Todd R. Weiss

Qualcomm has been slapped with a $1.2 billion antitrust fine by the European Commission for allegedly making billions of dollars in payments to Apple in exchange for exclusively using only Qualcomm’s LTE chipsets in iPhones from 2011 to 2016. The fine followed an investigation by the European Commission (EC) which found that Qualcomm’s payments were […]

Acer has introduced new Chromebook models designed for business and classrooms, including the Chromebook 11 C732 laptop and the new Chromebox CXI3 desktop. Acer also introduced a new Chromebook Spin 11 hybrid model with a multi-position 360-degree hinge. The latest machines, which support Google Play and other Google services, were unveiled Jan. 23 by Acer […]

Enterprise software vendor BlackBerry is jumping into the autonomous vehicle marketplace with a new cyber-security application called Jarvis that aims to tighten security around the complex computing code that controls driver-less vehicles. BlackBerry Jarvis, which the company says is a “cloud-based, static binary code scanning” application, can be used by automakers to quickly and deeply […]

Huawei will start selling its latest flagship smartphone, the $799 unlocked Mate 10 Pro, in the United States through select retailers in February, four months after launching the phone in other parts of the world. When the Mate 10 Pro was unveiled last October, Huawei launched it in staggered markets around the globe, but gave […]

Rumors that surfaced in December that Chinese smartphone maker Huawei was working on a first-of- its-kind deal to sell its handsets directly to U.S. consumers through AT&T have been dashed by new reports indicating that a pending agreement has fallen through. AT&T has never confirmed reports that such a deal was under consideration and it […]

HP Inc. is voluntarily recalling about 50,000 laptops, notebooks and mobile workstations due to eight incidents of fires, overheating and melting of the lithium-ion rechargeable batteries used in the devices. The recall, which was announced Jan. 4 by HP in conjunction with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), covers a wide range of laptops […]

Samsung has unveiled its latest Exynos mobile processor series, which promises longer battery life, expanded facial recognition and artificial intelligence (AI) features, and other performance improvements in some models of the company’s smartphones and other devices. The new Exynos 9 Series 9810 processor, which includes an eight-core architecture, is built on Samsung’s second-generation 10-nanometer FinFET […]

Almost every day I take photos on my smartphones while traveling or enjoying great times with friends. But far less often do I ever organize them and immediately print them so I can put them in photo albums or share them with others. The problem is that it takes a significant time commitment to regularly […]

Acting as a powerful computer in the palm of your hand, today’s smartphones can do everything from make calls and send texts to play videos, take photographs, search the internet and harness a wide array of other tasks. Can smartphone vendors make their devices even better and more versatile? That’s what eWEEK asked a group […]

Apple has now answered a rash of consumer complaints about the slower performance they are observing on their older iPhones by explaining the issue as a “feature” the company initiated to extend battery life on aging Lithium-ion batteries in the devices. “Our goal is to deliver the best experience for customers, which includes overall performance and […]

Chinese smartphone maker Huawei will take a new approach to selling its handsets in the United States in 2018 by marketing them for the first time through some U.S. mobile carriers. Specifics for the deal have not been announced, but the development was revealed by a Huawei executive who said he will provide more details […]

BlackBerry is ending its monthly software security updates for its two-year-old PRIV smartphone as it continues its transition to an enterprise software company. Alex Thurber, the senior vice president and general manager of BlackBerry’s mobility solutions division, announced the move in a Dec. 14 post on the BlackBerry Blog. In addition, PRIV and other BlackBerry […]