Samsung Pay, the phonemaker’s mobile payments app, expands its digital payment reach by adding support for virtual gift cards. Owners of the Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge+, and Note 5 can now store gift cards from 50 retailers like Staples, and Toys ‘R’ Us, and can use a new in-app store to buy gift …

A Hong Kong-based startup aims to pick up where the creator of the Firefox OS left off. Nonprofit software maker Mozilla, best known for its Firefox browser, said earlier this week that it had dropped its efforts to team up with carriers for a smartphone operating system designed to challenge the dominance of Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. Firefox OS …

Earlier this week Best Buy shaved $100 off the price of the Apple watch and today that the retail giant continues the holiday promotions with big discounts on select Apple tablets and smartphones. Starting now, Best Buy will take $125 off the retail price of the iPad Air 2, and the discount applies to all available versions, including cellular and …

“What’s your favorite phone right now?” We get asked this question all the time, and with good reason. Between us, our team reviews the most important and interesting phones on the planet. We’ve handled the clunkers, the middle-of-the-roaders and the phones that are truly something special. And now we’ve laid out our standouts for you, the devices that were the …

For consumers, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), aka drones, are mainly about photography or racing, but the industrial applications continue to grow. To help drive expansion into new fields, UAV market leader DJI has teamed up with FLIR Systems, a leader in thermal-imaging solutions, to create the Zenmuse XT, a thermal camera designed for aerial use. Using a FLIR thermal imaging …

With iOS 9.2, it’s easier to send large attachments using your iPhone. The Mail app now supports Mail Drop, a feature that was introduced on Macs with OS X Yosemite. Mail Drop lets you send attachments up to 5GB in size by using iCloud as a temporary way station. As with OS X, you do not need to initiate sending …

Back in July, Facebook announced a simplified way to manage your account’s security settings on the Web. Now this feature is making its way to mobile devices. According to the company, “… most people connecting to Facebook on a mobile device are using Android,” so this feature is being rolled out to Android users first. Ready to check your account …

Think you see enough ads on Twitter already? Well, get ready to see a whole lot more of ’em. Attempting to cash in on a bigger audience, Twitter said Thursday it will begin showing ads to people who don’t log in. That’s a half billion people a month, according to company estimates. The struggling social network is testing a program …

New taxes won’t be jacking up US broadband subscribers’ bills, if Congress votes as expected in the coming days. The US House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Friday, and the Senate Monday, to pass customs and trade enforcement legislation that includes a permanent moratorium on a tax for Internet access. If passed, the bill will permanently ban state and …

CNET If you’re reading this, congratulations! You’ve somehow managed to pull yourself away from a video playing on social media. Facebook and Twitter junkies already know that in 2015 video reached new heights on social platforms. There were millions of “Did you see this?” moments, from tragedies like the Paris attacks to lighter events like the Golden State Warriors’ improbable …