Todd R. Weiss

Sony is now offering its PlayStation Vue Internet-based streaming television services in 203 markets across the United States, expanding its footprint after offering the services in seven U.S. cities since March 2015. Pricing for the PlayStation Vue streaming TV service starts at $29.99 a month for the Access Slim plan with more than 55 channels, […]

Smartphone vendors and mobile carriers are continuing to prepare Android Marshmallow 6 updates to add new features to many older handsets, even as Android is preparing to unveil its next-generation of the operating system, Android N, later this fall. Many smartphones have been or are being updated from Android 5 Lollipop, but not all device […]

Smartphones are small, portable and easy to carry—as long as you limit yourself to one at a time. But as the mobile reporter for eWEEK, carrying just one smartphone has been impossible lately. Right now, I’m carrying five handsets that are literally filling my front pants pockets. The idea is to carry them daily, use […]

AT&T is among three large U.S. companies that are apparently champing at the bit to begin doing business in Cuba as President Obama prepares to visit the island nation March 20-22 for continued talks on normalizing relations between the two countries. AT&T, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide and Marriott International are “seeking to complete deals […]

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 […]