Todd R. Weiss

Samsung’s reputation with the public took a hit in the latest Harris poll about corporate reputations in the United States, with Samsung falling to 49th place out of 100 companies after the smartphone maker’s embarrassing recall late last year of its then-flagship Note7 smartphone line and problems with some of its consumer washing machines. That […]

LG’s upcoming G6 smartphone will feature a new FullVision display design that will let users watch videos while also perusing content with a web browser at the same time using different sections of its 5.7-inch quad-HD screen. The new FullVision display will have a 2,880 x 1,440 screen resolution, an 18:9 aspect ratio and an edge-to-edge display […]

Verizon is bolstering its growing involvement in the drone and internet of things industries by acquiring drone operations management company Skyward. Skyward, based in Portland, Ore., offers commercial drone software that merges operations tracking and reporting, flight planning, flight logging, compliance tracking and other tasks to help improve workflows for small to large business users, according to […]

Panasonic Updates Toughpad FZ-G1 With More Power, Longer Battery Life The 10.1-inch Toughpad FZ-G1 gets a more powerful Intel Core i5 processor, Windows 10, longer battery life and a waterproof digitizer pen. The Panasonic Toughpad FZ-G1 Rugged Tablet The latest FZ-G1 includes a 10.1-inch WUXGA (1920 x 1200 resolution) LED touch screen display that includes […]

Just two weeks after launching its new $800 GoPro Karma Drone, the company has initiated a product recall for all 2,500 Karma Drones that have been sold so far. The problem with the drones is that “in a small number of cases” the Karma drones “lost power during operation,” GoPro said in a Nov. 8 […]

After an extended absence, Apple is again offering refurbished iPhone models (pictured) at discounted prices through the online Apple Store to buyers who want a refurbished device that comes with a standard one-year Apple warranty. The refurbished iPhones began showing up recently on the Apple website, with discounts ranging from about $80 to $110, or […]

A month after Samsung dropped the production of its Note7 flagship smartphones on Oct. 11, the company has run full-page ads in three major American newspapers, again apologizing for the problems the fire-prone devices caused for buyers, businesses and others. The advertisements, which appeared in the print editions of The Washington Post, The New York […]

LG has started rolling out the latest Android operating system—version 7.0 Nougat—to users of its 7-month-old LG G5 smartphones as the company works to bring new features and capabilities to the handsets. LG is rolling out the Nougat operating system upgrades first to G5 owners in the company’s native South Korea before rolling them out […]

AT&T GoPhone customers will now get 33 percent more high-speed data included in their prepaid wireless phone accounts at no extra charge if they use autopay to pay for their service each month. The offer will take effect on Nov. 11 for customers who use AT&T’s $60 or $45 monthly prepaid GoPhone plans and who […]

Samsung, fresh from its recalled Galaxy Note7 smartphone disaster, is moving forward on its rumored plans for bringing artificial intelligence capabilities to some of its future products, including its upcoming Galaxy S8 smartphones in 2017. “Samsung is excited to begin integrating initial AI capabilities into its future products and the Galaxy S8 is one of […]