Todd R. Weiss

A week after LG announced the global distribution of its latest smartwatch—the Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE—the company is dropping the new LTE timepieces due to an undisclosed hardware flaw. Based on an email the company sent to media members who are reviewing the watches, the problem, which LG has not fully detailed, involves a […]

HP Inc. has unveiled its latest enterprise-targeted portable, the Elite x2, a tablet that doubles as a notebook for mobile professionals. Protected by a milled aluminum case, the Elite x2 runs on Microsoft Windows 10 and starts at $899, a price that includes a backlit travel keyboard and a stylus. The machine is equipped with […]

Inside TAG Heuer’s Latest Luxury ‘Connected’ Smartwatch The $1,500 Connected smartwatch boasts style, luxury, a host of color options and classic watch functions in a modern timepiece. The TAG Heuer Connected Smartwatch Built in collaboration with Intel and Google, TAG Heuer’s new luxury Connected smartwatch is now available for purchase for $1,500. The watch, which […]

LG Electronics is joining the mobile payments platform wars and is working to create its own payment service to take on similar services, including Apple Pay, Android Pay, Chase Pay and Samsung Pay. The company had mentioned plans for its own mobile payments project in October at a launch event for its new V10 smartphone. […]

Samsung has introduced a Britecell, photo technology that uses smaller pixels which have more sensitivity to low light levels, a combination that means brighter photographs even in poor lighting situations. The developing Britecell technology was revealed by the company at the Samsung Electronics 2015 Investors Forum and could appear in Samsung smartphones and other consumer […]

LG Smart TV customers will soon be able to receive Google Play Movies and TV content on their televisions and other connected devices through a deal reached with Google. The services, which will allow users to rent or buy thousands of movies and television shows through Google Play for viewing, will roll out first in […]

Nvidia has rereleased its Shield gaming tablet with a $100 price cut in time for the December holiday buying season, bring the price down to $199. The Shield K1 features an 8-inch Full HD display, an Nvidia Tegra K1 mobile processor, 16GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot that accepts up to an additional […]

The next version of its Google Glass wearable might be built without a display, setting it apart from the original Glass eyewear-mounted devices that provided users with a small display where they could view texts, content and more, inside their frame of view. Two possible display-less versions of the next generation of Google Glass, now […]

Luxury watchmaker Movado is offering two new smartwatch lines that offer activity monitoring and alerts for incoming calls and text messages, all in stylized, luxury designs made from quality materials. The two smartwatch lines, the Movado Motion and the Movado BOLD Motion (pictured), run on software and systems from partner companies and work with Android […]

The $85 Asus Chromebit plug-in PC stick is now available from Google and Asus through Amazon.com and NewEgg.com for $85, giving users simple and inexpensive computer capabilities in a small and portable package. The Chromebit is an innovative computer dongle that plugs into an HDMI-equipped monitor and transforms it into a basic computer that runs […]