Todd R. Weiss

Since 1997, Sears delivery workers have been driving trucks filled with new washers, dryers, refrigerators, treadmills and other oversize home appliances to buyers’ homes using a homegrown database application that routed the trucks and provided needed delivery information. But as updates lagged and demands and deliveries grew, the then state-of-the-art system began to get overwhelmed, […]

Amazon has unveiled a new drone prototype aircraft for its still-in-development Prime Air package delivery system, this time with a model that takes off and lands vertically but flies on a horizontal flight path to its destination. The company showed off its latest drone design in a 2 minute, 17 second video it posted on […]

BlackBerry is exiting the Pakistan mobile communications marketplace on Dec. 30 after the country’s government said it would begin to monitor all email and SMS messaging traffic over BlackBerry’s servers. The Pakistani government’s action, and BlackBerry’s decision to pull out of the country in response, was announced by Marty Beard, the company’s chief operation officer, […]

Apple has acquired motion-capture technology startup Faceshift, which builds applications that capture human facial expressions as animated avatars or characters. The acquisition of Faceshift, which is based in Switzerland, actually occurred earlier this year but was only recently confirmed by Apple, according to a report by iPhoneHacks. Faceshift’s motion-capturing technology “allows animated characters to capture […]

Google is making it easier for shoppers to stay up-to-date with the best prices and deals on a wide range of products with its new Short Message Service (SMS) texting alert service that arrives just in time for Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping. The free service allows shoppers to create custom searches for products […]

Bing Maps has added live images from more than 35,000 traffic cameras across the United States and 10 other nations to its online maps, giving travelers more information about their routes before they hit the road. That means that travelers can also check those traffic cameras for live updates from mobile devices as they drive—well, […]

Xiaomi Unveils Redmi Note 3 Smartphone, Mi Pad 2 Tablet The Redmi Note 3 smartphone and Mi Pad 2 tablet are aimed at the Chinese market, but their features and low prices would make them attractive in other regions. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Smartphone The Redmi Note 3 has a new all-metal body and […]

Fossil’s Q Founder smartwatch, which was announced in October, is available now in select Fossil stores and at Fossil.com starting at $275. The Q Founder, which is the company’s first touch-screen-equipped timepiece, features an Intel Atom processor, 4GB of internal storage, a 400mAh battery with an expected 24 hours of use on a charge and […]

Samsung Gear VR Headset Provides Immersive Gaming, Video Experiences The Gear VR virtual reality headset connects to one of the latest Samsung smartphones and gives users a new way to play video games and watch content. The Samsung Gear VR Headset The $99.99 Gear VR headset, which is available from T-Mobile starting Nov. 27, gives […]

If smartphones, tablets, fitness bands, smartwatches and other mobile devices are on your holiday shopping list, then be sure to check out the Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals major cellular carriers AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon are offering. At AT&T, shoppers can buy a Samsung Galaxy View tablet with its 18.4-inch Full HD display […]

HP’s Elite x2 Flexible Business Tablet Doubles as a Notebook Aimed at enterprise users, the HP Elite x2 tablet can quickly be converted into a well-equipped notebook PC when combined with one of two optional keyboards. The HP Elite x2 Tablet The Elite x2 can be configured with a sixth-generation Intel Core M5 1.1GHz processor […]

Square’s latest credit card readers that read chip cards and accept payments from Apple Pay are starting to be distributed, beginning with about 100 local small businesses across the United States. Square announced the release of the new $49 card readers on Nov. 23. The devices, which Square unveiled in June, can read the chip […]