Uber is looking to expand in India, and Tata is willing to help the company do it. Uber Car-hailing service Uber has secured investment funding from an India conglomerate as it looks to expand its ridership in the growing country. Tata, the India-based conglomerate that operates across several industries, including technology, has invested in Uber, …

Ben Fox Rubin/CNET Intel has a lot of cool products in the works. The company showcased new smartwatches, advanced camera technology, robotics, and more this week at its annual Developer Forum in San Francisco. These are the technologies and products that excited us the most. Fossil smartwatch and other wearables Intel and Fossil teamed up last September in an effort …

Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Verizon is ditching contracts and subsidized devices in favor of new contract-free plans that are slightly cheaper in some (but not all) circumstances. While current Verizon customers are free to keep the terms of their old contracts for as long as they please, dirt-cheap upgrades are a thing of the past. In other words, you can keep …

Nicole Cozma/CNET Chrome offers a sync feature that can save your bookmarks and passwords, among other preferences. In the past these bookmarks were synced to your Google Docs account, but after the switch to Drive, the list of bookmarks disappeared. Now if you want to access your bookmarks, you need to be using the Chrome client on desktop or mobile. …

Apple Stores may have a slightly new look come next Wednesday. Sarah Tew/CBS Interactive Apple is purportedly tweaking the layout of its retail stores to shine a light on more products. One device that’s changing location is the iPod, 9to5Mac said late Tuesday, citing intel from several Apple Retail managers briefed on the plans. Previously, iPods were stored in the …

Now playing: Watch this: Thirsty for data: Why family data plans make sense 2:34 Family data plans are starting to appear, allowing a group of people to share a single pool of data across a number of devices. If you find some people in your house use all their data while others never have trouble staying under their cap, these …

Hackers have leaked some actual data from users of Ashley Madison. screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Users of adultery site Ashley Madison beware: some of your personal information may be viewable online. Website AshleyMadison.com, which touts itself as “the world’s leading married dating service for discreet encounters,” was the victim of a hack attack in July. The hackers threatened to publish …

Parallels , the software program that lets you run OS X and another operating system side-by-side on a Mac computer, is getting an upgrade. Version 11 ushers in support for the two newest OSes in 2015; Windows 10 and the forthcoming OS X El Capitan . It also promises to be much faster (up to 50 percent in some cases) …

Now playing: Watch this: How to set up Xbox game streaming in Windows 10 1:22 Windows 10 has arrived with a handful of new features. Microsoft added the Cortana voice assistant to the desktop, a new Web browser, and we can’t forget about the return of the Start button. One of the coolest features, however, has to be Xbox One …

Most Apple Watch owners like and use Apple Pay, says a new survey. CNET Apple Pay is proving popular with many Apple Watch owners. A hefty 80 percent of 1,000 Apple Watch owners surveyed in the US and UK by research firm Wristly have already used Apple Pay at least once. Among the people who haven’t used it, 5 percent …

The new Extreme II SSD from SanDisk. Dong Ngo/CNET SanDisk today announced the availability of its SSD Concierge service that provides consumers with the tools and software required to upgrade their laptop successfully. SanDisk says the service includes the hardware and software necessary to migrate data as well as install a new SSD. Once the data has been successfully transferred, …

EzyFlix.tv has all but fallen into oblivion with news that it is shutting up shop. Screenshot by Nic Healey/CNET Australia’s increasingly competitive streaming space has claimed its first scalp with EzyFlix.tv announcing it has shut down, cutting off access to content on its platform just two years after it launched. The decision was made by EzyFlix owner Access Digital Entertainment, …

Enlarge ImageFlorence Welch of Florence and the Machine performs at Lollapalooza in Chicago in August 2015. Gary Miller/FilmMagic/Getty Pharrell Williams and One Direction are headlining a series of free gigs organised by Apple Music. The huge-hatted hitmaker and tight-trewed pop moppets are among the first acts announced for the annual event previously known as the iTunes Festival. Since 2007 Apple …

Opera Attention, YouTube and Netflix addicts: An update to the Opera Max app boasts that you will slurp up less data while streaming videos, shows and movies. The update to the data-management and data-saving app, which is available in the Google Play store, is focused on video streaming via Wi-Fi and 3G/4G/LTE — specifically for YouTube and Netflix. “The new …

Enlarge ImageMeet the Zelfie, a selfie stick attachment that showcases your daring escape from the zombie horde. Zelfie Want to trick your friends into thinking you’re being relentlessly chased by a horde of zombies? A new crowdfunding campaign is seeking funds for a selfie stick attachment that puts you forever within arm’s reach of becoming zombie food. That product is …