Todd R. Weiss

Sony has put a miniaturized computer into a small module that can attach to eyeglass frames, giving users a new way to bring smart device capabilities to eyewear-mounted systems a la Google Glass. An early concept model of the new Sony system, which so far is being called “SmartEyeglass Attach,” is slated to be shown […]

Netflix has just revamped its mobile app for Android by adding new features that are simple, innovative and useful for the company’s customers. In fact, the new Netflix app improvements are so good and add so much for customers that they should be held up as a great example of what businesses should be doing […]

Google is offering its Google Cultural Institute software platform to museums around the world so that they can build their own simple and powerful custom mobile apps and offer them to virtual visitors so that their collections can become available to legions of new visitors. So far, 11 museums and cultural institutions in Italy, France, […]

When Apple launched its then-new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones in September, the devices flew off store shelves and out of warehouses in a frenzy that may not have yet slowed down. And what that’s done, according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, is resulted in lower supplies of the devices in all […]

T-Mobile USA will in January start allowing its customers to keep any unused data in their monthly data plans and roll it over for future use, giving customers more control and fuller potential use of the data allocations that they pay for each month. The new feature, which T-Mobile is calling “data stash,” was unveiled […]

AARP’s RealPad Tablet Makes Technology Easier for Nascent Users by Todd R. Weiss Bright Screen and Powered by Intel The RealPad includes a bright, clear 7.85-inch HD display and is powered by a dual-core 1.5GHz Intel Atom Z2520 processor. The tablet weighs only 14 ounces, making it easy to hold and handle. Low Price, Good […]

Smartphone use is so rampant on Earth that by 2015, more than one-quarter of the planet’s population will be using the devices, according to new research from forecasting firm, eMarketer. Then just a year later, in 2016, the number of smartphone users around the world will hit 2 billion for the first time, up from […]

The next traditional taxicab you hail in Chicago or New York City could be summoned through an Uber-like smartphone app, rather than by standing on a cold curb, whistling or shaking your arm furiously. Officials in both cities have proposed smartphone apps to hail traditional taxicabs as one way to help cabbies and cab companies […]

Sprint’s parent company, Japan’s Softbank, is no longer considering a rumored second attempt to acquire T-Mobile U.S., less than four months after the first merger attempt was dropped in August. In the last few weeks, a rumor surfaced that Sprint might take another shot at buying its smaller rival to increase Sprint’s own footprint in […]

The Federal Communications Commission has raised minimum download speeds to 10 Mbps for any broadband companies that want to get funds from the government’s 4-year-old Connect America program to install and maintain broadband services in rural parts of the United States. The new minimum speed provision was unveiled by the FCC in an announcement on […]

Ford is moving its next-generation, upgraded Sync in-vehicle infotainment system—now called Sync 3—away from a Microsoft platform to BlackBerry’s QNX in-vehicle operating system, starting with its 2016 vehicles. The move was confirmed by a Ford spokesman in an interview with eWEEK following the company’s Dec. 11 announcement of its optional new Sync 3 system. Sync […]

Google has updated its Android Wear app to add new features for users, while also releasing a new watch Face API that allows developers to create new electronic watch faces for Android Wear devices. The new capabilities were unveiled by David Singleton, director of engineering for Android Wear, in a Dec. 10 post on the […]