Todd R. Weiss

Virtual reality vendor Oculus is now shipping its Oculus Rift headsets in two to four days for new orders at its Website after recently filling all of the preorders it had for the devices. The company announced the completion of the preorder shipments in a July 12 post on The Oculus Blog, and apologized to […]

Wearables, such as smartwatches and fitness trackers, have been very popular in the last two years with consumers, but the hype about the devices is waning and the technologies behind them are becoming more commoditized, which will likely inspire changes and evolution in the devices themselves. One big coming change is the expected development of […]

Samsung’s Galaxy S7 Active smartphone is the ruggedized version of its popular Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge smartphone line, which are all built to be water-resistant. But in recent tests by Consumer Reports, two S7 Active smartphones apparently failed separate water-submersion tests, causing the phones to stop working and Consumer Reports to call out Samsung […]

Since the Pokémon GO game app’s July 6 release, it has been downloaded to more than 5.16 percent of all Android phones in the United States, while also engaging the average user for more than 43 minutes per day. Those numbers mean that Pokémon GO is already on more Android phones than the Tinder dating […]

Prepaid wireless carriers Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile USA added the $70 Alcatel Dawn smartphone to their lineups, giving users looking for a low-priced handset with plenty of features another option. The Alcatel Dawn (pictured) is a 4G/3G LTE-capable smartphone that includes a 4.5-inch Full WVGA (854 by 480) thin-film-transistor touch-screen display, a 1.1GHz quad-core […]

The maker of the privacy-focused Blackphone 2 smartphone, Silent Circle, is apparently having money troubles because sales of its $799 device aren’t close to meeting expectations. The company laid off about 20 employees since the beginning of the year, which is about 15 percent of its workforce, and is being sued for more than $5 […]

Samsung’s second-quarter operating profit is expected to be about $7 billion–the highest quarterly profit it has earned in about two years–when it officially reports its Q2 financials later in July, according to preliminary figures the company released on July 8. The estimated operating profit of $7 billion (8.1 trillion Korean won, or KRW) is also […]

Apple has released the public beta version of its upcoming iOS 10 mobile operating system, making it available for Apple users to try out and explore its new features. The iOS 10 Beta was launched as part of the company’s public beta program, which gives users the opportunity to “test-drive” upcoming software releases and provide […]

Android Comes to Zebra’s Enterprise Wrist-Mounted Wearable Computer The new WT6000 Industrial Wearable Computer is Zebra’s first such device for myriad environments and runs on Android rather than Windows Embedded OS. The Zebra WT6000 Industrial Wearable Computer The new Android-powered WT6000 can be worn on the wrist and includes a 3.2-inch WVGA (800-by-480) LCD In-Plane-Switching […]

Connecting cars and homes in new and innovative ways is the goal of a new collaborative project being undertaken by smartphone and electronics vendor LG and automaker Volkswagen. The two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to begin joint research and development of what they call a next-generation connected car service platform that will […]

Google is reportedly developing two new Android smartwatches with integrated Google Assistant services that would be sold under Nexus nameplates sometime after the company’s latest upcoming smartphones are released. The rumors, which came from a source who is familiar with the development work, were reported July 6 by AndroidPolice and described a larger, sportier and […]

Walmart Pay, which allows customers to pay for their purchases at a store checkout counter using an app on a mobile phone, is now available for transactions in all Walmart stores across the nation. The feature, which can be used on any Android or Apple iOS smartphone, is part of the company’s Walmart app and […]