Todd R. Weiss

AT&T’s $48.5 billion proposal to acquire satellite-TV provider DirecTV today received Federal Communications Commission approval, causing AT&T to quickly announce the closing of the deal it’s been awaiting since May 2014. “Combining DirecTV with AT&T is all about giving customers more choices for great video entertainment integrated with mobile and high-speed Internet service,” Randall Stephenson, […]

NEW YORK—BlackBerry is continuing its efforts to build out its security software portfolio and features for enterprise customers with its acquisition of AtHoc, which provides secure, networked crisis communications for a wide range of clients including governments, the military, enterprises and first responders. The AtHoc deal was highlighted here at the second annual BlackBerry Security […]

Citing its transformation efforts, AT&T reported second-quarter revenue of $33 billion, up slightly from $32.6 billion in the same quarter last year, while net income of $3 billion for the quarter ended June 30 compared with $3.6 billion a year earlier. Analysts were bullish about AT&T’s quarterly results and its outlook because of the addition […]

A Quick Look at the Feature-Rich Microsoft Lumia 735 Smartphone Microsoft’s Lumia 735 is packed with features, including a 4.7-inch HD display, 1GB of RAM, 4G LTE connectivity, a 6.7-megapixel rear camera and more. The Lumia 735 Smartphone From Verizon The Lumia 735 is well-equipped, with a 4.7-inch HD OLED display, a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm […]

Apple earned $10.7 billion in net profit on revenue of $49.6 billion in the third quarter of 2015 ended June 30, which is up 38 percent from the $7.7 billion in net profit and $37.4 billion in revenue the company brought in during the same quarter one year ago. Yet while that sounds positive, those […]

Samsung has some unlikely allies in its ongoing patent fight with Apple as a coalition of Silicon Valley giants have filed a “friend of the court” brief in support of Samsung’s position in its legal battle with Apple. The friend of the court brief, which argues that if Apple would win the remaining legal issues […]

Verizon brought in $32.2 billion in second-quarter revenue, up 2.4 percent from the $31,483 it reported for the same quarter one year ago, while its net income rose 0.4 percent to $4.231 billion from $4.214 billion one year ago. In its latest earnings report, released July 21, Verizon announced that it brought in about 1.1 […]

Audi, BMW and Daimler AG are in talks with Nokia to acquire its Nokia Here digital mapping division to help drive future in-vehicle navigation systems, including for autonomous cars. The rumored $2.71 billion deal is near completion, according to a July 21 story by The Wall Street Journal that is based on an unnamed source […]

Pebble’s latest smartwatch, the Pebble Time, can now be purchased for $199.99 in the United States at Best Buy stores or on BestBuy.com starting immediately, as well as through Pebble.com around the world. The Time smartwatches, which were available via preorders at BestBuy.com since June, will also go on sale in the United States at […]

Diabetes patients who are in the midst of a health crisis due to low blood sugar can quickly notify up to three friends or family members that they need immediate help using a new diabetes monitoring app that turns a smartphone into a medical phone relaying system. The app, called Alert, uses glucose readings taken […]

Samsung is launching Galaxy Tab S2 tablets in August, 13 months after launching its original Tab S devices in June 2014. The new machines, in 9.7-inch and 8-inch screen sizes, get eight-core processors this time around, which is a jump from the quad-core processors used in the original machines. The octacore processors in both new […]

For the first time, one of Google’s self-driving cars was involved in a minor crash that caused minor injuries. However, Google said the crash was not the fault of the self-driving vehicle. Google cars have been in minor crashes previously, but never with injuries. The incident, which occurred July 1 during the evening rush hour […]