Wayne Rash

The board of SoftBank, the Japanese internet and telecommunications company, surprised the industry by voting to abandon a proposed merger of Sprint and T-Mobile U.S. Sprint, which is the smaller company, had sought to be acquired by T-Mobile in a stock swap with Deutsche Telekom, the German telecom giant that owns T-Mobile. Sprint needed the […]

The phone call came at a time that seemed impossibly early, just after 3:00AM. “Mrphl,” I said. My brain’s language center was still booting up. Then I identified myself clearly, and the cheery voice on the other end reminded me that it was a T-Mobile representative, calling to make sure I got my pre-order for […]

With the long-awaited iPhone X going on sale Nov.3 and preorders starting at midnight on Oct. 27, Apple is denying a recent news report that suggests that the iPhone X’s facial recognition feature might not perform quite as well as the company originally stated. A report from Bloomberg is saying that the testing standards for […]

The devastation caused to Puerto Rico by September’s Hurricane Maria is so complete that much less than half of the island’s cell service is operational more than a month after the storm hit. Less than a third of the island’s power grid is running and that’s delaying the restoration of island’s infrastructure. The lack of […]

As many as 100 localities in North American have apparently met an Oct. 19 deadline to submit proposals to Amazon to become the chosen location for the company’s second headquarters ended on Oct.19. Months of waiting are ahead for all of the applicants until Amazon announces its selection and disappointment is certain for all but […]

The Windows 10 Fall Creators Update includes some flashy new features and some upgraded apps for things like image creation. There’s an augmented reality feature, new gaming features and some functions such as the Start Menu have become easier to deal with. But deep down inside where you can’t see them are new features that […]

If there’s good news regarding the recently revealed KRACK and ROCA encryption holes, it’s that many systems have already been patched to fix the problems. The better news is that there’s no evidence that either have been exploited by hackers. But don’t breathe out that sigh of relief just yet, because these are potentially very […]

If you feel the urge today, you can pick up your smartphone and say to the Google Assistant, “Order my favorite soap from Target,” and you’ll be presented with a photo of the item, and a button to click to order it. According to Google, you can do the same thing today with a Google […]

The fires that ripped through California’s wine country moved with deadly speed, trapping people in their houses and in their neighborhoods. In many cases, the only warning victims received was if they happened to see the flames in the distance. Other residents were able to escape the wind-driven flames if they were able to receive […]

First, it was the hams. In the terrifying aftermath of Hurricane Maria, the only communications available to residents came from the few ham radio operators who were able to get their equipment running because they had generators to provide power. Phone service on the island did not exist. The government had some communications, but that […]