Uber and Lyft may have a hold on the carpool market, but Waze is aiming to gain an edge. The mapping and navigation app, which is owned by Google parent company Alphabet, said Wednesday it’s expanding its carpool service throughout all of California on June 6. Before now, the service was only in the San …

Canadians no longer need their wallets in certain local shops, they just need their Android phone. Google said Wednesday it’s launching Android Pay in Canada. The pay-with-your-phone feature is supported by several major banks, such as Bank of Montreal and Scotiabank, and can be used in a handful of chain retailers like McDonald’s, Petro-Canada and Tim Hortons. Canadians will also …

The first thing you see when you go to Airbnb’s website or app is a For You tab. Take a scroll down and you’ll see suggestions of places to stay and excursions to take, like watching the sunset in Barcelona or tasting wine in Northern California. The problem is, those excursions might not really apply to you. So Airbnb is …

Now playing: Watch this: Apple TV may finally fix its Amazon snag 1:17 It appears Apple and Amazon have called a truce. After years of neck and neck rivalry over video, the Amazon Prime video app will be coming to Apple TV, according to a Buzzfeed report. Apple will break the news at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June, the …

When most people think of Google Earth, they think of a desktop app or browser plug-in that you have to download to your computer and that can be a bit clunky to navigate. Google hopes to change that mindset. The search giant on Tuesday launched a re-envisioned Google Earth, which lets users explore satellite imagery and photographs of the planet …

Facebook Messenger appears to have made it to the big time. The social media company said Wednesday its messaging app now has 1.2 billion people actively using the service every month — that’s a big chunk of the world’s 7.5 billion population. “I keep on hearing powerful stories about how our product is becoming a more important part of your …

Google’s Android Pay is hooking up with banks around the world. The mobile payments service announced Wednesday that it’s partnered with Bank of America, Bank of New Zealand, Discover, mBank and USAA. Now customers of these banks can add their cards to Android Pay. “This latest collaboration with banks expands Android Pay’s capabilities as an open platform, and moves us …

It’s time to bid farewell to Twitter’s ubiquitous default profile image — the egg. The social media site decided it was time for an upgrade. Now, for those people who haven’t uploaded profile photos, instead of seeing a white oval inside a bright colored square, you’ll see a generic silhouette of a dark gray head and shoulders against a light …

Amazon’s tough stance on counterfeiters appears to have paid off. A federal jury ruled in favor of Fitness Anywhere LLC (TRX) on Thursday awarding the fitness equipment company $6.8 million in damages. The decision came after TRX sued WOSS Enterprises for patent and trademark infringement, alleging it manipulated e-commerce platforms like Amazon. This decision marks a legal precedent in brands’ …

Lyft is taking its idea of carpooling one step further. The ride-hailing company said Thursday that it’s testing a new feature called “Shuttle” in San Francisco and Chicago. Shuttle lets drivers travel along a set route during commuting hours, picking up and dropping off passengers along the way. Sounds a lot like a bus, right? The main difference is that …