A top Google executive this week publicly begged Apple to support the RCS standard in its iMessage service. Meanwhile, Verizon appears poised to launch RCS services this year with vendors Google and Synchronoss.
It made headlines again thanks to tweets from Android exec Hiroshi Lockheimer, but this Google-endorsed upgrade to SMS and MMS remains scarce on many Android phones.
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Google Senior Vice President Hiroshi Lockheimer sent a tweet that between the lines asked Apple to support Google s Rich Communication Service (RCS), an iMessage competitor.
Qualcomm pays $1.4B for Nuvia, a server chip designer founded by ex-Apple execs
But Qualcomm won t just use Nuvia s high-performance and battery efficient technology for data centers. It plans to bring the innovations to its mobile, computer and auto processors. Listen - 06:39
Nuvia has been trying to change data centers by designing high-performance chips that are more power efficient like mobile processors. Getty Images
Qualcomm is betting big on a company designing powerful but power-efficient chips for data centers $1.4 billion big. The company on Wednesday said it has reached a deal to acquire Nuvia, a two-year-old startup run by former Apple chip executives.