Broken iPhone links frustrate thousands as Apple scrambles to fix problem

Users blame Apple and iOS 9.3 after Booking.com app broke fundamental link system within the iPhone and iPad, leaving them angrily tapping dead URLs

A bug that causes links and web addresses not to work and iPhones to crash continues to affect thousands of Apple smartphone and tablet users.

The problem was caused by an error in the travel planning app Booking.com, which has been rated by over 14,000 people and is currently ranked at 114 in the most downloaded free apps on the iPhone. The app overloaded one of Apple's core systems for linking web addresses and apps within iOS on the iPhone and iPad, called Universal Links.