking out. Created by developer NeedleGames from the XDA forums ...

Just a few days after Samsung announced it was allowing adblocking extensions into its ‘Internet’ browser, Google pulled Adblock Fast. It was one of the first apps to support the new API ...

Crystal is also available on iOS. Rocketship, the company behind the app that partnered with Samsung, immediately appealed Google’s decision to pull Adblock Fast from the Play Store with ...

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Samsung has teamed with Adblock Fast and is rolling out an ad blocker to users via an OTA update. Adblock Fast is an open source ad blocker designed to use the Samsung internet ad blocking API.

Instead of going it alone, Samsung has opened an API and allowed app developer Rocketship to enable Adblock Fast inside the Samsung Internet browser. The app is already available on iOS ...

Days after Samsung-supported ad blocker Adblock Fast premiered on the Play Store, Google kicked the Android plugin out. It wasn't too long ago when Samsung packed in support for ad-blocking ...

Samsung partnered with Rocketship Apps to launch an ad-blocker module called Adblock Fast for it's new browser, but Google was not amused. Just a few days after it debuted in the Play Store ...

Samsung may have stirred up more trouble than it was expecting when it started blocking ads in its Android web browser. Google has pulled Adblock Fast, the app partner for Samsung's feature ...