Michelle Maisto

Nokia and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion have, if a little belatedly, reached a new patent-licensing agreement. On Nov. 29, Nokia filed documents with courts in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, asking them to bar sales of BlackBerry devices until RIM entered into new licensing agreements. The patents Nokia said RIM was […]

Research In Motion announced the results of its fiscal 2013 third quarter, the last quarter it needed to slog through before the Jan. 30 launch of its long-awaited BlackBerry 10 platform. RIM is counting on the new mobile platform and the smartphones that will launch with it to save the company and bring back users […]

ZTE, the struggling telecom equipment company and smartphone maker based in China, has received a five-year, $20 billion credit line from the China Development Bank (CDB), an organization controlled by the Chinese government. The funding will not only help to make ZTE the telecom market’s third-largest player, but enable it to shape the market over […]

Samsung Display will show off a 5.5-inch flexible display at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January. The display, likely to wind up in smartphones some day, features a high-definition resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels. The flexible displays offer designers freedom, Samsung Display officials told CNET, according to a Dec. 19 report. While […]

Sprint continues to play catch-up to the Long Term Evolution efforts of larger competitors Verizon Wireless and AT&T, but it’s making good time. Sprint’s LTE network is now in 49 markets, including Dallas, Atlanta and Baltimore, and it has plans to light up nearly 150 more in the “coming months,” it announced Dec. 19. In […]

Young Internet users will soon be better protected in the online world. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has adopted final amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) that give kids greater protection and parents greater control over the information that third parties can collect about those under 13 years old. “The Commission takes […]

AT&T’s efforts to grow out its 4G LTE network is getting a boost from the Federal Communications Commission, which is giving the wireless carrier access to additional much-needed spectrum. The FCC on Dec. 18 approved AT&T’s request to purchase licenses on the Wireless Communications Service (WCS) and Advanced Wireless Services (AWS-1) spectrum bands from Comcast, […]

A new Intermec-commissioned study focuses on what few of us require extra proof to believe: With the holidays come added stress and an increased workload. A survey of 250 supply chain and distribution center managers in North America, the United Kingdom, France and Germany found that while the shopping season is no doubt a busy […]

Whitney Houston Whitney Houston was the most-searched-for term both in the United States and worldwide. After making headlines for decades for her hit records, sold-out shows, tempestuous marriage to Bobby Brown and eventual struggles with substance addiction, in February the 48-year-old Houston drowned in a hotel bathtub with a cocktail of drugs in her system. […]

Samsung has added the Grand, a new midrange smartphone, to its Android-running Galaxy lineup. At a glance, it strongly resembles the Galaxy S III, though Grand features a larger, though lower-resolution display—a 5-inch WVGA TFT LCD compared with the 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED on the Galaxy S III—and will be available in a dual Subscriber […]

HTC reportedly is canceling plans to create a Windows Phone-running smartphone with a 5-plus-inch display because Microsoft’s mobile operating system can’t support a resolution high enough to enable the device to effectively compete in an incredibly competitive market. Google’s Android operating system can support a resolution of 1080 horizontal pixels, while Microsoft’s newly released Windows […]

Android-running devices are behind China’s booming smartphone market, accounting for nearly two out of every three handsets sold, according to a Dec. 18 report from Informa Telecoms & Media. A fast-growing middle class has made China the world’s largest smartphone market, and the country is now the largest market for Android, with one-third of all […]