Only Verizon Wireless customers will be able to stream NFL games on their mobile devices. Verizon The National Football League upgraded its mobile app to include more features, even if still won’t stream live games to all of its fans. The company on Tuesday launched its new NFL Mobile app, which now incorporates its signature …

How fast is 5G? Verizon’s tests have shown a connection speed that is 30 to 50 times faster than its current 4G network. Verizon Verizon is getting ready to kick its wireless network up another notch. The nation’s largest wireless carrier will begin field trials on so-called fifth-generation, or 5G, technology within the next 12 months, Roger Gurnani, chief information …

The new Nexus phones will be a showcase for Android 6.0, also known as Marshmallow. Google BERLIN — Google is doubling down on its Nexus smartphones. The tech giant is set to hold an event September 29 in San Francisco to unveil two new Nexus devices, according to people familiar with the company’s plans. One smartphone will be a smaller …

Sony wants to make one thing clear: It’s no bargain-smartphone company. That’s the impression the Japanese consumer-electronics maker left Wednesday as it unveiled the Xperia Z5 , Xperia Z5 Compact and Xperia Z5 Premium — which all share a more powerful 23-megapixel camera, waterproof body and fingerprint scanner. The differences between models are primarily the screen size, materials and, in …

It’s apparently the week to change one’s image. Verizon on Wednesday unveiled a redesigned logo that opts for a simpler, cleaner look with Verizon written in a small, black font next to a thin, red check mark. The change comes a day after Google introduced its own new logo with a thinner font that could be read on smaller mobile …

Enlarge Image The Moto 360 comes in a variety of colors and materials and two sizes. Sarah Tew/CNET Motorola’s smartwatch head start has long since dissipated. When Motorola launched its Moto 360 a year ago, it turned heads as the first smartwatch that felt like a watch — one that employed premium materials such as a leather strap and a …

Enlarge Image Startup Nextbit is launching its first smartphone, Robin, through a Kickstarter campaign. Nextbit One startup will leave the fate of its first smartphone up to the people. Nextbit, run by executives who formerly worked at Google and HTC, launched on Tuesday its first smartphone — named “Robin” — through a crowdsourced Kickstarter project. The company will hold a …

The Robin hit its Kickstarter goal within the first day. Nextbit Nextbit sounded a call to see who would be interested in its cloud-based smartphone, and the people have responded. The startup, run by former executives from Google and HTC, hit its Kickstarter goal of selling $500,000 worth of products in a single day. The company said that it would …

CNET It’s a common occurrence. I grab my iPad, place my thumb on the home key and wait for the main screen to pop up. And nothing happens. I often forget my 3-year-old iPad came out before Apple embraced the fingerprint sensor. But it’s a testament to how conditioned I am to unlocking my iPhone 6 with my finger that …

Apple’s iPhones will benefit from a “fast lane” to Cisco’s business networks. CNET Apple is looking to reinforce the position of its iPhones and iPads in the workplace with a partnership with Cisco Systems. The world’s second-largest manufacturer of smartphones and Cisco, one of the world’s largest business network-equipment makers, said Monday that they would create a “fast lane” for …