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Apple Inc has invited top fashion editors and bloggers in unprecedented numbers to its Tuesday launch gala, further evidence that the iPhone maker is preparing to take the wraps off a smartwatch.

After pulling apps for their use of the Confederate flag, Apple will reinstate the Battle of Gettysburg app unchanged. 

Snapchat Inc. disclosed it has offered to sell $650 million of stock in a private placement, an opportunity for the company and insiders to profit from the messaging company's popularity.

A live-streaming app called Meerkat, calls to online activism and pedicabs with a "Game of Thrones" Iron throne seat were the top topics of conversation at South by Southwest over the weekend, as 33,000-plus members of the technology, marketing and media industries poured into Austin, Texas.

BlackBerry unveiled a new mid-market smartphone on Tuesday dubbed the BlackBerry Leap that is set to replace the Z3 device launched a year ago, in a move to woo buyers in certain emerging markets where BlackBerry still has a fairly large client base.

Some competitors to Apple Pay are beginning to appear, and some seem to have fewer limitations. Here's what's available now and soon.

Google Inc is preparing to sell mobile phone plans directly to customers and manage their calls and mobile data over a cellular network, The Information reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Apple Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. are teaming up to help bring more iPhones and iPads to business users.

The iPhone 6s and 6s Plus hit stores around the world on Friday, kicking off what is expected to be a record weekend of sales as customers scrambled to buy Apple Inc's marquee product in pink for the first time.

The new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus arrive in stores and at consumers' doorsteps on Friday, kicking off a sales cycle that will be scrutinized for signs of how much juice Apple's marquee product has left.

Google Inc said it would roll out Android Pay, a one-touch payment app on Android devices, in more than 1 million locations in the United States on Thursday.

Square Inc, the payments company co-founded by Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey, filed with U.S. regulators for an initial public offering of common stock.

Starbucks coffee shops will begin accepting Apple Inc's mobile payment system in a pilot program starting this year, Apple Vice President Jennifer Bailey said on Thursday.

Apple Inc. is in discussions with U.S. banks to develop a mobile person-to-person payment service that would compete with PayPal Inc.'s popular Venmo platform, according to people familiar with the talks.

Pandora Media Inc. will now pay to play the oldies.

General Motors is writing a massive check to ride-hailing company Lyft in hopes of capitalizing on an evolving industry.