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Welcome to the Brave blog, your front page for feature releases, privacy enhancements, company updates, info for advertisers, and more.
Apr 24, 2019
Starting today, users of Brave’s latest release of the desktop browser for macOS, Windows, and Linux can choose to view privacy-preserving Brave Ads by opting into Brave Rewards. These users will receive 70% of the ad revenue share as a reward for their attention, which they can auto-contribute to publishers under default settings.
Apr 17, 2019
Brave Rewards is now available in the latest version of Brave for Android (1.0.91). To download it on your device, please visit the Google Play Store.
Apr 16, 2019
Brave writes to the California Senate Judiciary Committee, opposing a new adtech exemption in the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA). Brave also co-signs today's letter from 28 technology companies supporting the Privacy For All amendment to fix loopholes in the CCPA.
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.
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.
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.
Mar 29, 2019
Today we are excited to launch batcommunity.org, the official new homebase for the Basic Attention Token Community.
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.
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.
Mar 20, 2019
Today we’re launching the Nightly Channel, our fourth desktop browser download channel alongside the current Developer, Beta, and Release channels.
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.
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.
Mar 8, 2019
Brave has written to the California Department of Justice to highlight potential loopholes in the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA).
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.
Feb 27, 2019
Brave mobile users can expect up to two and a half extra hours of browsing per battery charge.
Feb 26, 2019
Two Blockchain Pioneers Join Forces to Reward Users for Attention and Help Brands Reach New Audiences Through Private Ads
Feb 21, 2019
The most recent AMA took place on February 20th and featured Ben Livshits, Brave’s Chief Scientist.
Feb 20, 2019
New evidence to regulators: IAB documents reveal that it knew that real-time bidding would be “incompatible with consent under GDPR”.
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.
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.
Open the installer from Chrome's downloads (it should be in the upper right corner of this window).
If you're prompted to, click “Yes” in the User Access Control dialog.
Wait for the installation to finish, then import your browser settings from Chrome.
If your download didn’t start automatically, click here.
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