Michelle Maisto

The Definition of Employee Trend 1: The definition of “employee” is in flux, along with workers’ expectations about how and when and where they work. Flexibility will be the key to it all, and the employees’ ability to work where they want will be a greater negotiating point than salary. (Intel also commissioned an info […]

Samsung and Apple continue to make complaints about the other in courts, but in recent days each has had its footing changed. Samsung announced Dec. 18 that while it would continue to sue Apple in European courts, it has dropped the request that Apple devices be banned from shelves, saying it’s putting consumers first. “Samsung […]

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) is counting down the days until the Jan. 30 launch of its long-awaited BlackBerry 10 platform. Building momentum for the release, RIM sent out email invites Dec. 17 to select members of the press, inviting them to an event in New York City that morning. “Re-designed. Re-engineered. Re-invented,” says the […]

Apple is far from dominating the smartphone market in China, but it nonetheless saw record sales of the iPhone 5 after the device went on sale there Dec. 14. Over three days, Apple sold more than 2 million units in China. “Customer response to iPhone 5 in China has been incredible, setting a new record […]

Sprint and Clearwire are confirming what has been speculated for more than a week: Sprint will buy the remaining shares of Clearwire that it doesn’t already own. Executives for both companies confirmed the move during a call with analysts and journalists Dec. 17, though at a higher price than initially anticipated. While Dec. 12 paperwork […]

Intel staff began to give some thought about where the company should be headed, and in coming to conclusions about how workers and workplaces will change over the next 10 to 20 years, the giant chip maker thought other businesses might find the data useful as well. “Most people work 9 to 5 jobs, are […]

Verizon, Criterion Systems, and other online identity and technology companies are teaming up to test whether consumers might trust a single, highly secure user-password combination for all of their online accounts. A White House-launched initiative called the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace has awarded Verizon and its partners a federal grant with which […]

Sprint is reaching into Softbank’s deep pockets to officially advance its 4G efforts and more aggressively compete against rivals Verizon Wireless and AT&T, and even smaller carrier T-Mobile, which will soon be emboldened by its acquisition of MetroPCS. As rumors anticipated, on Dec. 12 Sprint filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission, sharing plans […]

FreedomPop is going after the Internet customers of Comcast, Time Warner and others with a compelling offering: free in-home wireless Internet service at 4G speeds. Backed by Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom, the mobile broadband provider began taking orders Dec. 12 for its Hub Burst, an $89 modem that will begin shipping in January. With the […]

The Federal Communications Commission has approved Satellite TV provider Dish Networks’ request to use its AWS-4 wireless spectrum to offer 4G LTE wireless services. It was not a given that the spectrum, originally designated for satellite use, would receive FCC approval. LightSquared spent years trying to form—and receive approval for—a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network […]

Sprint and Clearwire aren’t sharing details, but according to sources they’re in talks about the possibility of Sprint, which currently owns a majority share of the spectrum-rich 4G provider, to buy out the remainder of the company. “A deal may be announced by the end of the year, though talks could still fall through, according […]

Microsoft and Apple are butting heads over an update to Microsoft’s SkyDrive application. In April, Microsoft added the ability for SkyDrive users to purchase additional storage space. As App Store apps that create in-app revenue owe Apple a 30 percent cut of their profits, the iPhone maker has determined that the upgrade means Microsoft now […]