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http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/feb/03/google-pulls-ad-blocking-app-for-samsung-phones

Google pulls adblocking app for Samsung phones

Google has pulled an adblocking app for Samsung phones from its Play Store just days after it was launched.The Adblock Fast app, which blocks ads in Samsung’s own mobile internet browser, disappeared from the store suddenly on Wednesday. The app had been supported by Samsung, which released a download enabling adblocking in late January.

• The app, which runs on Google’s Android software, had reportedly racked up 50,000 downloads since its launch on Monday, pushing it up download charts and making it more visible to users.
• A Google spokesperson refused to comment on Adblock Fast but said: “We can confirm that our policies are designed to provide a great experience for users and developers.”

Its good that Google want to make a adblock for Samsung phones.This is there for a reason and they cant help that they are going to make a new adblock for them as they want to be able to make the process wider for all phones.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/bbc-trust-should-be-scrapped-with-ofcom-taking-over-regulation-report-concludes-a6904856.html

BBC: 'No hiding place' for corporation under new regulation plan, says author of plan to scrap Trust

The BBC will find “no hiding place” for its failings under a regulatory shake-up giving Ofcom responsibility for overseeing the corporation, the author of an independent review commissioned by the Government has claimed.The BBC’s 94-year system of self-governance should be scrapped following a series of scandals, Sir David Clementi concluded.

• Created in 2006, the Trust was a “mistake,” Sir David said. “High pay, the remuneration issues, IT issues, are things that I have in mind because when they go wrong there is the question about which board is responsible.”
• Ofcom would provide independent regulation and a new BBC unitary Board, led by a heavy-hitting chairman supported by a majority of non-executive directors, would represent the interests of licence-fee payers and defend the BBC’s impartiality. Archie Norman, the former ITV chairman, has been mooted as a possible candidate for the post which would now effectively be a full-time job.