Tech Five: U.K. Banks In Talks To Offer Apple Pay

 

Apple’s payments service may make the jump to the U.K. Let’s look at the technology stocks to watch Monday:[one_fourth]

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Apple. The company is in talks with Britain’s top banks to introduce Apple Pay to customers, reports The Telegraph. The payments service that lets users make credit cards transaction through their smartphone is expected to debut in the U.K. in the first half of 2015.

Sony. After a multi-day outage, the electronics giant finally brought its PlayStation Network back online over the weekend. The network, along with Microsoft’s Xbox Live, were taken offline by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.

Twitter. The social network fixed login issues impacting Android users of its app. According to The Verge, Twitter’s official app for Android was down, as was its mobile website. Twitter says the issues were connected to a “bug in our front end code.”

Google. Access to the company’s email service Gmail has been cut. The Associated Press reports China is weighing whether to limit or ban Google services in the country.

Microsoft. The majority of apps for Windows Phone are downloaded most on low-cost, low-memory devices, reports GigaOm.