Todd R. Weiss

Apple’s most powerful iMac workstation computers yet will go on sale starting Dec. 14, six months after being announced at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference in June. The updated iMac Pro, which will start at $4,999 based on Apple’s WWDC announcement, will be available in a wide range of configurations, with 8-, 10- or 18-core […]

Apple Pay now enables iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch users to send or receive money directly to and from friends, family members or any others using new Apple Pay Cash capabilities that have been added to Apple’s 3-year-old payment services. By adding Apple Pay Cash features to Apple Pay, the company now puts its full […]

Buyers of Apple’s iPhone X phablet will no longer be locked into their mobile phone carrier’s service now that the company has started selling a SIM-free version of the device through Apple.com and Apple stores. The SIM-free iPhone X, introduced Dec. 4, will allow customers to use the devices with most U.S. carrier networks and […]

Qualcomm, which has filed several patent infringement and patent royalty lawsuits against Apple since July, is now being countersued by Apple over alleged patent infringements involving Qualcomm’s Snapdragon mobile phone chipsets. The latest legal salvo came as part of a revised court filing by Apple in response to Qualcomm’s earlier legal claims, according to a […]

Traveling internationally can be complicated when it comes to always finding reliable and constant WiFi connectivity for one’s smartphones and portable computers.  Sure, many cities, airports, restaurants and tourist destinations have adequate to good free WiFi access, but travelers will often find frustrating dead spots where they’ll have no connectivity for periods of time, making […]

HTC and Huawei have unveiled several models of smartphones that will priced at up to $400 off for Black Friday shoppers, along with Cyber Monday deals from HTC. The HTC sale, which began Nov. 21, is available through HTC.com, with the HTC Bolt phone selling for $200, which is $400 off its normal $600 price, […]

AT&T’s proposed merger with Time Warner is now threatened after the U.S. Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit Nov. 20 to block the deal, citing concerns about higher prices for consumers and less innovation if the merger is completed. The action brought an immediate reaction from AT&T, which called the government’s lawsuit wrong and […]

Owners of some iPhone X smartphones are complaining on Reddit and other social media sites that their new devices are not always properly responding to screen touches in cold weather, making the phones difficult to use. The problem was perhaps first noted on Reddit on Nov. 8 by user darus214, who posted a message saying […]

Just as it appeared that new life had been given to the on-again, off-again merger talks between Sprint and T-Mobile on Nov. 2, the potential deal now looks to be truly over. The end appears to have arrived when Masayoshi Son, the CEO of Sprint’s parent company, SoftBank Group, walked away from the talks due […]

The on-again, off-again merger talks between mobile carriers T-Mobile and Sprint have reportedly resumed after T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom submitted a revised proposal. The new DT proposal comes six days after Masayoshi Son, CEO of Sprint parent SoftBank disclosed on Oct. 27 that his board of directors had rejected an earlier merger proposal reportedly […]

Apple is considering options to drop Qualcomm modem parts in its next iPhones and iPads, weeks after Qualcomm filed lawsuits in China that seek to ban sales of the latest iPhones due to alleged patent infringement in the newly released devices. The potential move, in which Apple would instead buy modem parts from Intel or […]

Google is investigating complaints from some buyers of the company’s new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL flagship smartphones involving display defects and clicking noise during calls. The customer reports began shortly after the latest Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL handsets went on sale Oct. 19. The display issue, which affects the Pixel 2 […]