Todd R. Weiss

Samsung is still trying to figure out how to continue to hold its shrinking lead in the global smartphone market in a competitive atmosphere that has seemingly placed a target on Samsung’s corporate back. In its second-quarter earnings report, released July 30, the news for Samsung wasn’t great. Revenue in the latest quarter fell 7 […]

T-Mobile just logged a solid second quarter, with $361 million in net profit on $8.2 billion in revenue and higher than expected diluted earnings of 42 cents per share. In a conference call with analysts on July 30, the mobile carrier also announced that it gained 2.1 million net customers in the quarter ended June […]

Amazon, which has been proposing and testing the idea of using unmanned drones to deliver packages of merchandise to customers for several years, is now suggesting the use of specific sections of U.S. airspace that would allow delivery and other drone flights to be conducted. Amazon’s latest idea is to designate airspace below 200 feet […]

Rocked by intense competition in its key markets of smartphones, televisions and home appliances, LG Electronics posted a small net profit of $206.38 million for the second quarter of 2015 ended June 30, while revenue fell to $12.69 billion, a 7.6 percent drop from the same period one year ago. In a July 29 statement, […]

Smartphone vendor OnePlus unveiled its next-generation flagship handset, the OnePlus 2, which will be available by invitation in the United States starting Aug. 11. The OnePlus 2, which is built around an aluminum-magnesium alloy frame that features jewelry-grade stainless steel accents, includes a full HD 5.5-inch In-Plane Switching (IPS) LCD display, a 64-bit octa-core Qualcomm […]

Motorola has announced three new unlocked international smartphones, including the Moto X Style, a 4G LTE phone that will be known as the Moto X Pure in the United States and features universal LTE banding so it can work on any mobile carrier’s network. Also unveiled during a morning Webcast from Sao Paulo were the […]

Samsung plans to unveil the latest editions of its flagship mobile devices at a special Samsung Unpacked 2015 preview event on Aug. 13 at Lincoln Center in New York City, about a month before its normally scheduled September launches so it can try to beat Apple in the marketplace. The company has released no details […]

T-Mobile is seeking to hire more than 100 additional IT professionals for its internal operations in Seattle as the company works to keep up with the demands of new customers. The Bellevue, Wash.-based company announced July 27 that is seeking IT workers in a wide variety of job classifications, from applications support analysts to enterprise […]

New Google research has found that when mobile users are given the option of downloading a third-party app for a better online experience, they simply halt their activity and go to another site. That, said Google, is something Website owners don’t want to happen. In response to its study, Google has now dropped its own […]

Four more smartphones and a 7-inch tablet are being offered by T-Mobile as the company continues to build up its device portfolio for customers as part of a back-to-school marketing campaign. Included in the latest offerings are the Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime smartphone (pictured), which includes T-Mobile’s new Advanced Messaging enhancements; the Kyocera Hydro Wave […]

Best Buy will start selling the Apple Watch beginning Aug. 7 in the United States, marking the first time that Apple has struck a deal to sell its flagship smartwatches through a retail store chain other than its own. The coming release of the Apple Watch, starting in about 100 Best Buy stores and through […]

NEW YORK—At BlackBerry’s second annual Security Summit on July 23 here, the focus was on the company’s push to build and market enterprise mobile security applications and products that allow businesses to maintain the utmost in security in a threat-filled world. What was striking was the lack of talk about potential new smartphone innovations, any […]