Todd R. Weiss

About

Todd R. Weiss is a seasoned technology journalist with over 15 years of experience covering enterprise IT. Since 2014, he has been a senior writer at eWEEK.com, specializing in mobile technology, smartphones, tablets, laptops, cloud computing, and enterprise software. Previously, he was a staff writer for Computerworld.com from 2000 to 2008, reporting on a wide range of IT topics. Throughout his career, Weiss has written extensively about innovations in mobile tech, cloud platforms, security, and enterprise software, providing insightful analysis to help IT professionals and businesses navigate the evolving technology landscape. His work has appeared in numerous leading publications, offering expert commentary and in-depth analysis on emerging trends and best practices in IT.

New AI-Driven Find Tab Helps SharePoint Users Locate Information

Artificial intelligence capabilities are coming to Microsoft’s SharePoint mobile app that will assist users in finding a wide range of information through a new “find” tab that is being added to the app. The improvement is aimed at bringing the power of AI to assist SharePoint users as they seek the information they need to […]

BlackBerry Cuts Features, Lowers KEY2 LE Handset Price to Lure Buyers

BlackBerry has introduced its latest smartphone, the $399 KEY2 LE model that keeps some key features of its recent $649 KEY2 handset while cutting back in other areas to trim $250 off the earlier phone’s price.  The KEY2 LE, which will be produced and sold under an ongoing licensing agreement with China’s TCL Communication, was […]

Microsoft Bringing Google ID Log-ins to Azure Active Directory

Microsoft is expanding its Azure Active Directory B2B Collaboration support to now include log-ins from users who have Google IDs, which will allow enterprises to open their network access to trusted partners for ease of use and increased collaboration. The new capabilities, which allow invited users to sign in to shared apps and resources using […]

New Microsoft 365 Content Storage Features Apply AI, Machine Learning

Enterprise users of Microsoft 365 will soon gain new content storage features enabled with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) that work with Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint.   The coming improvements and new capabilities, which are aimed at helping users increase their productivity while keeping their content more secure, were announced in an Aug. […]

Microsoft Store to Stop Accepting New Windows 8/8.1 Apps Oct. 31

Microsoft is advising application developers that it will no longer accept new applications for Windows Phone 8 or 8.1 after Oct. 31 and suggesting that the best course of action is to port their existing applications to the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) and Windows 10 mobile devices. “As a part of our Windows device life cycle, […]

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Phablet Goes on Sale at Major Carriers

Samsung’s flagship Galaxy Note 9 phablet is now available for purchase through major U.S. carriers and national retailers, with its new Bluetooth-enabled S Pen stylus, data storage capacity of 128GB or 512GB and prices starting at $1,000. The Note 9, which was unveiled by Samsung in New York on Aug. 9, also includes other upgrades […]

Microsoft’s Power BI Embedded Gets Multi-Geo Support Preview Feature

For the first time, users of Microsoft’s Power BI Embedded service in Azure will have the ability to deploy their business data across multiple regions around the globe so they can comply with varying data residency and security requirements. The new multi-geo support for the application, which was unveiled in a preview version, was announced […]

Google Adding Application ‘Side Access Panel’ to G Suite

Google G Suite users are gaining new features to make the company’s office collaboration application suite easier to use, including a quick-access side panel for Google Docs and Calendar that will provide faster access to other Google apps and data. Google is giving all G Suite users full access to the Docs Activity Dashboard that […]

SharePoint Updates Coming for Hub Sites, News, Pages, Web Parts

New features and changes are coming to Microsoft’s SharePoint web-based collaboration and document management platform, including the ability to create up to 100 SharePoint hub sites, page editing improvements and new capabilities to share news links with users.  The updates and additions, which will start rolling out to Targeted Release customers in early September and […]

Microsoft Improves Visual Studio for Mac’s Performance in Version 7.6

The newest release of Visual Studio for Mac, Version 7.6, is now available, featuring performance updates, bug fixes and new features that will give users more tools to complete their work. Announced Aug. 20 in a post by Dominic Nahous, senior product manager for Visual Studio for Mac, the latest version focuses on improving product […]