Todd R. Weiss

Since June 1994, the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles has showcased important and notable cars, trucks and motorcycles in its collection for display to the general public. But over the years, the museum—housed since its creation in a building originally built as a department store—never caught up with the rush of technology, missing out […]

Apple customers can now trade in damaged iPhones toward the purchase of new iPhones under a program that the company is starting this week, replacing Apple’s long-standing policy of not accepting damaged iPhones on trade. Apple will also begin selling aftermarket screen protectors for iPhones in Apple Stores and will install them for customers in […]

Foxconn’s $5 billion takeover offer for Sharp is being put on a fast track by the Taiwanese electronics assembler as it pushes forward on the proposed acquisition to win out over a bailout offer that’s backed by the Japanese government. Foxconn, which is the largest worldwide assembler of Apple’s iPhones, has been tussling for Sharp […]

Mozilla’s Firefox OS smartphone software project is being shut down in the next few months as the company continues to wrap up the remaining parts of its failed Firefox smartphone line. Ari Jaaksi, the company’s senior vice president of connected devices, announced that Version 2.6 of Firefox OS for smartphones will be the last version […]

Pebble’s latest Pebble Time smartphone app versions add a host of updates and improvements for controlling functions on Pebble smartwatches, giving users more options for messaging, health tracking and more. The latest updates, which were announced by Pebble in a Feb. 3 post on the Pebble Blog, are included in the Android and iOS versions […]

Almost a year after announcing that it will bring its most popular games to smartphones and tablets, Nintendo says it is readying its first mobile gaming app, Miitomo, for release in March in North America for iOS and Android devices. Users can preregister for the new Miitomo app starting Feb. 17, according to a Feb. […]

Hot on the heels of recent rumors about Apple’s next iPad Air 3 tablet, a new 4-inch iPhone5se and the latest Apple Watch models are more early rounds of rumors about Apple’s next flagship smartphones, the expected iPhone 7 series, which will debut in September. The latest rumors about the iPhone 7 describe a move […]

Consumers spent twice as much money buying wearables, including fitness trackers, in 2015 compared to the prior year, demonstrating the growing popularity of wearables in the United States. That’s the conclusion of a new analysis by Ben Arnold, an analyst with The NPD Group research firm, which shows that sales of wearables grew 110 percent […]

Amazon could be planning to open 300 to 400 brick-and-mortar bookstores across the United States, according to the CEO of a shopping mall company who mentioned the possibility during an earnings call with analysts on Feb. 2. Sandeep Mathrani, CEO of General Growth Properties, was asked about mall traffic during the call and said he […]

Infotainment Updates Jazz Up New Cars at Philadelphia Auto Show From navigation to communications and entertainment options, today’s cars provide more information to help drivers and entertain passengers. 2016 Chevrolet Malibu and the Teen Driver App One of the most intriguing new innovations is Chevrolet’s Teen Driver app in the 2016 Chevy Malibu, which allows […]