Apps and Software

Remember the collective Internet freakout over the massive iOS 8 download?

Well, now that freakout has taken the form of a lawsuit. Specifically, a class action suit filed in the United States District Court in San Francisco Tuesday, which claims Apple misled users about the size of the iOS 8 update. Two individuals are named in the suit, both from Miami

The suit focuses on users with 8 GB and 16 GB devices, who are most affected by the ...

As New Year's Eve preparations kick off around Australia, the logistics of the biggest night of the year can be a downer.

Transport is never easy on New Year's Eve, with buses diverted, taxis full and roads closed across most major cities. So now that there is a new player in town called Uber, you'd expect the after-midnight journey home to get a little easier, right?

Yes, if you can afford it

Uber Australia has advised its app users in an email Wednesday that surge pricing will be activated during the New Year's Eve rush, which is the company's method to get more drivers on the road to meet demand. The company estimates during the peak time, a standard ride could surge up to A$100. ...

Hiding photos on Facebook may not actually work as well as you think it does.

Picturebook, a browser extension now available in the Chrome web store, claims to allow you to "view hidden photos of anyone on Facebook"— even if you aren't friends with them

Sounds like a Facebook creeper's dream, right? But though Picturebook's description is technically true, it is also misleading

No app or browser extension — this one included — is able to change the privacy settings of someone else's photo. What Picturebook is really doing: surfacing photos that you could have seen anyway, even if a user tagged in them hid them from their timeline ...