When Facebook product manager David Harris proposed last year to his then-girlfriend, he shared the milestone on the social network. But he didn’t feel like the post matched the magnitude of the moment. That’s when he started having discussions about redesigning a Facebook feature that allows users to highlight major life events such as getting …

The $867 billion farm bill that just passed the US House and Senate on Wednesday has provisions designed to spur broadband deployment. Though the bulk of the spending in the bill will go toward subsidies for American farmers and support for programs to feed the poor, the bill also expands the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service loan and grant …

The Federal Communications Commission said it’s getting tough on text message spam by clarifying that phone companies can block unwanted texts. At its monthly meeting Wednesday, the Republican-led agency voted 3-1 to classify SMS text messages as a so-called Title I information service under the Telecom Act. The three Republicans on the FCC, which voted to adopt the classification, said …

With its updated Notebook 9 Pen two-in-one laptop, Samsung is targeting creative professionals who want the flexibility of both a laptop and a pen-enabled tablet without needing separate devices or paying extra for a pen.  Like with the 2018 model, Samsung will include one of its S Pens, an active pen that can be used to write and draw on …

Even before the Pixel 3 was announced, I was hyped for the phone mostly to see how Google would follow up the Pixel 2 and its brilliant camera. When I finally got my hands on the Pixel 3, it didn’t disappoint. It has a fantastic camera that captures vibrant photos. But the phone has more going for it than just …

Samsung has reportedly applied to trademark a trio of new phone names that hint at its 2019 plans. The British and Mexican applications, as reported by LetsGoDigital, refer to the Rize10, Rize20 and Rize30. However, they’re just names and give no real indication of what the phones might be. It’s expected that Samsung will release three Galaxy S10 phones, and …

AT&T is making good on plans to bring its AT&T Fiber to more cities. The company on Wednesday said the ultra-high-speed broadband service is now in 12 additional cities. This brings the count up to 10 million locations spread across 84 metro areas in the US. AT&T intends to hit 14 million locations by mid-2019. “We have millions of miles …

Your future iPhone might have a home-grown cell modem in it.  Apple’s looking to hire a lead designer for a cell modem platform, according to a job listing it recently posted. A story in The Information (subscription required) brought attention to the job posting and also said a source with knowledge about Apple’s plans affirmed there’s an internal project for developing its …

The world had World Cup fever this year. And so did the internet. And that was evident in what people searched for online. Google said Wednesday that its top trending topic in the US and worldwide in 2018 was “World Cup.” In Google parlance, “top trending” means it had the highest spike in traffic over a certain period of time …

 There are tons of products and companies vying for our attention during the chaos and bustle of the CES, the annual consumer electronics trade show held every January in Las Vegas. But whether or not those products actually hit store shelves by the end of the year — or any year — is a different question altogether. Some “concept products” …