Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Barry Collins is a tech journalist writing about PCs, Macs and games. Whether deliberately or otherwise, it is possible to hide ...

On the Internet, there are several kinds of communities. There are the ones where everybody goes by real identities — in theory, at least — such as Facebook. There are ones where you can choose to ...

Attention liars, cheaters, degenerates, squealers, and all around terrible people: the Secret app would like to hear from you. The brainchild of two former Google engineers, David Byttow and Chrys ...

There’s a whole slew of features baked into smartphones most people don’t know about. Tap or click here for my favorites, from seeing where a plane overhead is going to quickly deleting your last few ...

If you have material on your iPod Touch, iPhone or iPad that you don’t want anyone to see, there’s a better solution than hiding the app icons, which is currently how Apple allows you to handle that ...

SAN FRANCISCO Silicon Valley has its very own version of Gossip Girl. Secret, an app released on the iPhone just weeks ago, has venture capitalists and start-up founders posting what they dare not ...

There’s no reason to let your iPhone keep secrets from you, especially when those secrets could be so helpful in your everyday life. For instance, you may not be aware that any iPhone with a ...

A decade ago, I didn’t want anything to do with Samsung phones. Now they’ve become the only ones I want to own—and while this may be surprising, there’s a single Samsung app that’s a big part of the ...

Your secret apps on your Samsung phone are just a swipe away from getting discovered by your nosy friends and family members. Whether it’s a dating app, a game, or a finance app, you don’t want others ...

Meta's got a brand new app, but the company isn't advertising it anywhere yet. The app is called Forum, and it's been spotted by Geekout Newsletter's Matt Navara (via Engadget). It's freely available ...