Apple’s mobile payment system is going overseas thanks to American Express. Apple Pay, which allows you to pay for goods and services at the register with your iPhone, will be made available to American Express customers in Canada and Australia later this year, Apple CEO Tim Cook said during an investor conference call on Tuesday. …

I’m an avid fan of both quadcopters and startup pitch TV show “Shark Tank,” so when the two came together last week, I was eager to see the outcome. I never expected a feeding a frenzy. All five “sharks” took a stake in xCraft, a company with one drone in production, the X PlusOne, and another now on Kickstarter, the …

NEW YORK — Amid the chaotic and ever-shifting smartphone world, Verizon Wireless’ Droid franchise persists. It’s fitting, then, that Verizon and Motorola are stressing durability with the Droid Turbo 2 smartphone, which boasts a supposedly shatterproof display and a battery that can last two days, along with reaching a 13-hour charge in 15 minutes. They also announced a lower-priced Maxx …

Travellers in Europe can get ready to say goodbye to roaming fees once and for all. European politicians voted on Tuesday to kill international roaming charges across the EU by June 15, 2017. Phone users across Europe will also see fees for using data abroad cut by next summer. Agreeing on a date for the abolition of roaming charges is …

Interested in a smartphone with a display that won’t shatter? Unless you’re a Verizon customer, you’ll have to wait until next year. Verizon and Motorola on Tuesday unveiled the Droid Turbo 2 , which uses a technology called “Moto Shattershield” that protects the display during drops and minor hits. It is the trademark feature of the smartphone, which is the …

Google is getting ready to press play on a new Google Play Music streaming service kicking off in the coming months: podcasts. Google’s move shores up a hole in its own music streaming service at a time when the space continues to get more competitive, dominated largely by Apple’s own iTunes service. Once its podcasts are in place, Google Play …

Those worries about waning consumer interest in smartphones seem a bit premature. At least for Apple. The Cupertino, California, tech titan said Tuesday it sold 48 million iPhones in its fiscal fourth quarter. Sure, it wasn’t as much as some anticipated, but it was enough to propel its earnings and revenue above Wall Street expectations. Analysts polled by Fortune on …

Apple’s late-night side project gets a bump to prime time as its new Apple TV goes on sale through the Apple online store today. The new Apple TV has gone on sale for $149 (32GB of storage) and $199 (64GB) in the US. That translates to £129 and £169 in the UK and AU$269 and AU$349 in Australia. The previous-generation …

Enlarge Image Microsoft’s Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 are officially on sale, but the Surface Book is playing hard to get. Microsoft Microsoft has officially launched its new Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 lineup. Available for preorder since October 7, the Surface Pro 4 is now on sale at Microsoft’s website and retail outlets. The tablet is also …

Smartphone shoppers will soon have a new pair of LG models to consider as the LG V10 and LG G Vista 2 are set to touch down. The Android-powered duo are slated to arrive at AT&T and T-Mobile starting November 6. LG has seen more success in high-end phones than in selling midrange models. A new handset in each category …

Apple is considered the coolest brand for wearables, according to a poll of just over 2,000 smartphone users. The maker of the Apple Watch earned its status pitted against 20 other brands in the results of a survey released Monday by Juniper Research. The smartwatch market is moving toward a two-company race between Apple and Samsung , with more than …

With the launch of Android 6.0 Marshmallow Google looks to solve a frustration of many Android users — setting up a new Android device. The old backup and restore process amounts to Google creating a list of apps installed on your device, and little more. When you’d restore from a backup, the Play store would install those apps, leaving you …

Lean is a convenient app that not only helps remove the video portion of Live Photos you’d rather not have, but it also helps save precious space on your iPhone. When taking a Live Photo with your iPhone 6S or 6S Plus, shortly before and after you press the shutter button your device captures video. The end result is two …

When it comes to the wireless networks of the future, speed won’t be everything. The advent of so-called 5G, or fifth-generation, wireless technology will bring incredible speed, for sure, with the industry aiming to see your network connection jump by 100 times. (Yes, 100.) More importantly, the network will be smart enough to act differently depending on how it’s accessed, …

Bitter old rivalries from the Star Wars universe apparently don’t apply when it comes to the political strategies of Ukraine’s Internet Party. Darth Sidious, aka Emperor Palpatine, was reportedly just elected to a seat on the city council of Odessa, Ukraine’s fourth largest city. And not even the arrest of Chewbacca on Election Day could stop it. Bizarre as it …