Todd R. Weiss

When Apple Music launched in June 2015, the company thought it had a winning offering that would rise to the top of a growing streaming music market and attract many millions of users to sign up for its $9.99-a-month service. But while more than 10 million users did sign up in the first six months, […]

A 29-year-old California woman with multiple criminal convictions recently had her fingerprint taken by the FBI so that the agency could access the data on her iPhone as part of an investigation. And while such incidents are relatively rare today, they could become more prevalent in the future as law enforcement authorities look to use […]

Sprint, which has consistently been losing large amounts of money for a decade, may have just seen some daylight in its fourth-quarter and full-year 2015 earnings report. The company again lost money—$554 million or 14 cents per share—in the fiscal fourth quarter of 2015 ended March 31, but for the full year of 2015, the […]

HP has debuted a new generation of notebook and convertible portable computers that are thinner and lighter than its previous models, as well as a new all-in-one computer and a Pavilion desktop machine with a footprint 30 percent smaller than its earlier version. The latest machines are aimed at a wide range of customers, from […]

Samsung is developing an advanced, stand-alone VR headset that won’t require a user to link it to a compatible smartphone, which is necessary with the company’s basic $100 Gear VR consumer headset. The upcoming stand-alone virtual reality headset will incorporate advanced features, including positional tracking that is not found in the Gear VR, according to […]

Oculus began shipping its long-awaited $599 Oculus Rift virtual reality headsets to early buyers on March 28 but a decision by the company to sell some Rift devices in Best Buy stores starting May 7 is making preorder buyers who are still waiting for their devices very angry. “Today we’re excited to share more details […]

Hulu is preparing to compete directly with cable television companies by launching its own streaming TV service offering to customers that will provide daily network and cable TV programming by subscription. The company “hopes to launch the new cable TV-style online service in the first quarter of 2017, according to a May 1 story by […]

HTC is reportedly again being tapped to manufacture two Google Nexus smartphone models running on Android, after building two previous Nexus handsets. The latest rumors about HTC’s move come from well-known news tipster Evan Blass, who posted several tweets on Twitter about his latest observations. Blass’ Twitter name is @evleaks. “HTC is building a pair […]

It’s been a rough week for Apple. First the company suffers its first quarterly revenue decline since 2003, and now one of the world’s most well-known and richest investors, Carl Icahn, announced that he’s sold all of his Apple stock holdings because the company is facing backlash from China’s government in a market that is […]

Sprint is continuing to corral a growing pile of cash liquidity by selling more of its network assets, this time for $1.1 billion, as it works to reverse a 10-year pattern of losses. In its latest deal, Sprint has signed a second contract with Mobile Leasing Solutions, LLC (MLS) to sell about $1.3 billion worth […]