Todd R. Weiss

A day after Samsung announced it had permanently discontinued its fire-prone Note7 smartphone line, the company revealed that it expects to take a $2.6 billion hit to its estimated third-quarter 2016 consolidated operating profit to pay for the product recall nightmare that resulted. Samsung issued a revised Q3 earnings expectations report on Oct. 12, stating […]

Amazon is boosting its streaming music subscription offerings with a new Amazon Music Unlimited service that will provide customers with tens of millions of songs to choose from, an increase from the two million songs currently available for free to Amazon Prime customers. The paid service is priced at $7.99 a month or $79.99 a […]

After new reports of battery fires and explosions began surfacing in replacement Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphones around the world in recent weeks following global recall efforts for the original phone, it was only a matter of time before the Note7 flagship phone would be unceremoniously dropped from the company’s product line. That’s the consensus opinion […]

Sprint has unveiled its latest Unlimited Freedom for Business mobile phone plans that cut costs for business users compared to Sprint’s previous pricing plans and provide unlimited talk, texting and 4G LTE data while users are on the company’s network. The Unlimited Freedom for Business plans, which were announced on Oct. 7, cost $55 monthly […]

After more than 100 reports of battery fires and explosions since the handset’s release in August, Samsung’s Note7 flagship smartphone is no more. Samsung is permanently stopping production of the ill-fated handset, for which reports of fires and explosions related to its integrated rechargeable battery continued to accumulate, even after a global recall. The announcement […]

When Samsung reintroduced its Note7 flagship smartphone Sept. 21 to replace earlier units that experienced reported battery fires and explosions, the company likely thought the worst of the battery woes were over. Now, though, after at least two reports have surfaced about fires or explosions involving replacement Note7 handsets that were made after the battery […]

Samsung’s latest flagship Galaxy Note7 smartphone remains in the crosshairs of a worried market as new reports are coming in that the replacement phones are experiencing battery fires and explosions like the ones that caused a global recall in September. Samsung addressed the initial reports in late August by investigating the devices that had fires […]

After a severe weather emergency, airborne drones carrying LTE network equipment could be used in the future to help restore cellular phone services for first responders and emergency workers in hard-hit communities under a program being tested by Verizon Wireless. Verizon’s Airborne LTE Operations (ALO) initiative, which has been undergoing tests for two years, conducted […]

Samsung has acquired Viv Labs, an artificial intelligence company started by the creators of Apple’s Siri digital assistant, to bolster AI capabilities in its smartphones and other consumer products. The deal, which was announced by Samsung on Oct. 6, will be used to broaden an AI-based open ecosystem across all of its devices and services, […]

Asus Adds ZenFone 3 Series, ZenBook 3 Notebook to Its Lineup As part of a huge product launch, Asus also rolled out the ZenWatch 3 smartwatch, two Transformer 3 tablets, a 9.7-inch ZenPad tablet and new gaming machines. The Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe 5.7 Special Edition Smartphone The ZenFone 3 Deluxe 5.7 Special Edition handset […]