Verizon is continuing to expand its 5G deployment, nearly doubling its count of next-generation network locations with four additional cities Wednesday. New to the live list: Atlanta, Detroit, Indianapolis and Washington, DC.  All cities were part of Verizon’s previously announced list of areas due to get 5G in 2019, with service in the new locations …

Google has already shared what the back of the Pixel 4 will look like, but now it’s showing off some of what its forthcoming phone will be able to do, including hands-free radar-based gesture controls and face unlock similar to Apple’s FaceID. In a new YouTube video titled “(Don’t) hold the phone: new features coming to Pixel 4,” the search …

Apple Card will hit its summer launch date. During the company’s fiscal third-quarter earnings call Tuesday, CEO Tim Cook announced that the company will begin offering its new card to users next month.  “Thousands of Apple employees are using Apple Card every day in our beta test,” Cook said. “And we plan to begin the rollout of Apple Card in …

AT&T is giving DirecTV Now a makeover, but the new name and app may cause more trouble than it solves. On Tuesday the telecom giant announced that it would be rebranding its struggling streaming service as AT&T TV Now. The new name will be rolled out later this summer and work with a new AT&T TV app. Current DirecTV Now …

TikTok’s parent company is expanding from software and into hardware. ByteDance says it was working with Chinese device manufacturer Smartisan on a phone — but it isn’t a “TikTok phone.” “Reports of our smartphone development strictly refer to a continuation of plans that were in place before ByteDance began working with Smartisan,” said a ByteDance spokesperson on Monday. “The product …

Displays that wrap around the edges of modern high-end Android phones have been increasing in popularity since the first Samsung Galaxy Note Edge in 2014. As companies now look to extend the bendable display idea to foldable phones, Chinese smartphone maker Oppo is continuing to stretch out the edges of wraparound screens on more traditional devices.  In a new prototype …

With the Department of Justice finally giving T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion merger with Sprint a thumbs-up, the US wireless industry can begin preparing for its new reality. Sprint is going away, T-Mobile is getting a lot bigger and Dish — after years of hoarding spectrum — is set to become a fourth wireless competitor.  With the wide reach of the deal, …

After more than a year of regulatory battles, T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion takeover of Sprint is this close to happening. Justice Department antitrust head Makan Delrahim said Friday that the DOJ will approve the deal because T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom signed an agreement to sell off several Sprint assets to Dish Network, creating a new nationwide wireless carrier. Under the agreement, …

T-Mobile appears to be getting its merger with Sprint after all. In an advisory sent late Thursday night, the Department of Justice alerted the media to a press conference at 11 a.m. ET Friday in which Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the DOJ’s antitrust division is set to “announce a significant merger enforcement action,” though it did not specifically …

T-Mobile is continuing to add subscribers, even as its merger with Sprint remains in a regulatory holding pattern.  For its second quarter, the self-proclaimed “Un-carrier” had 1.8 million total net additional subscribers, of which 1.1 million were traditional monthly postpaid users. Of those 710,000 were postpaid phone subscribers, with the rest using connected devices such as tablets and smartwatches. It …