Don’t plan on giving the Apple Watch as a Valentine’s Day gift. It seems it won’t arrive until after March 20. In 2015 we’re also expecting a rumored 13-inch ( or perhaps 12-inch) iPad . Watch CNET Update below for today’s buzz on Apple, smartwatches and new ways to pay with your wrist. MasterCard is …

Amazon isn’t killing the Fire Phone — yet. In this CNET Update, learn what one Amazon executive said about the troubled smartphone and what lessons Amazon is learning from the flop. It appears the Fire TV Stick is seeing more success, but don’t count on gifting one for the holidays. Now playing: Watch this: Amazon Fire Phone burns on 2:54 …

The war over wrist tech just got more interesting. The Microsoft Band is a fitness tracker with smartwatch flavor, and it pairs with Windows phones, as well as Android and iPhones. Watch CNET Update below for the details, and learn about Nintendo’s plans to create a sleep-tracking device: Now playing: Watch this: Microsoft and Nintendo jump into health tech 2:50 …

Apple pushed mobile payments forward when it launched Apple Pay. But now, several retailers are pushing back and blocking NFC technology from being used in stores. Pharmacy chains Rite Aid and CVS disabled the sensors that allowed customers to use Apple Pay and Google Wallet . More than 50 other major retailers have also sided against NFC payments, and instead …

To learn a device’s innermost secrets, sometimes you have to pry it apart. In this episode of CNET Update, learn what iFixit discovered when it disassembled the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3: Now playing: Watch this: Breaking open iPads, Groupon’s quest to be Yelp 2:54 Today’s tech-news roundup also looks at changes to a few popular apps and …

In social media, anonymous messaging apps are growing in popularity. Whisper, YikYak and Secret mask your true identity, and now Facebook has jumped in on the trend. Facebook’s Rooms app lets you chat without revealing your real name — but there’s a twist. Users create rooms, and you can only join a room if you know the invite code. Watch …

Apple Pay ‘s launch isn’t perfect. Some Bank of America customers were charged twice for purchases. And some apps, like Target, didn’t incorporate Apple Pay in an ideal way. While the double-charge glitch gets fixed, Google launches a brand new app to organize your email accounts. It’s called Google Inbox. And you can give your Google accounts extra password protection …

There are many smartwatch flavors to choose from — and soon there will be two more. CNET Update goes over the reports on upcoming smartwatches from Fitbit and Microsoft, and we take a look at a fitness tracker that’s practically free: Now playing: Watch this: Fitbit, Microsoft are next to challenge Apple Watch 2:53 Other stories mentioned in this roundup: …

With cybersecurity threats showing no sign of slowing down, perhaps it is time to reconsider the way we pay. Enter Apple Pay , the tap-to-pay system that encrypts credit card data from retailers. Apple Pay is available on new iPhone 6 models with the iOS 8.1 update. The payment system is limited to select stores and apps at launch, but …

A small piece of new technology in the iPad can mean big things for the wireless industry. The musician Will.i.am is also hoping to rock the wireless world with the Puls smartwatch cuff . And CBS joins HBO in shaking up television by offering consumers a choice to stream live TV on the web without paying for cable or satellite …