Technology

  Bloomberg Apple Inc.’s plan to allow Japanese customers to use iPhones to pay for their daily commute underscores the potential for digital payments to grow in a nation where people still prefer to hold cash. Japanese have for years been using rail passes that double as electronic money cards, which a growing number of retailers now accept for payments. ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business As the world’s leading trade show for consumer electronics, IFA 2016 will be a platform for forward-looking technology brands to showcase their innovations from September 2 to 7. Ahead of the much sought-after show by technology tastemakers and influencers, LG sheds light on the various consumer trends that will be reflected at the show. While ...

  Bloomberg Apple Inc. invited journalists to an event in San Francisco on Sept. 7 where the world’s most valuable public company is expected to roll out a series of product upgrades. The invitation showed out-of-focus multicolored lights against a black background. The company is expected to introduce next-generation versions of the iPhone and Apple Watch at the event. The ...

  Bloomberg EE, the mobile division of telecoms provider BT Group Plc, said it would offer free subscriptions to Apple’s streaming music product, Apple Music, to fend off rivals vying for customers in the U.K.’s crowded mobile marketplace. New EE post-paid contracts and renewals will come with six free months of Apple Music starting Sept. 1, Marc Allera, EE’s CEO, ...

  San Francisco / AFP Google executive David Drummond left the Uber board of directors as competition revs up between the companies over self-driving cars. “I recently stepped down from Uber’s board given the overlap between the two companies,” Google chief legal officer Drummond said in a statement. Drummond noted that Google remains an “enthusiastic investor” in the on-demand ride-sharing ...

  Relaxnews Google has announced the distribution of the definitive version of its new operating system Android Nougat. Initially, all of the handsets that participated in Google’s Android beta program will be updated with the final version of Android 7.0. Thereafter, Android Nougat will be rolled out to the Nexus 6, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus 9, Nexus Player, and ...

  Bloomberg VMware Inc. is set to unveil new products in a bid to eke out greater relevancy for the company in internet-based cloud-computing. On Monday, the company will announce Cloud Foundation, which combines software for storage, networking and virtualization into one package, as well as the ability to use that product as a service hosted in IBM’s cloud. The ...

  Relaxnews Smartphones and smartwatches should once again be the talk of the IFA tech show in Berlin, Germany, with new devices expected from Samsung, Huawei and Sony, just six months after the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Chinese manufacturers will be heading to IFA en masse, where Lenovo is lined up to announce pricing and availability for its ...

  Relaxnews Most teenagers these days already own smartphones, which are often viewed as essential not only for communicating with family and friends, but also for entertainment and work. However, smartphones vary considerably from model to model and young smartphone users do not all have the same needs. FOR TIGHT BUDGETS With the Sunny, Wiko offers an entry-level smartphone at ...

  AFP A US software firm which chose Singapore for the world’s first public trial of driverless taxis hopes to be operating in 10 Asian and US cities by 2020, an executive said Monday. Doug Parker, nuTonomy’s chief operating officer, said the firm is eyeing tests by early next year in three other Asian countries which he declined to name. ...