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If you’re an Android user and have grown tired of boring text messaging, help is on the way. Google recently announced a slow rollout of RCS Messaging for users in the US, joining users in the UK, France and Mexico who gained access earlier this year. Google expects to make the feature available to all users in the …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said Monday the agency will hold a public auction of mid-band wireless spectrum to fuel the deployment of 5G. The decision to auction the spectrum ends months of speculation about how the much sought-after airwaves would be put to use to help build the next generation of wireless networks.  The so-called C-band spectrum, which …

Sorry if I’m not getting excited about Google pushing RCS messaging, its Android answer to Apple iMessage technology. I welcome the features now arriving in the company’s Messages app, but I have much deeper problems after being stuck for years in a Google messaging mud bog. Along with that, RCS (Rich Communication Services) comes through a new Messages app that’s a …

Texting on Android phones is about to get a lot better, Google said Thursday. The maker of the widely used operating system is launching a major update to its Messages app in the US that will modernize texting on Android phones. The update will include several features that iPhone users have long enjoyed in iMessages, including read receipts and exiting …

The Container Yard stands in downtown LA, with graffiti and murals adorning the warehouse’s red brick walls. On Wednesday, hundreds of reporters, influencers and even the DJ Diplo descended on this once-neglected part of Los Angeles to see the gadget du jour: Motorola’s first foldable, the Razr.  Much like people avoided DTLA, they also shunned Motorola’s phones. The company, which …

Motorola’s new $1,500 foldable Razr phone is winking at you. With the right combination of keys and swipes, you can make the newfangled device for 2019 look, sound and act like the Razr flip phone from 2004. Or at least the phone dialer. We went hands-on with the fun throwback screen at Motorola’s headquarters in Chicago before the company launched …

In May 2006, a former CNET colleague and I interviewed Ed Zander, Motorola’s CEO at the time. The original Razr V3 was two years old, and Moto was still riding a wave of excitement from the radically thin phone. It had expanded to other carriers beyond Cingular and the company had introduced a second-gen model, the Razr V3x. In between …

Google is finally replacing traditional SMS text messaging with a more Apple iMessage-like texting option that offers read receipts, the ability to message over Wi-Fi or mobile data, and the ability to leave group chats. The improved texting is powered by technology called RCS, which stands for Rich Communication Services, and begins rolling out Thursday, Google said. Most Android users …

When Sergio Buniac took over as the president of Motorola in March 2018, he had his work cut out for him. The company boasted a portfolio of compelling budget phones that often got lost in the shuffle, and the business hadn’t been profitable in years. More importantly, Motorola, the inventor of the cellphone, had become irrelevant thanks to larger, more …

You probably haven’t heard, but Disney Plus launched Tuesday. (Never mind that things didn’t exactly go smoothly. It’ll get there.) The much-ballyhooed new streaming service costs $6.99 a month, or $70 if you prepay for a year. Already feeling subscription fatigue? You may have heard that Verizon is offering a free year of Disney Plus with select Unlimited plans and Fios …