A drought will end at the conclusion of the 2016 World Series. The Chicago Cubs last won the World Series in 1908, and the Cleveland Indians haven’t won a title since 1948. These are the two longest championship droughts in baseball, if not professional sports. The 2016 World Series begins on Tuesday, October 25, in …

For PayPal, the future of commerce is already here — in the palm of your hand. Phones are changing the way we shop, and as such are changing the retail landscape, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman said Tuesday during an onstage interview at The Wall Street Journal’s WSJDLive global technology conference in Laguna Beach, California. “Mobile is blurring the distinction between …

AT&T turned heads over the weekend when it announced plans to buy entertainment giant Time Warner for a whopping $85.4 billion in cash and stock. Experts say the deal may have a tough time passing muster with regulators. If a deal involving a large internet provider and a media giant sounds familiar, it’s because many of us have seen this …

Emporio Armani may just have the worst timing — or the best. The luxury Italian fashion brand announced Tuesday it is getting into the connected wearables market with the launch of a collection of new hybrid smartwatches. In addition to the ability to sync with smartphones, the watches sport activity and sleep trackers, quartz batteries to eliminate the need to …

The heyday of Apple’s lights-out iPhone growth has passed. Since introducing the hugely popular iPhone 6 two years ago, the tech giant has labored to spark the intense consumer passion it has counted on to make the iPhone an even-better seller year after year. Apple is still struggling to reignite interest. The iPhone 7, which went on sale last month, …

In the San Francisco Bay Area, home to countless tech titans, there’s precious little competition for home internet access. The choice is generally between Comcast and AT&T — assuming there’s a choice at all. There was a spark of hope for me and fellow Bay Area residents: Google Fiber, which promised to bring unheard-of speeds and meaningful competition to the …

Intel-owned Basis issued a full recall of its Peak fitness watch in August out of concern that it could overheat and cause burns. The company also announced plans to shut down its fitness platform on December 31, which would leave existing Basis customers in the dark. While the initial recall didn’t affect older Basis devices, the company is now offering …

AT&T wants to give you a cheaper alternative to cable TV. The answer: Its new DirecTV Now online video service will cost only $35 a month. The price of the service, expected to launch next month, will include the cost of streaming plus 100 channels of programming, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said on Tuesday at the WSJ.D live conference in …

Pandora will unveil its answer to Spotify and Apple Music later this year, rolling out a paid, on-demand service after more than a decade of digital radio that crimped skips and song choice. The new service will be presented on December 6 at an event in New York and will roll out to consumers in the first three months of …

Google is squaring off against rivals in more ways than one. Google’s Pixel and Pixel XL phones are priced comparable to high-end Apple and Samsung products. This drew some ire from loyal customers who were expecting mid-range pricing, which the company previously employed for its Nexus line of devices. Google’s larger Pixel XL smartphone costs only $285 to manufacture, according …