Google Wallet hasn’t been broadly adopted. Google The war for mobile payments — the ability to pay at the cash register with your smarpthone — is heating up. Google said on Monday that it’s partnering with Softcard, a joint venture between Verizon Wireless, AT&T and T-Mobile to expand the reach of its Google Wallet mobile …

SafetiPin and Uber are teaming up to provide people in New Delhi with more information about the safety of various areas. SafetiPin Ride-hailing service Uber has announced another program designed to improve safety, following a series of security issues over the past several months. Uber has inked a deal with India-based safety-tracking app SafetiPin to help provide new insight into …

Google on Monday unveiled its new kid-friendly YouTube app, the company’s first product built exclusively in-house with children in mind. As CNET first reported last week, the YouTube Kids app for Android devices is now available for free in the Google Play marketplace. At the same time, Google launched the app for iOS devices in Apple’s App Store. The app …

As the streaming video marketplace in Australia starts to ramp up in anticipation of Netflix’s arrival next month, Presto has launched a smartphone app for both Android and iOS, allowing you to stream the subscription service’s TV and movies on your mobile device. Presto is an offering by pay-TV provider Foxtel that began as a movie-on-demand service, recently adding TV …

Vodafone is partnering with Stan on a new content deal. Screenshot by Claire Reilly/CNET As part of the telco’s new Shared plan offering, new and existing Vodafone Red postpaid customers can now share plan inclusions, including calls, text messages and data, across up to 10 devices, with everything appearing on the one bill. In addition to upping the ante with …

Now playing: Watch this: Prevent your Mac password from being bypassed 1:57 A nefarious individual could purloin your Mac and bypass your user account password in order to access your data or wipe your system clean and begin using it as their own. It’s possible to reset a password by booting into Recovery Mode or from an external drive. Thankfully, …

AKG K3003i Steve Guttenberg/CNET Even before you pop the AKG K3003i into your ears you know something’s up. The beautifully finished metal earpieces look and feel expensive, so the K3003i is priced like the high-end product that it is. The K3003i sounds more dynamically alive than any other universal fit in-ear headphone I’ve tried. If you get to check out …

Gazelle’s certification process for used smartphones. Gazelle For smartphones, used is increasingly becoming the new. While gadget enthusiasts still clamor for the latest and greatest gear, a growing number of consumers are considering buying secondhand smartphones. On Wednesday, research firm Gartner released a report projecting the used-smartphone market to roughly double to 120 million units, or a wholesale value of …

In the life of an audiophile, speakers come and go, but the first pair that really pulled me into the music weren’t particularly special. I remember the brand, it was XAM, but not the exact model number. It was a small, real wood veneered box, with a beige cloth grille. XAM was the house brand of the EJ Korvettes department …

The BlackBerry Passport and other BB10 devices will now be able to run Android apps. Josh Miller/CNET BlackBerry 10 users can now run BlackBerry apps and Android apps, courtesy of the latest update to the mobile operating system. Launched on Thursday, BlackBerry 10 OS 10.3.1 provides the usual access to the BlackBerry World app store but also adds entry to …

Now playing: Watch this: Toggle Android settings using only your voice 1:06 A recent update to the Google Search app on Android 5.0 Lollipop devices will allow users to toggle their Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and flashlight (camera LED) with their voice. The device will also need to be running the most recent version of the Google Search app for these voice …

Josh Miller/CNET IFTTT’s new Do apps — Do Button, Do Note and Do Camera — are simple, yet versatile tools to help you automate and simplify the tasks you do everyday. While the apps are well designed and fun to use, they can be a bit overwhelming at first, because there are hundreds of ways to use them. I’m highlighting …

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 …

Getty Images Exif data is embedded into each photo you take. The information details what type of camera was used, what the settings of the camera were at the time the photo was taken and perhaps more importantly, where the photo was taken. Over the years, various iOS apps have existed to read Exif data stored in photos, but none …

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 …