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Unlock Rewards is a new Android app that promises you a monthly trove of Flybuys points for very little effort on your part. All you need to do is... look at a full-screen ad whenever you unlock your phone?

New Uber chief promises change, flags IPO by 2020

With a $US68 billion valuation by private investors, Uber is the most valuable startup Silicon Valley has produced over ...

Dara Khosrowshahi was named America's highest paid CEO when he ran Expedia. Now at the helm of Uber, he's given a first glimpse of how he wants to run the embattled company.

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.