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08-15-2014, 10:00 AM
http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xdjx95fpAqo1yZiijOl.GA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/verge.vox.com/ab821d9f263a1e40adb2bc490da8440d (http://news.yahoo.com/man-created-first-pop-ad-083204313.html)Ethan Zuckerman was a designer and programmer for the early web-hosting service Tripod.com when a car company freaked out. Thanks to work from Netscape and Opera, who were the first to add pop-up blockers into their products, the majority of web browsers now prevent sites from launching hundreds of ad windows.



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