Todd R. Weiss

Sony Unveils SmartEyeglass, Its Version of Google Glass By Todd R. Weiss SmartEyeglass Includes a Wired Controller With SmartEyeglass devices, users experience holographic waveguide technology, which incorporates super-thin augmented-reality lenses to display images with high transparency and brightness, according to Sony. The beta devices use a monochrome 8-bit display. Built-in Camera, Sensors, Microphone and More […]

T-Mobile US grew its fourth-quarter 2014 profit to $101 million, up from a $20 million loss in the same quarter one year ago, while increasing its Q4 revenue to $8.15 billion, up 19.4 percent from the same quarter in 2013. The company also tallied 4.05 million net add postpaid mobile customers in 2014, giving it […]

LG has announced LG Watch Urbane, an all-metal smartwatch with a leather wristband and classic round watch face that’s aimed at fashion-conscious luxury goods buyers. The new smartwatch, which will debut at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain, in early March, includes the same 1.3-inch full circle P-OLED display that appeared on last […]

When the Apple Watch hits the consumer market in April, the smartwatch will be missing previously touted key health-monitoring features due to problems getting the features to work and potential regulatory issues. Instead of a state-of-the-art smartwatch with capabilities to monitor blood pressure, heart rate, stress factors and other health issues, the pending Apple Watch […]

Samsung’s Smart TVs have been getting some damaging publicity this week as reports have circulated about the ability of the televisions to “hear” words spoken in their vicinity by their owners, and then report what it hears to third parties. That feature was designed into the smart televisions so that they can collect user information […]

Mobile phone users who want to move their phone to a different carrier than the one they started with will now have an easier time of the process, thanks to new phone “unlocking” rules that went into effect on Feb. 11. The law which now allows cellphone unlocking, the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition […]

An iPhone connected to a special “dongle” that turns the phone into a low-cost and mobile blood sampling laboratory is being used successfully to test the blood of sick patients in developing nations, bringing needed diagnostic services to people in remote areas. Presently the devices, which were developed by researchers at Columbia University in New […]

Google Cardboard Lets Smartphone Users Experience Virtual Reality By Todd R. Weiss Build Cardboard With Google’s Free, Downloadable Plans Once you download the plans, you can trace them onto cardboard and carefully cut and score the pieces using a sharp hobby knife and other simple tools. Here is what the finished product will look like […]

Android Wearable sales in 2014 weren’t the big hit that was expected so far, but in 2015, that will change after the Apple Watch goes on sale to consumers and drives a new frenzy in expected sales around the world. In 2014, Android Wear device shipments hit 720,000 units globally, out of some 4.6 million […]

Apple will spend $848 million over the next 25 years to purchase solar power that will run all of its corporate offices, stores and other facilities in California under a deal that will help it meet its corporate needs for electricity while combating climate change by cutting its reliance on fossil fuels. The deal between […]

If you’re still having trouble figuring out what gift to give your beloved on this Valentine’s Day, T-Mobile has a new free tablet offer that could help you out. And what better to give than a gift that will help you to stay in touch with your beloved from work or home or from wherever […]

Enterprise mobile device company BlackBerry has just hired its first-ever chief security officer to help the company further refine its security focus and expand it into new areas such as the Internet of Things. David Kleidermacher, who previously served as Chief Technology Officer for Green Hills Software, will be responsible for BlackBerry’s global product security […]