Todd R. Weiss

Some 90 miles off the southeastern coast of Florida, Cuba is a nation with an intriguing history, a patchwork of old and beautiful cities and towns, throwback American vehicles that date back to the 1950s, a proud and rugged population, and a long legacy of control, Communism and economic despair. Now Cuban residents also can […]

T-Mobile USA has been fined $819,000 by the Federal Communications Commission for violating federal laws mandating that a minimum number of cell phone models that are compatible with hearing aids must be offered for sale to consumers by phone companies. The agency announced the penalty on Aug. 27 following an investigation into the company’s practices. […]

Apple has set Sept. 9 as the official date for its upcoming product launch, which now starts the clock ticking for what products the Cupertino, Calif.-based company will actually reveal to the world. Apple sent out emails to media invitees, featuring the date 9.9.2014 and a cryptic “Wish we could say more” teaser, on Aug. […]

T-Mobile customers will soon be able to get their hands on new smartphone models from HTC and Alcatel as the HTC One M8 for Windows and Alcatel OneTouch Fierce 2 and Evolve 2 models arrive for sale in the coming weeks. In a related move, T-Mobile has cut the prices of two of its iPhone […]

Twice since 2011 Apple has tried to get a U.S. court to ban the sale of some Samsung mobile devices here due to alleged patent infringement, and each time Apple was not successful. Now Apple has lost its case a third time as a San Jose, Calif., court again shot down the company’s appeal. The […]

The rumor mills surrounding Apple already have been busy with reports of new iPhone 6 devices and expected iWatches from the Cupertino, Calif.-based company. Now there’s another Apple product rumor, this one suggesting a 12.9-inch iPad, which would be the largest version built so far, that could be released in early 2015. Also surfacing are […]

No one is really sure when Apple’s long-awaited iWatch smartwatch will actually be introduced by the company, or when it will be available for sale in the United States and around the world. The latest rumors call for a possible announcement on Sept. 9 at an Apple event that the company isn’t even confirming at […]

Google’s latest version of its Chrome Web browser, Chrome 37, was just released, and it includes a key improvement that will benefit Windows users—a move to the Windows DirectWrite API, which means that users will now see clear, high-quality text rendering even on high DPI video monitors. The Windows DirectWrite API is now part of […]

California now requires all smartphones sold in the state after July 1, 2015, to include a “kill switch” that can be remotely activated to disable a stolen phone and turn it into a useless brick as part of a strategy to end the problem of cell phones being stolen during the commission of violent street […]

Since launching its Simple Starter cellular phone plans in April, T-Mobile has been offering customers unlimited talk and text, plus 500MB of data per month, for $40. Now those same customers can quadruple their monthly data helping to 2GB for only $5 more per month, under a new option announced by the company on Aug. […]

Apple iPhone 5 owners who have been experiencing problems with the battery life on their devices could now be eligible for a free battery replacement under a new repair program announced Aug. 22 by the company. “Apple has determined that a very small percentage of iPhone 5 devices may suddenly experience shorter battery life or […]

New Microsoft mobile phones will now be loaded with the Opera Mini Web browser as the default browser on the devices under special licensing with Microsoft. The move was announced in an Aug. 21 story by Reuters, which also reported that Opera had signed a deal to begin running the browser unit of Microsoft’s Nokia […]