Todd R. Weiss

AT&T’s proposed merger with Time Warner is now threatened after the U.S. Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit Nov. 20 to block the deal, citing concerns about higher prices for consumers and less innovation if the merger is completed. The action brought an immediate reaction from AT&T, which called the government’s lawsuit wrong and […]

Owners of some iPhone X smartphones are complaining on Reddit and other social media sites that their new devices are not always properly responding to screen touches in cold weather, making the phones difficult to use. The problem was perhaps first noted on Reddit on Nov. 8 by user darus214, who posted a message saying […]

Just as it appeared that new life had been given to the on-again, off-again merger talks between Sprint and T-Mobile on Nov. 2, the potential deal now looks to be truly over. The end appears to have arrived when Masayoshi Son, the CEO of Sprint’s parent company, SoftBank Group, walked away from the talks due […]

The on-again, off-again merger talks between mobile carriers T-Mobile and Sprint have reportedly resumed after T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom submitted a revised proposal. The new DT proposal comes six days after Masayoshi Son, CEO of Sprint parent SoftBank disclosed on Oct. 27 that his board of directors had rejected an earlier merger proposal reportedly […]

Apple is considering options to drop Qualcomm modem parts in its next iPhones and iPads, weeks after Qualcomm filed lawsuits in China that seek to ban sales of the latest iPhones due to alleged patent infringement in the newly released devices. The potential move, in which Apple would instead buy modem parts from Intel or […]

Google is investigating complaints from some buyers of the company’s new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL flagship smartphones involving display defects and clicking noise during calls. The customer reports began shortly after the latest Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL handsets went on sale Oct. 19. The display issue, which affects the Pixel 2 […]

MINNEAPOLIS—In October 2016 at its annual user conference here, Jamf first unveiled its plans to launch Version 10 of its Jamf Pro enterprise Apple management suite by June of 2017, with major new features, a restyled and improved user interface and other updates. But the job turned out to be more complicated than the company […]

ZTE has announced its Axon M smartphone, a dual-screen handset which unfolds in the middle to expand its screen into a 6.75-inch diagonal display for watching movies, viewing emails, using two apps simultaneously or sharing screens with a pal. Smartphone makers have talked about designing handsets with folding screens for several years. But ZTE apparently […]

Expanded and enhanced artificial intelligence capabilities and dual Leica cameras are the main draws in Huawei’s three new Mate 10 smartphones, which also include Huawei’s Kirin 970 chipsets that are built to integrate mobile phones with artificial intelligence. The new handsets, the Huawei Mate 10, the Mate 10 Pro and the Porsche Design Mate 10, […]

Qualcomm has filed several patent lawsuits in China against Apple demanding licensing fees for several mobile technologies that the chip producer claims are built into iPhones. The lawsuit asks China’s courts to ban iPhone sales in that nation as it pursues compensation from Apple for the alleged patent infringement. The new lawsuits, the latest gambit […]