Technology

Smartphone Apps

Tinder is for dating. Facebook is for friends. LinkedIn is for ... well, it depends whom you ask.

Banker used LinkedIn to send nude pics to jobseeker

Tinder is for dating. Facebook is for friends. LinkedIn is for ... well, it depends whom you ask, as a legal case involving a banker sending a picture of his genitals shows. LinkedIn is an extension of the workplace, similar to going into the office or attending a corporate networking event, the theory of the case goes. If you wouldn't flirt on a conference call, don't do it on LinkedIn. If you do, you and your company could pay the price.

One way to fix Uber: Think twice before using it

There's an Uber app on your phone. Think twice about tapping it, because if Uber remains terrible after this, we have ...

There's a lot at stake. Ride-hailing, as an industry and a civic utility, is too big an idea to be left to a company like the one Uber is now. The company that wins this industry is bound to become one of the world's most powerful corporations.

New Pokemon game about Magikarp is surprisingly dark

Goodbye my child.

Magikarp Jump, a game about raising Pokemon's most useless monster, is out today for iOS and Android. It is just as much a game about training Magikarp as it is a game about losing your Magikarp in horrible ways.

Worst social network for young people's mental health

Young people who spend more than two hours per day on social networking sites are more likely to suffer from mental illness.

Instagram is ranked as the worst social networking app when it comes to its impact on young people's mental health, according to a new survey published by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) in the UK.

After testing thousands of apps, these endured

Jet Set Willy is a modern adaptation of a classic computer game from 1984.

A handful of the 3,000 or so apps I have tested over the years have true staying power, changing over time but remaining either fabulously useful, well designed or the best in class.

Snapchat parent kicks off $3.9b IPO

Young power couple: Co-founder and chief executive of Snapchat, Evan Spiegel, and supermodel Miranda Kerr got engaged ...

Snap, maker of Snapchat, has file documents for its sharemarket float, the first social media IPO since Twitter three years ago. It could turn its boss Evan Spiegel and supermodel fiancee Miranda Kerr into one of the world's richest young couples.

Deutsche Bank bans text messages

The functionality will be switched off this quarter, chief regulatory officer Sylvie Matherat and chief operating ...

Deutsche Bank has banned text messages and communication apps on company phones in an effort to improve compliance standards.