Todd R. Weiss

NEW YORK—Samsung’s latest two flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S6 Edge+ and the Galaxy Note 5 phablet, were unveiled by the company in a splashy global “Samsung Unpacked 2015” press event here at Lincoln Center on Aug. 13 that highlighted their improved capabilities and stylish designs. Both smartphones are extensions of existing flagship models introduced earlier […]

Samsung Adds Power, Samsung Pay to Galaxy S6 Edge+, Note 5 Both new Galaxy smartphones get key updates, including a bump up to 4GB of RAM and new support for easily syncing the devices to tablets and PCs. The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ The Edge gets a new Edge Apps feature that allows users to […]

Sprint has expanded its Open World international calling program to now make all mobile calls and texts to and from Canada and Mexico free and included in monthly customer cellular plans, without additional roaming charges. As part of the expanded service, Sprint customers will also receive up to 1GB of 3G data for free while […]

After four months in beta, Google’s Cloud Dataflow services are now generally available to enterprise users, making it easier for them to create big data applications using simple programming languages and simple Software Developer Kits (SDKs). The move, which also was accompanied by the general availability of Google’s Cloud Pub/Sub services, was announced by Eric […]

As Apple prepares to unveil its upcoming latest flagship iPhone 6s smartphones on Sept. 9 at a launch event, rumors are circulating that a new iPhone 6c basic model also could be part of the new product haul for consumers. The iPhone 6c rumor was reported in an Aug. 12 story by NDTV Gadgets, based […]

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S7 flagship smartphone could be getting a processor upgrade and may be undergoing a new Agile development process that is helping to bring it to market sooner than in the past. The potential replacement of the existing 64-bit Exynos 7 processors in the current Galaxy S6 smartphones (pictured) with Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 […]

As Google’s bombshell reorganization under its new holding company, Alphabet, settles into the world’s consciousness after being announced on Aug. 10, longtime executive Sundar Pichai will now lead the reconfigured company as the CEO of the flagship Google unit. Pichai (pictured), who joined Google in 2004, has had many roles inside the huge search company […]

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is partnering with Taiwan’s Foxconn to try to carve out a bigger piece of the huge consumer handset market in India by assembling phones there to cut costs and simplify distribution. The devices will be assembled in a factory in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, according to an Aug. 10 […]

Apple’s upcoming iPhone 6S isn’t yet here, but already speculation is swirling that the company has modified the backplate of the next iPhones to avoid the bending problems that some owners reported when they carried their phones in their pockets. Unbox Therapy’s Lewis Hilsenteger, who creates video reviews and reports about a wide range of […]

Starting Aug. 13, when Verizon Wireless begins offering its new no-contract cellular data and phone packages to new and existing customers, the company will essentially be hoisting a white flag and giving up on the contract wars. For Verizon, this is a huge concession. Firm in its belief for years that contracts are king, the […]

Faster Internet speeds for Verizon Wireless users in Phoenix and Las Vegas are now available thanks to a series of key network upgrades made by the carrier to handle ever-growing crowds of visitors and residents. In Phoenix, where Super Bowl XLIX was played at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale on Feb. 1 and […]

Sprint’s fledgling “Direct 2 You” smartphone home delivery service, which in April began delivering new smartphones to customers along with personal lessons on how to set them up and use them, is now being expanded to four more U.S. cities. New and current Sprint customers in Atlanta, Boston, Houston and Philadelphia can now call and […]