Todd R. Weiss

Apple has issued an apology to iPhone owners, as well as a patched version of its iOS operating system, after an undisclosed number of iPhones were rendered inoperable recently by an “Error 53” security feature that the company said was built into the devices when they were assembled. The affected iPhones had been repaired by […]

Volvo owners in the future could soon be able to operate their Volvo cars and SUVs using an app on their smartphones instead of with a traditional electronic fob and metal key. That’s the idea behind a pilot program the company is running in Sweden which uses a custom smartphone app that ditches a physical […]

Cat S60 Phone, With Thermal Imaging Camera, Built for Harsh Workplaces The thermal camera, which Caterpillar is the first to integrate into a smartphone, lets users detect heat inside structures and more. The Cat S60 Rugged Smartphone With Thermal Imaging The Cat S60 features a 7-inch HD capacitive touch-screen display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 octa-core […]

Verizon continued to lead its main three rivals in wireless network performance across the United States during the second half of 2015, according to the latest study by independent mobile analytics firm RootMetrics. The new report, which ranks the big four mobile carriers on network speed, network reliability, data performance, call performance and text performance, […]

LG Trims Features in Latest Phones, Puts Focus on Cameras, Displays LG also announced a premium Tone Platinum Bluetooth headset and a case for the not-so-secret LG G5 smartphone that is expected to launch at Mobile World Congress. LG Stylus 2 Smartphone The new Stylus 2 features a 5.7-inch HD touch-screen display, a 1.2GHz quad-core […]

T-Mobile’s profit soared to $297 million in the fourth quarter of 2015, up almost three times the $101 million it posted in Q4 2014, while raising its revenue to $8.25 billion from the $8.20 billion it reported one year ago. Also highlighting the wireless carrier’s Q4 earnings call on Feb. 17 was 1.3 million new […]

Comcast is not saying much about the service outages that affected thousands of the company’s customers across the United States on Feb. 15, leaving users wondering just what happened to cause the problems. The service outages affected Comcast television, Internet and voice phone services across “a number of markets” in the United States, according to […]

Apple is slating the release of its latest rumored smartphone, the iPhone5se, and its iPad Air 3 tablet for March 18, just three days after it plans to unveil the devices to the general public at a March 15 Apple gathering. The planned event and product release dates were unveiled in a Feb. 12 story […]

AT&T will begin field trials of its 5G wireless technologies later this summer after conducting extensive lab development and testing with several partners in the second quarter of 2016. The company unveiled its 5G roadmap and testing plans in a Feb. 11 announcement as it continues to work on the creation of its next-generation wireless […]

AT&T is offering a free Apple iPhone or other eligible smartphone from LG or Samsung to all new and existing customers with the purchase of another smartphone in a special deal good through March 31. The offer, which was unveiled by the wireless carrier on Feb. 12, is open to existing postpaid customers who want […]