Todd R. Weiss

For months, Google’s upcoming Pixel smartphones, its Daydream VR headset and an improved Chromecast dongle have been rumored. Now, Google has released a video teaser that shows an animated outline of a smartphone along with an Oct. 4 event date notice, where the company is likely to announce the rumored new products. Device fans can […]

GoPro has brought voice control and increased performance to two of its popular action camera models, while also unveiling its first-ever drone, the GoPro Karma. The new products include the $399.99 GoPro Hero5 Black action camera, which includes a 2-inch touch-screen display and a 12-megapixel camera; the $299.99 Hero5 Session action camera, which has a […]

Now that Samsung will be making replacement Galaxy Note7 smartphones available to consumers under a U.S. recall starting Sept. 21, the company is advising customers how they can determine that the replacement phone they receive does not have the original defective battery that caused some Note7 phones to burst into flames or explode. All new […]

LG X Power $130 Smartphone Comes to Sprint, Boost Mobile The LG X Power features an 8-megapixel rear-facing main camera, a 5.3-inch touch-screen display and a 4,100mAh battery that promises roughly 33 hours of talk time. The LG X Power Budget Smartphone The new handset features a 5.3-inch HD touch-screen display and the first MediaTek […]

Sprint and Boost Mobile smartphone customers now have another choice of handsets from the carriers—the new LG X Power phone that sells for $129.99 and includes a wide range of features, such as a 5.3-inch HD touch-screen display, 33-hour estimated battery life, an octa-core processor and an 8-megapixel rear-facing main camera. Sprint customers can purchase […]

As Apple’s latest iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus smartphones went on sale Sept. 16, most online shoppers were choosing to buy the larger iPhone 7 Plus model over its smaller iPhone 7 model, according to online preorder sales data collected and analyzed by digital commerce research firm Slice Intelligence. Interestingly, that trend contrasts with […]

Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphone owners will be able to begin exchanging their now-recalled phones for new non-flawed devices starting Sept. 21, according to advisories from mobile carriers AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile. Verizon customers can also exchange their phones, but the carrier has not yet issued a formal statement about the exchange or refund program. Some […]

A year into the use of EMV chip-based credit cards in the United States, fraud against consumers and merchants has dropped 54 percent for merchants who have made the switch, according to payment processor MasterCard. That’s great, but the downside of chip cards—that agonizing 10- to 20-second delay at cash registers equipped with the chip-card […]

Janam XT2 Rugged Handheld Computer Now Offers Windows 10 Option Previously available only with Android 5.0 Lollipop, Janam’s latest XT2 rugged handheld computer comes with Windows 10 IoT Mobile Enterprise preloaded. Here’s a look at the device’s key features. The Janam XT2 Windows 10 IoT Rugged Handheld Computer The device has a 5-inch HD WVGA […]

TomTom Bridge Connected Uses Navigation, Android Apps to Manage Fleets Navigation, select Android apps and email are included as part of the new TomTom Bridge Connected system. The TomTom Bridge Connected In-Vehicle Tablet With its tabletlike format, TomTom Bridge Connected features a 7-inch WSVGA touch-screen display, a 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 1GB of memory and […]

The virtual reality marketplace, recently dominated by Samsung and Oculus, will soon see both companies falling behind as newer, smaller companies gain momentum and overtake the current market leaders, according to a recent report by Lux Research. The study, which looked at 22 VR devices with built-in displays among the total of 87 models reviewed, […]

As expected, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled Samsung’s latest Galaxy Note7 smartphone following a growing number of reports of fires and explosions caused by a defect in the batteries in the handsets. The recall, known as Recall No. 16-266, was announced Sept. 15 and applies to all Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphones sold […]