Mobile payments let you split a restaurant bill, pay a small business or lend a friend a few quid from your phone. Shutterstock Want to pay someone some of your hard-earned, but don’t have their account number or sort code to hand? Now all you need to know is their Twitter name and you can …

The LG G Flex 2 adds a top-of-the-line screen and processor to its daring design. Josh P. Miller/CNET Want to be ahead of the curve? The curvy, flexible LG G Flex 2 is going on sale across the world in the next few weeks. LG says the US, Hong Kong, Singapore, France, Germany and the UK will be among the …

Watch this: an intrepid developer has made his iPhone talk to his Android Wear smartwatch. Google’s Android Wear software is designed to enable wearable technology such as smartwatches and fitness bands to pair with an Android phone. When you get a message or notification on your phone, it pops up on your watch too, saving you the hassle of fishing …

Neither a carphone nor a warehouse, yesterday. Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images Carphone Warehouse wants to give you a better idea of which network will suit you by showing customers independent data on local coverage. Getting an accurate idea of mobile coverage in your local area is particularly important right now, because the phone companies are still building their 4G networks, and …

Now playing: Watch this: Hands-on with the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 2:41 Microsoft is knocking as much as £250 off the Surface Pro 3 tablet between now and 1 March. Price cuts start with the i5-equipped 128GB model which is down to £769 — that’s a saving of £80. The i5 256GB model is £949, a reduction of £160 and …

Amazon’s ‘The Man in the High Castle’ is a chilling look at an alternate history where the Second World War ended badly for the Allies. Amazon What if the Nazis had won? That’s the chilling premise of “The Man in the High Castle”, based on a novel by Philip K. Dick, which became Amazon’s most-watched pilot ever and will now …

The Touch ID sensor on Apple’s iPhone and iPad allows you to unlock your device, verify your identity and buy stuff with your fingerprint. CNET The UK’s biggest bank is letting customers access their accounts with a swipe of their finger on their iPhone’s Touch ID fingerprint sensor. NatWest, the UK’s largest commercial and retail bank, is part of the …

Sony is making a pass at Google Glass, announcing that a developer edition of the Sony SmartEyeglass high-tech specs are available to order now — and they’re cheaper than Glass, even if they’re nowhere near as elegant. The SmartEyeglass Developer Edition SED-E1 is the first set of smart glasses from Sony to go on sale. They are available from March …

A trial of white space technology streamed live video of animals from London Zoo to the world. cristapper/Shutterstock The UK has approved use of white space technology, which crams broadband Internet signal into the gaps between TV channels to make the most of unused radio waves. British telecoms regulator Ofcom has approved the technology, potentially opening up unused spectrum to …

EE offers double speed 4G in London, and plans to bring that speed bump to the rest of the country in the next few years. Tom Dymond/REX The UK’s biggest mobile phone network says it expects to sell as many Web-connected devices as it does smartphones in the next two years. Announcing a £1.5 billion investment in its network over …