Todd R. Weiss

The next generations of Moto smartphones will get integrated fingerprint readers and larger screens of at least 5 inches as the rebranded smartphone maker works to compete more effectively in the mobile marketplace. The details of the coming features were revealed recently by Chen Xudong, mobile chief of Moto’s parent company, Lenovo, according to a […]

Apple’s latest beta versions of its iOS, OS X El Capitan, watchOS and tvOS operating systems debuted Jan. 11 for developers and users to download, test out and explore on their Apple devices. The latest betas, which are available for immediate download, include iOS 9.3, OS X 10.11.4, watchOS 2.2 and tvOS 9.2, as well […]

Amazon is expanding its same-day college order pickup service to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia this spring as it continues to experiment with new ways of delivering products to its customers. The service, which is being called Amazon@Penn, will feature a pickup point where customers will be able to stop in to get their […]

The Apple Watch quickly captured 52 percent of the global smartwatch market in 2015, even though the first Apple Watches didn’t go on sale until last April. That’s the conclusion of a new report by Juniper Research, which found that the popularity of the Apple Watch eclipsed the shipments of competing products from rival companies […]

Apple Music has passed the 10 million subscriber plateau, hitting that mark in just six months—which is 10 times faster than the six years it took competitor Spotify to hit the same milestone. The 10 million subscribers for Apple Music were revealed in a Jan. 10 report by The Financial Times, which was based on […]

AT&T is ramping up its efforts to get customers to also sign up for its DirecTV or U-Verse TV programming subscription services by offering them unlimited data on their AT&T mobile phone accounts so they can watch videos or TV shows anywhere. The new AT&T Unlimited Plan was unveiled by the company on Jan.11, starting […]

Motorola Mobility will soon stop using the Motorola brand name as it moves to remove the historic nameplate from its smartphones in deference to its Moto and Vibe product names. The rebranding, which Motorola Mobility CEO Rick Osterloh revealed at the CES 2016 event in Las Vegas, was confirmed Jan. 8 by a company spokeswoman […]

Toshiba launched its DynaPad 12-inch tablet computer at CES 2016, featuring a suite of the company’s business applications, Windows 10 and a built-in Wacom TruPen that allows users to create pictures and text on the device for capture and inclusion in documents and emails. The DynaPad is available immediately for preorders from Microsoft stores or […]

Lenovo is engineering and building Google’s first Project Tango smartphone—which is slated to give users a wide range of 3D views and data about indoor physical locations, and is expected to be released later this year. The Project Tango smartphone initiative was announced by Johnny Lee, technical project lead for program, in a Jan. 7 […]

Apple has acquired emotion-detection startup Emotient as the company continues to invest in businesses in a wide range of niches to add to Apple’s features and technologies. The Emotient purchase, which Apple made quietly without announcing its terms or sale price, was reported Jan. 7 in The Wall Street Journal. Emotient provides data about customer […]

Samsung Takes the Wraps Off New 2-in-1, Notebook 9 Models and More Samsung’s announcements at CES included the TabPro S, a tablet and notebook; Notebook 9 models in two screen sizes; and upgrades to the Gear S2 smartwatch. The Samsung Galaxy TabPro S 2-in-1 The Galaxy TabPro S, which will be available in February, includes […]

Owners of Volvo cars and SUVs will now be able to give voice commands to their cars through a smartband and an updated Volvo app that will allow them to operate a range of functions on their vehicles before they even sit in the driver’s seat. The new voice command capabilities for the company’s existing […]