Todd R. Weiss

Acer will help design, build, market and promote the upcoming StarVR Virtual Reality headset, along with Starbreeze Entertainment, for use in theme parks and the entertainment industry, under a joint-venture agreement between the two companies. The agreement focuses on developing the StarVR, a head-mounted display that Starbreeze has been planning for more than a year […]

Garmin has unveiled its latest fitness wearable, the Vivosmart HR+ activity tracker, which now includes GPS capabilities that were left out of the original Vivosmart HR when it was released last November. The new $219.99 Vivosmart HR+, which is available immediately, costs $70 more than the original Vivosmart HR, but also gets upgrades including Garmin […]

Today’s Samsung Gear S2 smartwatches display their information and alerts to users via a small display right on the face of the smartwatch, but that could change in the future based on a recent patent application submitted by the company. The 28-page Samsung patent application describes a wearable device that includes a built-in “image projector” […]

Google’s Project Tango initiative, which aims to help provide and broaden 3D mapping inside buildings to users via specially equipped smartphones, is expected to receive some key program boosts at this week’s Google I/O 2016 developer conference. Google and its Alphabet Inc. parent are planning a “big expansion of the technology this year and ultimately […]

Sony’s Xperia Z, Xperia C and Xperia M smartphone lines could soon be reduced to one Xperia X product line as the company fights for market share in the very crowded and ultra-competitive global smartphone business. Sony’s coming changes were rumored in a May 13 posting in the independent Xperia Blog that is based on […]

Apple unveiled a $1 billion investment in China’s DiDi Chuxing ride-sharing service, a competitor to Uber, just before Apple CEO Tim Cook heads to China for talks with leaders there. The Apple investment is the largest received so far by DiDi as the company continues to create a data-driven ride-sharing platform in China, DiDi said […]

MobileQubes, which last August placed its first special kiosk that rents plug-in mobile phone battery packs (pictured) to smartphone owners in Chicago’s Union Station Amtrak hub, has extended its kiosk network to eight more train stations in Amtrak’s North East Corridor. The latest stations to get the MobileQubes kiosks are Boston’s South Station, Boston’s Back […]

Sprint customers who buy a 40GB monthly shared data plan for $100 a month can now get a free year of Amazon Prime service through a newly created Amazon Better Choice XXL plan. The mobile phone plan, which also includes unlimited talk and text and is open to new or existing Sprint customers, was announced […]

AT&T announced its latest GoPhone prepaid phone, the $100 LG Phoenix 2, which gives customers another option for a no-contract smartphone on the company’s 4G LTE network. The LG Phoenix 2 handset features a 5-inch HD touch-screen display (1,280 by 720 resolution), a 1.3GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 processor (model MSM8909), 1.5GB of memory, 16GB […]

Kyocera DuraForce XD Ruggedized Smartphone Launches at T-Mobile T-Mobile is offering its first ruggedized smartphone, the Kyocera DuraForce XD. The $449.99 handset is built for challenging work environments. The Kyocera DuraForce XD Ruggedized Smartphone The DuraForce XD is a 4G LTE smartphone that features a 5.7-inch HD, IPS, impact-resistant touch-screen display (1,280 by 720 pixels); […]