{"id":3278,"date":"2016-05-08T20:06:56","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T06:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/?p=3278"},"modified":"2016-05-08T20:06:56","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T06:06:56","slug":"mobileviews-podcast-159-rise-of-the-free-vpn-and-ad-blocking-with-special-guest-don-sorcinelli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobileviews.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/08\/mobileviews-podcast-159-rise-of-the-free-vpn-and-ad-blocking-with-special-guest-don-sorcinelli\/","title":{"rendered":"MobileViews Podcast 159: Rise of the free VPN and Ad Blocking &#8211; with Special guest Don Sorcinelli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"audio_iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/3yh2g-5f2395\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall welcome back Don Sorcinelli to discuss the recent developments in free VPN and ad blocking options for web browsers.<\/p>\n<p>References:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opera.com\/blogs\/desktop\/2016\/04\/free-vpn-integrated-opera-for-windows-mac\/\">Opera developer Edition with VPN and free ad blocking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opera.com\/blogs\/desktop\/2016\/05\/ad-blocker-opera-for-windows-mac-free\/\">Adblocker now in Opera production version (was developer version)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opera.com\/blogs\/news\/2016\/05\/ad-blocker-integrated-opera-for-android-windows-mac-opera-mini\/\">Opera mini for Android now includes ad blocking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/\">Private Internet Access<\/a> VPN &#8211; $35\/year: The service that Jon has been using.<\/li>\n<li>Hotspot Shield VPN &#8211; free plugin for Chrome. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/free-unlimited-and-secure-vpn-for-google-chrome\/\">Ref: ZDNet<\/a><\/li>\n<li>AdBlock and AdBlock Plus now available for Microsoft Edge on Insider builds. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.winbeta.org\/news\/adblock-adblock-plus-now-available-microsoft-edge\">Ref: WinBeta<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We also discussed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Microsoft pre-touch sensing. Like Kinect, cool but does anyone want it? Ref: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2016\/5\/5\/11595564\/microsoft-3d-touch-kinect-gestures-windows-phones\">The Verge\/Microsoft Research<\/a>. Completed in 2014 for a never released device.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Todd Ogasawara and Jon Westfall welcome back Don Sorcinelli to discuss the recent developments in free VPN and ad blocking options for web browsers. 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