If you fancy using a smart watch to buy your lunch in Pret, but don’t want to get rid of that classic traditional timepiece, Barclaycard might have the solution for you. It’s called bPay Loop, and it essentially lets you stick Barclaycard’s bPay contactless tech onto the strap of your existing watch. Once there, you …

Google asked, you delivered. Nougat is the new name for the latest version of Android, as chosen by the public. This naturally prompts Andy to question whether that stuff inside Milky Ways and Mars bars is actually nougat. Katie meanwhile thinks that 2016 is ready for a healthier serving of Android Nectarine. Also up for discussion on the UK’s greatest …

If you’re sick of having your view of Adele obscured by a thousand iPhones trying to film her, things are looking up. Apple was awarded a US patent this week for a system that can force your iPhone into disabling video-recording functions at concert venues. The system uses infrared signals to send messages to your phone to tell it to …

Not happy leaving VR to Samsung and Google, Chinese phone maker ZTE is getting into the game with its own VR headset. Little is known about the headset at the time of writing, but we do know that more information is due to be announced later today. The headset is being launched alongside the company’s new Axon 7 smartphone, which …

Proving it has value beyond teens sending risqué images to each other, Snapchat has just secured $1.81 billion in funding. While Snapchat hasn’t officially disclosed its overall valuation, TechCrunch reports that the additional funds could put the value of the company at around $20 billion. Snapchat’s giant boost in funding comes amid worries that this new era of “unicorns,” or …

Sick of waiting for your phone to get the latest version of Android? So is Google, apparently. To help speed the process, the tech giant may start shaming companies that take too long to bring fresh versions of Android to their devices. Google already has a list that ranks manufacturers by how up-to-date their handsets are, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. …

The Three network will begin trialling an ad-blocking service on its network for all customers who opt in next month. The trial will run only for 24 hours during the week commencing 13 June. Customers who wish to take part in the ad-blocking trial will need to opt in on Three’s website. A network-wide ad-block service would mean anybody using …

Google has shown off all its new surprises at its I/O developer conference this week and we’ve been all over it like a pervasive rash. This week on the CNET UK podcast, Andy Hoyle and Luke Westaway discuss the new things you can expect from Android N, Google’s fancy new Daydream VR system and whether or not your next smartwatch …

Are you a Vodafone customer using an Android phone? If so, you can now buy apps from the Google Play Store by charging them directly to your Vodafone account, rather than having to register your credit card with Google. To celebrate, Vodafone is also offering a 90 percent discount on a selection of popular apps and games, including Monument Valley …

With Facebook’s new interactive map, you can see the locations of all the live video streams users are broadcasting anywhere in the world. The Live Video map can be found under Apps in the left hand panel of Facebook.com. It shows the locations of all current streams as tiny blue dots. The dots will be larger the more viewers they …