Todd R. Weiss

Sprint is now offering a new 1GB data plan in a move to serve customers who don’t need lots of data, but who want a better deal and more options than those offered for similar low-data plans from competitors AT&T and Verizon. Under the new Sprint data plan, customers can pay $20 for 1GB of […]

AT&T gained 2 million wireless customers in the third quarter, helping drive up the carrier’s wireless sales 5 percent and overall revenues 2.5 percent over the same period last year. In announcing the quarterly financial results Oct. 22, AT&T officials said the company generated $33 billion in revenue in the third quarter, and $18.3 billion […]

Apple recently gained permission from the Chinese government to sell its iPhone 6 devices, and now the company is looking to open 25 additional Apple retail stores in China over the next two years. Apple already has 15 stores in China but is looking to increase its sales in the world’s most heavily populated nation, […]

Apple and sapphire screen producer GT Advanced Technologies have reached a settlement to end their apparently strained relationship, less than three weeks after GT Advanced filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier in October. The settlement was unveiled Oct. 21 by attorneys for GT Advanced in a hearing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New Hampshire, […]

Verizon Communications brought in $31.59 billion in revenue in the third quarter of 2014, ending Sept. 30, up 4.3 percent from the $30.3 billion posted in the same quarter one year ago, while its wireless unit captured another 1.5 million customers who will add more revenue to the company’s bottom line. Quarterly profit for Verizon […]

An offer by Lenovo to buy BlackBerry is again in the news, one year after such a move was previously rumored in November 2013 but was reportedly dashed by Canadian authorities at that time due to security and other concerns. The latest rumor calls for Lenovo Group, a Chinese company, to make an offer for […]

Inside Google’s Nexus 6 Smartphone, Nexus 9 Tablet, Nexus Player By Todd R. Weiss Here’s the Nexus 6 Smartphone The Nexus 6 smartphone includes a 6-inch Quad HD AMOLED display with Gorilla Glass 3, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 SOC CPU, a rear-facing 13-megapixel camera with optical image stabilization and dual LED ring flash, a 2MP […]

Apple unveiled its latest iPads, iMacs and operating system Oct. 16 at an event that showed off its expanding line of maturing products, while also announcing an Oct. 20 start date for its new Apple Pay mobile payment services. The product launches include the iPad Air 2, which Apple touts as the thinnest and most […]

Google has finally announced its upcoming Nexus 6 smartphone and a Nexus 9 tablet, but one new device was a surprise—the Nexus Player, an Android-based streaming media and gaming device that will hook up to an HDTV as a home entertainment platform. The three devices, including the Nexus 6 smartphone, which has been awaited since […]

Flexible Lenovo Yoga Tablets Maturing, Gaining Innovative Features by Todd R. Weiss The Yoga 3 Pro Does Yoga The innovative Yoga 3 Pro tablet can be configured by users in a multitude of positions that make it fit just about any position the user wants to use it in, whether sitting, reclining or standing. Available […]

The super-fast growth of tablet computers is slowing globally in 2014 as consumers, business users and other hardware buyers readjust their computing needs to fit the expanding range of devices that are available in the marketplace. That’s the latest conclusion from Gartner, which released its worldwide devices forecast on Oct. 16, including expectations for sales […]

Apple is again about to announce some updated new products, most likely in its iPad and desktop iMac lines, as it holds an online launch event from its Cupertino, Calif., headquarters on Oct. 16. Nothing has yet been announced officially, of course, but rumors that have been circulating point to such devices as new iPads […]