Lyft celebrated its 1 billionth ride by revealing some fascinating stats from its six-year history. The ride-hailing company on Tuesday highlighted the milestone in an enthusiastic blog post, and said its “team members will be personally surprising thousands of lucky drivers with a small gift of our appreciation.” That token turned out to be a …

Withings on Tuesday showed off its first smartwatch since the company returned to its cofounder in May. The Steel HR Sport is a hybrid smartwatch with multisport tracking, connected GPS tracking, fitness level analytics and an “industry leading” battery life of 25 days. The battery life can be pushed to a further 20 days in “power reserve” mode. It’s made …

Apple reportedly chose LG Display as its second supplier for organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screens used in the upcoming iPhone XS and XS Max. Apple gave the South Korean company the thumbs-up after its OLED panels passed the iPhone maker’s quality tests, according to Reuters, which cited an article in the South Korea-based Electronic Times that used an unidentified source. The …

Jet will start selling Nike products in October as part of an effort to draw in more young, urban customers. The new deal coincides with the Walmart-owned online retailer’s brand relaunch that debuted Thursday. The Jet website got an overhaul and its grocery service was revamped as the company aims to double down on urban customers, its target audience. The Nike partnership will “bring …

Apple has added the iPhone XS, XS Max and XR to its battery support page and revealed 2019 prices for replacing batteries in older iPhone models.  Battery replacement for an out-of-warranty iPhone in the X line — which includes the original 2017 iPhone X — will cost $69 next year, the site noted after Wednesday’s unveiling of the newest iPhones. For older …

Spotify is letting you download a whole lot more music for offline listening — 6,667 more tracks, to be precise. The Swedish music streaming giant now allows Premium subscribers to download 10,000 songs per device on up to five devices, a considerable jump from its previous limit of 3,333 tracks onto three devices. “At Spotify, we’re always working on improving …

Amazon’s grocery deliveries just expanded to 10 more US cities. Its Whole Foods delivery service is now available in Charlotte, North Carolina; Las Vegas; Memphis, Tennessee; Nashville, Tennessee; New Orleans; Oklahoma City; Phoenix; Raleigh, North Carolina; Seattle and Tucson, Arizona. The Wednesday announcement brings the service to a total of 38 cities. Amazon’s grocery delivery is also expanding to more …

A leak reportedly confirmed rumors about the new iPhone XS, XS Max and XR names ahead of Apple’s Wednesday event. The company’s product sitemap — a file that lists URLs of a website — includes the two rumored OLED phones, the XS and XS Max, and the cheaper LCD option, the XR, according to Allthings.how.  The new iPhone XS and XS …

Samsung opened its biggest store worldwide in India on Tuesday. The 33,000-square-foot store — known as the Samsung Opera House — opened in the southern city of Bangalore, as the company tries to beat Chinese rivals in one of the world’s largest smartphone markets. Now playing: Watch this: Galaxy Note 9 vs. S9 Plus: What’s the difference? 2:58 Apple has …

Facebook is expanding its Community Help feature to the Lite version of its app. This will enable people to mark themselves “safe” in crisis situations, share updates, and find or offer help. The feature was previously only available in the full versions of Facebook’s apps or on browsers. The Lite version of the social network’s app takes up less space …