Matt Elliott/CNET The new Family Sharing feature in iOS 8 is a great way for family members to share purchases, but you may not want each and every family member to have access to each and every app you download. Thankfully, each member of your family can hide his or her own purchases from showing …

CBS/AP Instagram has started rolling out advertising on its Australian service using Facebook data to target the ads that users see. From today, Instagram says all its users will “gradually see ads appear from a handful of carefully selected brands”, regardless of whether or not they follow these brand accounts. Photos and videos from paying companies will appear in the …

The closing of a tab on an iPhone 6 Plus. Jason Cipriani/CNET When you’re logged in to the same iCloud account on multiple Apple devices, your open Safari tabs are kept in sync. That goes for both iOS and OS X devices alike. A handy feature, no doubt. But there are times when it can lead to mass panic and …

Facebook is going after PayPal. CNET Update explains the hidden payments feature of the Facebook Messenger app: Now playing: Watch this: Payments side of Facebook Messenger revealed 2:54 Other stories in this tech-news roundup: PayPal will split from eBay into a separately traded company. Hewlett-Packard will also split up into two companies. HTC will show off selfies at an event …

Redbox Instant failed to live up to expectations since its launch in 2013. Redbox Redbox Instant, the streaming-video service developed in partnership with Verizon to take on Netflix, is closing its doors on Tuesday. Customers who head to the Redbox Instant page on Monday find a “shutdown notice,” saying that Redbox Instant by Verizon will end its operation on Tuesday …

Passions run high when it comes to proposals about the open (or less than open) Internet, as in this protest outside FCC headquarters in May 2014. Alex Wong, Getty Images On Friday, Rep. Henry Waxman, ranking member of the US House Energy and Commerce Committee, sent a 15-page letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler detailing a legally complicated new approach …

The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, which both have glass displays. CNET GT Advanced Technologies said Monday it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, less than a year after it signed a $578 million deal to supply Apple with sapphire goods. Shares of GT tumbled nearly 90 percent to just over $1 on Monday trading. “Today’s filing does not …

Adobe Systems Adobe Systems, slow to adapt its creative tools to mobile devices and online services, is starting show it’s no longer so anchored to personal computers. At its annual Max conference today through Wednesday in Los Angeles, the company plans to show it’s now fighting on all fronts with its tools for designers and other creative types. It will …

Now playing: Watch this: Could Android have saved Nokia? 4:00 Could Android have kept Nokia on top of the phone world? Conventional wisdom says yes — that had the Finnish firm sided with Google’s green robot early on, today it would still be an independent smartphone titan, and not a part of Microsoft. Ready for more Adventures? iOS 8 reveals …

Vodafone Vodafone customers in Adelaide are set to get better 4G coverage from today — especially indoors — with the company deploying its new 850Mhz spectrum in the city and surrounding suburbs. The switch-on follows news in July that Vodafone was “re-farming” its existing spectrum holdings, opening up the low-frequency 850MHz spectrum band in a bid to broaden 4G coverage …

Opera Here’s one more reason why the Samsung’s Galaxy Gear S will keep you looking at your wrist — the Opera Mini web browser will be available for download from the Gear Apps store. According to Opera, the Mini is the first web browser for the Samsung smartwatch based on the Tizen platform. Opera Mini will have finger-friendly controls that …

Nvidia says the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge infringes its patents. CNET The US International Trade Commission on Monday voted to investigate Nvidia’s patent complaints against Samsung and chipmaker Qualcomm. The group will determine whether certain Samsung devices — including the Galaxy Note Edge, Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy S5 — should be banned from sale in the US because the …

Samsung expects to record a rocky third quarter. CNET Three months after warning that the second half of 2014 would “remain a challenge,” Samsung announced Monday it expects a decline of nearly 60 percent in its operating profit for the third quarter of 2014, its fourth straight quarterly drop. The South Korean electronics giant said it expects to record an …

The iPhone 6 (left) and the 6 Plus are destined for India. CNET The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will arrive in India on Friday, October 17, with preorders kicking off this Tuesday. “iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will be available in India beginning Friday, October 17, from an expansive network of Apple Authorized Resellers,” Apple India said …

Apple iOS 8 adoption keeps climbing though not as rapidly as iOS 7 did over the same period last fall. Data released by mobile analytics firm Mixpanel showed iOS 8 with an adoption rate of 44.5 percent as of Monday — 20 days post-launch. That leaves iOS 7 with nearly 51 percent of Apple’s mobile device users — and older …