Todd R. Weiss

Panasonic has revamped its Toughbook 20 rugged 2-in-1 portable with a faster Intel Core i5-7Y57 vPro processor and an included 256GB SSD storage drive in its standard configuration, offering enterprises another choice for workers who are on the go. The Toughbook 20, which starts at $3,099 and is available immediately in the U.S. from Panasonic […]

Verizon is the latest U.S. cellular phone carrier to reject the idea of directly selling Huawei smartphones to its customers through its stores and website, due to concerns about security. Huawei, the biggest telecommunications equipment manufacturer in China, has been seeking to dramatically increase its sales in the United States by selling them directly through […]

Qualcomm has been slapped with a $1.2 billion antitrust fine by the European Commission for allegedly making billions of dollars in payments to Apple in exchange for exclusively using only Qualcomm’s LTE chipsets in iPhones from 2011 to 2016. The fine followed an investigation by the European Commission (EC) which found that Qualcomm’s payments were […]

Acer has introduced new Chromebook models designed for business and classrooms, including the Chromebook 11 C732 laptop and the new Chromebox CXI3 desktop. Acer also introduced a new Chromebook Spin 11 hybrid model with a multi-position 360-degree hinge. The latest machines, which support Google Play and other Google services, were unveiled Jan. 23 by Acer […]

Enterprise software vendor BlackBerry is jumping into the autonomous vehicle marketplace with a new cyber-security application called Jarvis that aims to tighten security around the complex computing code that controls driver-less vehicles. BlackBerry Jarvis, which the company says is a “cloud-based, static binary code scanning” application, can be used by automakers to quickly and deeply […]

Huawei will start selling its latest flagship smartphone, the $799 unlocked Mate 10 Pro, in the United States through select retailers in February, four months after launching the phone in other parts of the world. When the Mate 10 Pro was unveiled last October, Huawei launched it in staggered markets around the globe, but gave […]

Rumors that surfaced in December that Chinese smartphone maker Huawei was working on a first-of- its-kind deal to sell its handsets directly to U.S. consumers through AT&T have been dashed by new reports indicating that a pending agreement has fallen through. AT&T has never confirmed reports that such a deal was under consideration and it […]

HP Inc. is voluntarily recalling about 50,000 laptops, notebooks and mobile workstations due to eight incidents of fires, overheating and melting of the lithium-ion rechargeable batteries used in the devices. The recall, which was announced Jan. 4 by HP in conjunction with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), covers a wide range of laptops […]

Samsung has unveiled its latest Exynos mobile processor series, which promises longer battery life, expanded facial recognition and artificial intelligence (AI) features, and other performance improvements in some models of the company’s smartphones and other devices. The new Exynos 9 Series 9810 processor, which includes an eight-core architecture, is built on Samsung’s second-generation 10-nanometer FinFET […]

Almost every day I take photos on my smartphones while traveling or enjoying great times with friends. But far less often do I ever organize them and immediately print them so I can put them in photo albums or share them with others. The problem is that it takes a significant time commitment to regularly […]