Todd R. Weiss

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has ruled that airline passengers will be allowed to keep their mobile devices on in full transmitting mode throughout their flights on European airliners, as long as the practice is also permitted by an airline’s individual operating rules. The EASA made its announcement on Sept. 26, essentially wiping out […]

AT&T is joining the double data wars for cellular customers with its new offer to give twice as much shareable mobile data for no extra charge to customers who buy larger data plans ranging from 15GB to 50GB. The AT&T move joins similar recent free data offers from competitors, including T-Mobile and Sprint. The AT&T […]

Recent moves by Apple and Google to protect user data on smartphones from snooping and surveillance by introducing default data encryption are being criticized loudly by the director of the FBI, who argues that the changes will make it tougher for law enforcement officers to gain critical information about suspects in crimes. FBI Director James […]

BlackBerry continues its journey from enterprise smartphone leader some six years ago to finding a new enterprise niche in 2014 as it reported that its revenue dropped to $916 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2015, down from $966 million in the first quarter. The company also posted a GAAP net loss of $207 […]

Apple’s latest iOS8 update is already out and available, coming only about 36 hours after its first iOS 8 update was quickly pulled back on Sept. 24 due to major problems that caused some new iPhone 6 smartphones to lose their ability to make phone calls. “iOS 8.0.2 is now available for users, it fixes […]

Apple says it is working to come up with a replacement iOS 8 update “in the next few days” to remedy a flawed update, iOS 8.0.1, that was briefly available on Sept. 24, but which caused serious device problems for many users of the company’s latest iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus smartphones. New iPhone […]

General Motors wants its customers to have faith in the cellular communications capabilities in its new vehicles, so it has hired a watchdog to maintain mobile system security and guide the company into the future. GM’s first-ever product cyber-security chief will now help the automaker tighten mobile security for drivers and owners of its mobile-connected […]

Apple launched an update of its week-old iOS 8 operating system for iPhones, iPads and other devices early on Sept. 24, and then quickly pulled the update back when users began to have difficulties making calls and using their Apple products. The problems appeared quickly, and comments about the issues were posted by angry and […]

Samsung’s new large-screen Galaxy Note 4 smartphone will be offered for sale in China later this month by three Chinese cellular companies, while Apple has not yet set a timetable for the release of its new iPhone 6 models in China. That means that Samsung will beat Apple to potential buyers in China, where the […]

Some iPhone 6 owners are reporting the first potential problem areas with the new devices—reports are coming in from around the world about the thinner iPhone 6 phones bending when users keep them in a pants pocket. The bending issues have been widely circulated online along with graphic photographs that purport to show iPhone 6 […]

Ray Ozzie, well-known as a technology pioneer and visionary, is the inventor of Lotus Notes, the former chief software architect for Microsoft, and the creator of Groove Networks, which was acquired by Microsoft. Now, he’s working again to improve enterprise communications as the CEO and co-founder of a startup called Talko, which melds text messaging […]

A Sept. 22 report that Apple is planning to shut down its Beats Music streaming music division just four months after acquiring Beats Electronics in a $3 billion stroke of musical creativity has been flatly denied by Apple, following a flurry of media reports about the original story and rumor. “This is not true,” Tom […]