Todd R. Weiss

Google’s Latest Project Fi Smartphone, the Nexus 5X, Debuts The Nexus 5X is the second smartphone being sold for use with Google’s Project Fi mobile phone services, which start at $20 a month. Nexus 5X Smartphone by LG Both the 16GB and 32GB versions of the Nexus 5X include a 5.2-inch full HD (1,920-by-1,080) LCD […]

Oculus is unveiling several new social media features for users of the Samsung Gear VR virtual reality headset, including the ability to quickly find friends and fellow players through the headset’s app and a new Facebook Videos tab to share 360-degree videos and other content with others. The latest features, which were revealed in a […]

As expected for more than a month, Apple has now officially confirmed that it will hold a special “Let us loop you in” product launch event on March 21. The company sent out press invitations on March 10 to journalists announcing the keynote event, which will be held at 1 p.m. ET at Apple’s Cupertino, […]

Computer sales are not fading, but they are continuing to evolve from desktop PCs—which led sales trends for years—to a mix of laptops and other portables that are helping users get their work completed. That’s a key conclusion in a new research report by ABI Research about the state of the PC platform in 2015, […]

Cricket Wireless customers will now be able to choose from two more smartphones, the LG Spree and the Samsung Galaxy S7, as the no-contract, prepaid carrier expands its handset offerings. The $89.99 LG Spree will be available from Cricket Wireless, which is a unit of AT&T, starting March 11, while the Samsung Galaxy S7 will […]

Two Michigan State University researchers have used normal off-the-shelf inkjet printers to show how fingerprint readers on popular smartphone models can be tricked into unlocking the devices by using fingerprint copies made with special printer inks. The experiments, conducted by researchers Kai Cao and Anil K. Jain of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering […]

As Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge smartphones go on sale on March 11, AT&T and T-Mobile are offering buy-one-get-one-free deals on the handsets to new and existing customers who add a new line of service. AT&T will provide a free Galaxy S7 phone to customers who add a new S7 or S7 Edge […]

Toyota engineers are working to develop a wearable device that could one day help blind and visually impaired people “see” their surroundings through the help of sensors, cameras and audible devices that could improve their mobility. The BLAID device, under development in Toyota’s partner robotics division, will be equipped with cameras that detect the user’s […]

Project Fi, Google’s inexpensive mobile phone service that was unveiled in April 2014 under an invitation-only system, can now be used by anyone who buys or provides a compatible Nexus smartphone that will work with the service. The open invitation to all users was made by Simon Arscott, product manager for Project Fi, in a […]

Verizon has been fined $1.35 million by the Federal Communications Commission for using special data headers, or “supercookies,” to target ads to millions of its mobile customers from 2012 to 2014. The fine, which was announced by the FCC on March 7, resulted from an investigation the agency conducted into the practice after critics complained […]

Mozilla announced the first of its Internet of things projects that are evolving out of what was once its promising Mozilla Firefox OS operating system initiative. Ari Jaaksi, Mozilla’s senior vice president for connected devices, unveiled the first four IoT “experiments” in a March 1 post on the Mozilla Blog, just a month after the […]

Apple must pay out about $450 million to U.S. consumers and states to settle claims that it illegally conspired with ebook publishers to raise ebook prices starting in 2010. The coming payout will now be made after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Apple’s last appeal and declined to hear arguments in the antitrust case, according […]