Todd R. Weiss

HTC has dropped the price of its flagship HTC 10 smartphone to $549 through Oct. 8, a $150 discount from its regular price of $699. The special offer is being made as part of the company’s “Green is Good” online contest, which includes prizes like HTC Vive virtual reality headsets, HTC 10 smartphones and HTC […]

The PowerEye Professional drone, now available for preorder, is aimed at filmmakers who want to shoot high-quality 4K HD video with pinpoint control and fine optics. Geared for professional cinematographers, the drone is priced at $3.988 and will be available for delivery in December, the company announced on Sept. 29. Equipped with a standard Panasonic […]

HTC, maker of the Vive virtual reality headset, has launched its new Viveport VR app store as a site where enthusiasts of the technology can find the latest games, videos and other content to use on their devices. The Viveport app store was unveiled to users in the U.S. and other countries on Sept. 30 […]

Roku Revamps Its Streaming Video Player Product Line Roku’s latest streaming video players, including the Express+, Premiere and Premiere+, are smaller and more powerful than their predecessors. Here’s a look at their key features. The Roku Express Priced at $30, the new Roku Express streaming player is built for use with HDMI-equipped televisions. The Roku […]

Samsung’s problems with its recently recalled Note7 flagship smartphones may not yet be over. Three weeks after Samsung began a voluntary global recall on Sept. 2 of some 1 million Note7 phones due to at least 92 cases of battery fires or explosions, the company has received notice about at least one customer in China […]

Apple is partnering with professional services firm Deloitte Consulting to create a new Apple practice within Deloitte to help enterprises expand their use of Apple’s iOS mobile operating system and devices such as iPhones and iPads inside their operations. The deal, which was unveiled on Sept. 28, will assemble some 5,000 “strategic advisors” to work […]

When Panasonic launched its then-new Toughbook line of ruggedized portable computers in 1996, the first model was the CF-25, which was essentially a laptop computer built into a thick, clunky briefcase, with a briefcase-like carrying handle. Today, 20 years later, Panasonic is marking the anniversary of the Toughbook line, which has grown to include a […]

For BlackBerry, the writing was on the wall about its declining smartphone business in big bold letters two years ago when CEO John Chen said that 2016 would be the company’s year to finally again show a profit in smartphones—or else. Chen’s words came during an earnings call for the second quarter of fiscal 2015, […]

After a dramatic nine-year fall from market leadership in the mobile phone business, BlackBerry will no longer design, build, distribute and sell smartphones, but will instead outsource its hardware operations. While the ending of smartphone production by the company has been rumored for at least two years, the move finally arrived after BlackBerry was hit […]

Since getting a global replacement program under way for its recalled Note7 flagship smartphones a week ago, Samsung reports that about 90 percent of Note7 owners are choosing to get another new Note7 after turning in their first-run devices, some of which had problems with battery fires and explosions. The recall is continuing around the […]

Roku announced on Sept 26 that it has added five new streaming video players to its product lineup, giving customers a wide array of options beyond the company’s original Roku Streaming Stick and its Roku TV models. The latest streaming players, which range from $30 to $130, are aimed at customers who want to stream […]

Virtual reality fans will soon be able to go into private online VR rooms, where they will be able to share and view a wide range of content with friends anywhere in the world, while talking and laughing as if they were actually in the same room. MyVR, which bills itself as a virtual reality […]