Todd R. Weiss

New U.S. net neutrality rules were approved by the Federal Communications Commission in a 3-2 vote on Feb. 26 as expected, creating new FCC powers that will allow the agency to regulate the Internet as a public utility and causing critics to quickly promise to take legal actions against the decision. In a five-page statement, […]

Apple is holding a special event on March 9 when it will likely provide more details about the upcoming Apple Watch smartwatch, which is slated for an April release. The company sent invitations, which included the simple message, “spring forward,” to media outlets on Feb. 26, along with location details for the event, which will […]

The latest BlackBerry Classic smartphone will now be available to Verizon Wireless customers, with online preorders starting Feb. 26 and in-store sales beginning on March 5. The BlackBerry Classic includes the company’s well-known QWERTY keyboard, trackpad and navigation keys, as well as a 3.5-inch square touch-screen HD display that is covered with Corning Gorilla Glass […]

Apple has been ordered by a federal jury in Texas to pay $852.9 million to Smartflash LLC to compensate the company for infringing on several Smartflash patents in Apple’s iTunes music software. The verdict was issued by a federal court jury in Tyler, Texas, on Feb. 24, which rejected Apple’s arguments that it did not […]

LG will debut four new midrange smartphones at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015 in Barcelona, Spain, next week as it expands its smartphone range to fit the deeper feature and lower price requirements of customers around the world. The four Android smartphones, which include design and technical features normally found in more expensive handsets, were […]

Sprint is again battling in the more-data-for-less wars with its rivals by adding a new $90 per month, 12GB Sprint Family Share Pack data plan for mobile customers. In addition to the new 12GB shared pot of monthly data, new customers who port their mobile numbers over to Sprint from another carrier will not pay […]

Apple will spend about $1.93 billion to build and run two brand-new data centers in Ireland and Denmark – the company’s first-ever data centers in Europe – as part of a plan to continue to invest in renewable energy projects for its facilities around the world. The company announced the new data center project on […]

The huge Mobile World Congress event officially begins March 2 in Barcelona, Spain, but the rumors and reports that surround the conference never wait until opening day. They’ve already begun, which makes life interesting for smartphone and other device aficionados. This year’s conference, which runs through March 6, already has a rumor frenzy that is […]

Apple is looking to diversify its business into electric car production, possibly by as soon as 2020, as it explores new business opportunities outside of its core consumer technology and computer, tablet and smartphone businesses. The electric car efforts were revealed in Feb. 19 reports by The New York Times and by Bloomberg based on […]

Phablets, those handheld mobile devices with displays that are larger than the typical smartphone yet smaller than a tablet, offer lots of promise for enterprise workers. But so far, they are being adopted slowly by businesses. That could change, though, as phablets such as the big-screen Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and the Galaxy Note Edge, […]

When the Apple Watch launches in April, the consumer frenzy is sure to begin around the globe. The base Watch, priced at $349, is bound to be a huge seller, even though reports have been swirling recently about all the health monitoring features that will be missing from early devices due to engineering complications and […]

Sprint customers can now preorder LG’s latest innovative, curved G Flex 2 smartphone to get the new devices, starting March 13. The arrival of the new phones for Sprint customers, at a retail price of $504 or on a 24-month Sprint Easy Pay payment plan for $21 a month, was announced Feb. 19 by the […]