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AMA with Des, Jan, and Brad

Apr 11, 2019

The most recent AMA took place on April 10th and featured Des Martin, Jan Piotrowski, and Brad Flora, Business Development at Brave.

Brave Sync Now Available for iPhones and iPads

Apr 2, 2019

Brave Sync is now available in today’s Brave for iOS release (version 1.9). Already a feature in the Brave desktop browser and Brave for Android app, Brave Sync for iOS enables users to automatically sync browsing data between devices running the Brave browser.

Formal GDPR complaint against IAB Europe’s “cookie wall” and GDPR consent guidance.

Apr 1, 2019

A Formal GDPR complaint against IAB Europe’s “cookie wall” and GDPR consent guidance has been filed with the Irish Data Protection Commission.

BATCommunity.org Now Live

Mar 29, 2019

Today we are excited to launch batcommunity.org, the official new homebase for the Basic Attention Token Community.

AMA with Holli Bohren

Mar 28, 2019

The ongoing AMA series on Reddit is an eight-month-long event that features various guests from the Brave and BAT teams.

The Economist’s “Data protection-free zone” diagram of online ad auctions.

Mar 28, 2019

The cover story of The Economist this week includes a diagram of the "data protection-free zone" at the heart of the online advertising auction system.

New Brave Nightly Channel Now Available to Test the Most Recent Desktop Browser Builds

Mar 20, 2019

Today we’re launching the Nightly Channel, our fourth desktop browser download channel alongside the current Developer, Beta, and Release channels.

New Brave Version for Android Features Bottom Toolbar and Brave Rewards Beta

Mar 14, 2019

The latest version of Brave for Android (1.0.88) is now available for download at the Google Play Store. With Brave Rewards, you can choose to reward the content creators you love at the amount that works for you, while keeping your browsing history private. We are happy to say that this is now available in beta.

Brave’s Opt-In Private Ad Platform Enters Second Phase with BAT Rewards for Users and Reporting for Brands

Mar 8, 2019

Today, the Brave Ads Developer Channel Preview advances from phase one to phase two. Phase one provided the first public opportunity for brands, marketers, developers, and the community to test the Brave Ads experience from our Developer channel.

Four possible loopholes in the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA)

Mar 8, 2019

Brave has written to the California Department of Justice to highlight potential loopholes in the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA).

Brave at Mobile World Congress #MWC19

Mar 7, 2019

Last week, Brave attended Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and unveiled its experiential booth to explain how it’s reinventing online advertising with its global ad platform built on privacy.

Significant Battery Savings with Brave on Mobile: Brave Consumes 40% Less Battery than Other Leading Browsers

Feb 27, 2019

Brave mobile users can expect up to two and a half extra hours of browsing per battery charge.

Brave Software and TAP Network Put Blockchain to Work with New Partnership

Feb 26, 2019

Two Blockchain Pioneers Join Forces to Reward Users for Attention and Help Brands Reach New Audiences Through Private Ads

AMA with Ben Livshits

Feb 21, 2019

The most recent AMA took place on February 20th and featured Ben Livshits, Brave’s Chief Scientist.

New evidence to regulators: IAB documents reveal that it knew that real-time bidding would be “incompatible with consent under GDPR”.

Feb 20, 2019

New evidence to regulators: IAB documents reveal that it knew that real-time bidding would be “incompatible with consent under GDPR”.

Memory Savings in Brave: 33% to 66% memory reduction over Chrome

Feb 15, 2019

In this post we demonstrate that Brave’s privacy benefits from ad-blocking go hand-in-hand with performance improvements. Specifically, a well-implemented ad blocker can deliver 33% to 66% memory savings or 500 MB to as much as 1.9 GB across just 10 pages open in a single session.

Blockchain MarTech Industry Grows by 1,218% in 18 months

Feb 13, 2019

Never Stop Marketing Research, the leading research firm on the intersection of blockchain and marketing, and Brave Software, an innovative privacy browser combined with a blockchain-based digital advertising platform, today announced the release of a new tool to showcase the growth of blockchain solutions for marketers via the Blockchain MarTech Landscape.