Amazon Prime video is essentially a bonus for people who don’t mind paying an annual fee to get expedited shipping. So when we see a month of video that looks like March 2017, it’s hard to get too upset. The second and final season of “Hand of God” arrives on Amazon on March 10. The …

Ten years ago on Tuesday, a gutsy Kenyan company launched a mobile money initiative that would change the lives of millions. Its name is M-Pesa, with “pesa” meaning money in Swahili. Think mobile money and your mind will probably jump to NFC-powered payment services from Apple, Samsung and Google. M-Pesa predates all of those and launched before the smartphones they …

We’re slowly inching toward a super-connected 5G world. Verizon said Wednesday it plans to offer “5G” service to some customers in 11 US markets by mid-2017, boasting that this rollout will be the largest proving ground yet for the next-generation wireless technology. Certain “pilot” customers in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Atlanta; Bernardsville, New Jersey; Brockton, Massachusetts; Dallas; Denver; Houston; Miami; Sacramento; …

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Now playing: Watch this: Fitbit picked up Pebble for just $23 million 1:18 Pebble’s assets and intellectual property were acquired by Fitbit in December. Sarah Tew/CNET Fitbit, one of the biggest names in fitness trackers, paid $23 million to acquire the assets and intellectual property of Pebble, one of wearable’s early stars. The sales price was revealed Wednesday in a …

Freshly leaked images of what is purported to be Lenovo‘s upcoming Moto G5 show what appears to be a metal body and suggest the phone will feature a removable battery. The handset, which is expected to debut later this month at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, was shown in the hands-on images shared by Portuguese tech site Dudu Rochatec running …

What is VR good for, other than games? If you’re asking that question, you’ve probably never tried Tilt Brush. We called it one of the most amazing things you could do with an HTC Vive headset, and today it’s finally coming to the Oculus Rift as well. Tilt Brush defies description even more than most VR experiences, but basically you …

Baseball just nabbed one of digital media’s biggest hitters. Michael Paull, an Amazon executive who oversaw the e-commerce giant’s popular Prime Video service, is becoming the new CEO of BAMTech, Major League Baseball’s video-streaming service, the MLB said Tuesday. Amazon exec Michael Paull is leaving the e-commerce giant to run Major League Baseball’s popular video-streaming service. Greg Doherty, Getty Images …

Now playing: Watch this: The return of the Galaxy Note 7? 1:12 Samsung might not be done with the Galaxy Note 7 after all, according to The Investor, citing “unnamed Samsung sources.” The company is rumored to sell refurbished Note 7 models with smaller batteries. Samsung is estimated to have lost $5 billion total from recalling and then stopping production …

After acquiring Uber‘s operations in China last year, Didi Chuxing is taking steps to ascend to the global stage. The Chinese ride hailer is testing an English version of its smartphone application and the ability to accept payment by international credit cards, reports the South China Morning Post. Related stories After beating Uber in China, Didi Chuxing wants to go …