Todd R. Weiss

AUSTIN, Texas—Busy IT administrators can now get technical help and advice from fellow IT professionals on a growing range of IT topics through Spiceworks’ new Learn portal, a  crowd-sourced website that provides shared technical advice at no charge. The Learn portal, which was unveiled by the company here at its annual Spiceworld user conference on […]

China’s ZTE could soon be launching a folding smartphone that splits its screen into two parts, but when unfolded creates what looks like a small tablet, according to several recent reports and rumors. An early report on Sept. 5 through news tipster Evan Blass said ZTE is soon planning to unveil a dual-screen Axon Multy […]

Google introduced the Pixel 2 XL and Pixel 2 smartphones Oct. 4, to refresh the sales momentum behind these popular Android handsets and their Google-centric applications. The phones, which have been rumored for months, include the Pixel 2 XL, which has a 6-inch quad-HD edge-to-edge plastic organic light emitting diode (pOLED) display and the Pixel […]

Apple iPhone X production delays caused by problems with the 3D sensors used for facial recognition could cause tight supplies of the handsets when they are scheduled to go on sale on Nov. 3, according to reports. The production problems for Apple’s upcoming flagship smartphone are related to the techniques used by the 3D sensor […]

Broadcom’s next-generation Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) chips for use in smartphones, wearables and other mobile devices will use half the power and offer much greater location accuracy than its existing chips when they start appearing in new mobile devices starting in 2018. The new model BCM47755 GPS chips feature a dual frequency design that […]

Google, which has been getting help from HTC for years with its Android smartphones, has reached a $1.1 billion agreement with the company to hire some of HTC’s best engineers to create new smartphone designs and technologies as it works to expand its sales in the global handset market. The deal, which was unveiled Sept. […]

HTC stock and securities sales will be temporarily halted on Sept. 21 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange just before the company unveils as-yet undisclosed “material information” which could be related to a rumored pending acquisition of HTC by Google. The cryptic disclosure was made in a Sept. 20 announcement on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, but […]

Since Apple unveiled the upcoming iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus smartphone models on Sept. 12, all eyes have been on how the marketplace is reacting to the devices and if they include enough advances to spur consumers to buy them in droves. If the initial reactions from a sampling of industry analysts […]

Apple introduced its latest iPhones and Apple Watch models on Sept. 12 confirming most of the rumors that have circulated in recent weeks, including an anticipated 10th anniversary iPhone X, new iPhone 8 and 8 Plus models, several new Apple Watch models and a new Apple TV unit. The highlight of the announcement event, which […]

Manufacturing problems with the OLED displays in the upcoming new iPhones from Apple are leading to lower-than-expected phone production inventories and could mean a shortage of the devices as the December 2017 holiday gift-giving season approaches. The OLED issues, and related problems trying to incorporate fingerprint sensors into the new phones, were reported in a […]