Motorola President Rick Osterloh at an event near the Mobile World Congress show. Roger Cheng/CNET BARCELONA–Motorola President Rick Osterloh isn’t going to hop on the latest trendy feature for smartphones and smartwatches. Osterloh, speaking at a press event near the Mobile World Congress trade show on Wednesday, said he wasn’t a fan of the fingerprint …

Etsy offers a variety of vintage and artisanal items for sale. The company has decided it’s time to go public. CNET Etsy, the online crafts marketplace, filed papers on Wednesday to raise $100 million in an initial public offering. Founded in 2005, the website derives its revenue from listing fees and commissions on the sale of items such as handmade …

Apple has been rumored to be working on a tablet even larger than its iPad Air 2. Sarah Tew/CNET Apple’s much-rumored big-screen iPad won’t be landing in consumers’ hands anytime soon, according to a new report. A 12.9-inch version of Apple’s tablet was expected to go in to production this quarter but has been delayed until around September, sources described …

Android Lollipop is slowing snacking its way up the ranks. Google Android Lollipop is gradually making its way onto more devices. The newest edition of Google’s Android Developers Dashboard reveals a 3.3 percent share for Android 5.0. That percentage takes into account all the Android devices that hit the Google Play store during the seven-day period ending Monday and is …

The new iPhone 6 line helped Apple win a lot more customers in China. CNET Apple has captured a quarter of all sales in the world’s largest smartphone market. Over the three months ending in January, Apple scored a market share of 25.4 percent in urban China, up from 17.4 percent for the same period in 2014, Kantar Worldpanel ComTech …

Huawei’s name is thrown in the hat for the next-gen Nexus smartphone. Andrew Hoyle/CNET Google could turn to Huawei for an upcoming Nexus device, or so says Kevin Yang, director of China research at iSuppli. Related stories Huawei’s new focus on high-end phones is a good idea, but won’t be easy Huawei Watch unveiled at MWC Huawei shifts sights to …

Waze users will now start to see Amber alerts to help find missing children. Waze Users of the Waze traffic app can now help in the search for missing children. As of Tuesday, Amber alerts will be integrated into the app courtesy of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, according to Waze. A voluntary effort among law-enforcement agencies, …

TextNow I first spotted this deal late yesterday, and it’s the kind of thing that tends to melt the Internet — so I don’t know how long supplies will last. While they do, however, TextNow Wireless has the refurbished Motorola Moto G smartphone for $14.99 (plus around $9 for shipping). That’s not your subsidized price in exchange for a two-year …

Uber’s car service in Fukuoka is under investigation. Uber Car-hailing company Uber is yet again in hot water. But this time things are a little different. Officials in the Japanese city of Fukuoka have ordered Uber to suspend its car service after questioning whether the drivers Uber pays are violating the country’s ban on unlicensed taxi services, The Wall Street …

Now playing: Watch this: Instant smartphone printers 1:37 So you want to print photos from your smartphone. Right. Now. For that, you’ll need an instant printer. Since the Polaroid became more of a novelty than a household staple, a number of familiar brands have come in with replacements for the old standard, letting you print any photos on your smartphone …