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Get ready for ads in Facebook Messenger

Ads in Messenger will give companies access to users' eyeballs in a new context.

After what Facebook declared were 'promising tests' in Australia and Thailand, the company is now about to expand its Messenger ads beta push more broadly.

Loyal fanbase keeping Pokemon GO alive

Pokemon GO hype may have peaked last year, but for many the game goes on.

Initial fervour may have dissipated, yet arguably neither the cultural significance nor the core popularity (once the hype was over) of the game has waned.

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.

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

Ride-sharing services like Uber used for work are not exempt from fringe benefits tax.

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.