You’ve booked yourself a car home in your ridesharing app when you decide to drop off your friend along the way. To save you starting a new ride on the app or negotiating with the driver, Lyft now includes the option to add different stops to your journey. The San Francisco-based car-booking app is adding …

Facebook is kicking off its first ever live football match. The social network will show today’s charity friendly soccer match between Manchester United and Everton, held in celebration of United and England striker Wayne Rooney. Rooney’s current team Manchester United will face Everton, his first club, at United’s Old Trafford ground. It’s the first home game for new United manager …

The BBC is putting the Rio in virtual reality with BBC Sport 360. When the 2016 Olympics kick off this Saturday, you’ll be able to choose your view of the worldbeating athletes with live 360-degree video of sports from boxing to beach volleyball. You’ll be able to get an all-round view of the opening and closing ceremonies, plus sports including …

If Spotify is too expensive and your tastes don’t get much more adventurous than Coldplay, Amazon Music wants to be the music-streaming service for you. It might not have as many songs as rivals, but Amazon says you don’t need them when you have the rest of Amazon Prime at your fingertips. Launched in the US in 2014 and the …

Enlarge Image Kozel’s Pint Finder app earns you two free pints at selected pubs. Kozel I don’t know what it’s like where you are, but a heatwave has descended on the UK and half the country’s stuck at our desks dreaming of a nice cold ice-cold beer. Wouldn’t it be great if you could just push a button that transports …

Are you on BT Broadband and your internet isn’t working properly? BT has acknowledged the problem and says it’s working to fix things. Various parts of the country seem to be affected, including London, York, Abergavenny and East Kilbride. Customers of Plusnet are also having problems. “A spokesperson for BT said “We’re sorry that some BT and Plusnet customers have …

Spotify could go public next year, according to reports. The Swedish music streaming service has been the source of IPO rumours for some time. Bloomberg claims to have spoken to five people who say the company plans to issue an initial public offering (IPO) in the second half of 2017. Spotify was founded 10 years ago, and despite earning more …

The new Star Trek series will beam onto Netflix for viewers around the world. The forthcoming series will see a new ship’s crew boldly going on TV, following the success of a recent big-screen reboot for the beloved sci-fi saga. In the US, the new 13-episode series will be available on CBS All Access, the CBS online subscription-based video-on-demand and …

Now playing: Watch this: Apple’s reality show now casting 1:32 Apple and Will.i.am have called for developers to appear in their new reality show, “Planet of the Apps”. Announced in March, the show will follow real-life app creators as they strive to create the next killer app, meeting potential backers and tech experts along the way. According to the new …

A few years ago Kate Unsworth, a technology consultant in the corporate world, was hurtling towards burnout. “I was completely dialled in, completely swept up in the chaos,” she realised. “I was completely addicted to my phone and my brain was always firing 100 times a second.” So she decided to pack it in and head for the Himalayas to …