A lot of people have been noticing a small blue dot next to their text messages or contacts on their Android devices, and it's not some quirky design element. There's a reason why some of the contacts ...

Privacy-focused messaging app Signal announced on Monday that it's introducing a feature that allows users to back up their ...

Nvidia is developing the H20 GPU chip for the Chinese market. The new chip meets all the requirements for export to that country and satisfies Chinese needs. Jensen Huang, NVIDIA CEO, was in Taiwan ...

The first SMS was sent in 1992, when an engineer of an IT service company based in the U.K. sent it to his colleague to wish him a Merry Christmas. One year later, Finnish company Nokia released the ...

I lost my wallet with five cards and $200 in cash on day one of my trip abroad. Here’s how I saved my vacation using a mobile wallet and a backup ATM card.

I lost my wallet with five cards and $200 in cash on day one of my trip abroad. Here’s how I saved my vacation using a mobile wallet and a backup ATM card.

Blue text bubbles have almost always been associated with Apple. The easiest way to know if someone's an Android or iPhone user without even meeting them is by sending them a text message and checking ...

If you're using one of the most common apps to manage text chats on an Android phone, you'll see a small blue dot appear next to certain conversations. In other cases, a different symbol, such as a ...

UPDATE (September 19, 2025): The Google Messages app is now getting camera-free ‘Gallery’ shortcut. Read more about the update at the end of the article. Summary: Google Messages is a messaging ...

Original article, July 30, 2025 (05:16 AM ET): Google Photos is a great photo editing and media management app. I have a Google One subscription, so I turn on Google Photos cloud backup on all my ...