Todd R. Weiss

Nokia is acquiring digital health tracking company Withings S.A. for $192.6 million as it moves to position itself right into the mix of the connected health marketplace around the world. The move is aimed at also giving Nokia more clout in the Internet of things marketplace as it works to tie its products into a […]

After swapping a key chemical ingredient for a different substance, researchers at the University of California-Irvine are optimistic about a new technology that could help make batteries that could be recharged more than 100,000 times for smartphones, laptops, tablets, smartwatches and other portable electronics. The researchers, who have been experimenting using fragile, super-thin nanowires as […]

Startup Sirin Labs will bring its Solarin smartphones to market in May, offering users who can afford them an ultra-secure, luxury-styled device that will cost $10,000 to $20,000 each. The company, which has released no details about the phone, its technology features, its appearance or its specifications, is backed by about $72 million in investment […]

Apple has been searching for months for a partner in its quest to build electric cars, but the list of potential partners no longer includes BMW and Daimler, both of which pulled out of the talks, according to a report. BMW dropped out of talks with Apple last year, while Daimler bowed out recently, based […]

Like a wearable on a user’s wrist that can monitor heart rate and calories burned, electric motor company ABB has developed a Bluetooth-linked sensor that can be mounted on any of its electric motors to tell users how the machines are working and if problems are cropping up. The ABB smart sensor system aims to […]

Smartphones and their myriad individual features will become less important in the future as consumers continue to find that the devices are becoming commodities while the apps that run on them bring more value to their lives. That’s one of the key conclusions in a new research report, “Market Trends: Device and App Fusion Creates […]

Government regulators in China without warning shut down Apple’s online iBooks Store and iTunes Movies service, which had opened about six months ago, leaving Apple working with the communist government to try to restart the services. The shuttering of the Apple services occurred last week and came despite permission that Apple was previously granted by […]

The Weather Channel has joined Samsung’s Made for Samsung program with an expanded weather app for Galaxy smartphone users that offers several added features over the standard Weather Channel mobile app. The new Weather Channel App for Samsung, which is available for free through the Samsung Galaxy Apps store, includes a customizable alarm clock feature, […]

Acer refreshed its product line with a wide range of new notebooks, gaming machines and a new Chromebook in a global launch event in New York City on April 21 that included an intriguing liquid-cooled 2-in-1 convertible notebook. The liquid-cooled Switch Alpha 12 notebook, a 2-in-1 model that will sell for $599 starting in May, […]

Verizon’s first-quarter revenue increased from a year ago, but came in lower than analyst’s estimates, while the company’s profit rose 2.2 percent from the same period in 2015. Meanwhile, Verizon added about 640,000 retail postpaid mobile customers in the quarter, while losing about 177,000 retail prepaid customers. The $32.17 billion in first-quarter 2016 revenue is […]