Clinkle, the secretive mobile-payments service backed with $25 million in early investments by some of …

Time Warner Cable and Cablevision are bulking up the Wi-Fi service at New York City parks. New York City said on Tuesday that it had partnered with the two cable providers to deliver Wi-Fi hotspots throughout parks in the five boroughs. The agreement includes a $10 million investment fund for Wi-Fi deployment in parks and public spaces. The cable companies …

It’s Verizon Wireless’s turn to show off its next big smartphone. The nation’s largest carrier just sent out invitations to an event on July 23. Verizon promised to show off “the next generation of their most popular family of devices.” While the invitation was light on the specifics, it’s almost certainly going to be the next round of Droid smartphones. …