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Get cash back when you dine with Yelp

For a long while, Yelp has been my go-to tool for finding good restaurants while traveling. Now I’m using it locally as well, because there’s financial incentive to do so. Yelp Cash Back pays you back a percentage — up to 10 percent, which is not nothing — of your meal price when you visit …

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Wireless market is competitive, says FCC

For the first time in eight years, the Federal Communications Commission has declared the mobile wireless market to be competitive. FCC The findings were outlined in the FCC’s 20th annual report on the state of the mobile wireless market. The FCC is required by Congress to examine the state of competition in the wireless market each year. Previous reports, under …

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Vimeo acquires Livestream, plans streaming platform

Video-sharing website Vimeo said Tuesday that it will acquire live video-streaming service Livestream and launch a new streaming service called Vimeo Live. IAC-owned Vimeo didn’t disclose financial details for the acquisition of the Brooklyn-based company, which says it serves up live videos to 50 million viewers from customers such as Spotify and Dow Jones. Once the deal closes, Livestream’s technology …

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Mozilla’s Firefox Quantum challenges Chrome in browser speed

The speed boost and new features coming to the next version of Firefox are dramatic enough that Mozilla has given it a brand-new name: Firefox Quantum. The idea, of course, is that the upcoming version 57 is a quantum leap over predecessors — or, in the words of Mozilla CEO Chris Beard, a “big bang.” Company executives acknowledged they let Firefox …

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Oculus now gives you free Rift, Gear VR app returns

If you’re over pricey VR apps, stick around. Facebook-owned Oculus is cutting weary users of Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR some slack when it comes to returning apps you did not like. The new policy, announced on Tuesday, lets you easily request an automatic refund on most apps and games, no questions asked. You get the process started by looking …

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High Sierra’s day

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How to create reminders with Google Home

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The Blossom Smart Sprinkler works great, but don’t buy it

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