Todd R. Weiss

Verizon Wireless and AT&T customers are being courted by Sprint in a big way with a new offer that will cut existing Verizon or AT&T wireless bills in half for customers who move their service over to Sprint’s network. The “Cut Your Bill in Half Event,” which begins Dec. 5, will also match a customer’s […]

Consumers are still replacing their old iPhones with the immensely popular iPhone 6 models, but that certainly isn’t satiating the smartphone rumor mills, which are already predicting a new iPhone 6S and a new iPhone 7 during 2015. The new iPhone 6S and iPhone 7 models will come in the spring of 2015 and the […]

While Chinese smartphone maker Huawei is not very well-known in the United States, it is a big name in other parts of the world, so when an official recently announced that Huawei is dropping production of Windows phones, the news was intriguing. The company’s ending of Windows Phone production and sales was unveiled by Joe […]

When I read the recent report that Google Chromebooks have now begun to outsell Apple iPads in the nation’s schools, I immediately started thinking about how much sense such a shift actually makes. The new sales figures from IDC show that vendors selling Chromebooks shipped 715,000 units to U.S. schools in the third quarter of […]

Google Glass is getting some changes, including a move to Intel processors to replace the Texas Instruments CPUs that presently power the devices, as Google works to refine and perhaps reimagine its Glass experiment. The switch to Intel CPUs was reported Nov. 30 by The Wall Street Journal as part of a plan by Intel […]

Cyber Monday specials abound for shoppers today, with T-Mobile offering a 64GB Apple iPhone 6 for the same price as a 16GB iPhone 6, while Sprint is offering a free LG G3 smartphone to customers who open a new line of service. Also featured are Cyber Monday discounts on a host of other devices from […]

Samsung has introduced the second generation of its EYECAN+ computer mouse, which allows people with physical disabilities to control the device with eye movements, rather than with their hands and arms. The latest EYECAN+ mouse enables users to compose and edit documents as well as explore the Internet using a browser, but does not require […]

For the first time, astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) used a 3D printer to manufacture a part in zero gravity while orbiting the Earth. The experiment is a milestone because it proves that 3D printing is viable in space, adding flexibility for future missions that might require spare parts that no one had […]

Amazon has substantially dropped the price of its Fire 32GB GSM unlocked smartphone to $199 for a limited time—through Dec. 1—a $250 price cut from its previous price of $449. The Black Friday deal was unveiled by Amazon Nov. 25 as part of series of promotions for other specially priced Amazon-branded devices, including Kindles, HD […]

Sony is reducing the number of Xperia smartphone models that it makes and sells and is dropping the development of new smartphone models for the huge China market as the company seeks to find the right path back to profitability and increased sales for its declining mobile unit. The smartphone model reductions, reported Nov. 25 […]

The Federal Communications Commission has reached an agreement with T-Mobile USA to ensure that mobile customers who run speed tests on the carrier’s network receive accurate results, even when their speeds have been reduced by the carrier when the limits of their monthly cellular plans are exceeded. The problem, according to the FCC, was that […]

BlackBerry has launched a rebate offer of up to $550 to iPhone owners who are willing to trade their iPhone 4S through iPhone 6 smartphones in for a new BlackBerry Passport phone. The company also announced several Black Friday deals on the Passport phone and on its BlackBerry Z30 smartphone, as well as six-month, no-interest […]