Michelle Maisto

The Federal Communications Commission, challenged to keep legislation in sync with a fast-evolving, technology-driven world, has created a Technology Transitions Policy Task Force. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, in a Dec. 10 statement, said he hoped that the Task Force would play a key role in answering the question: “In a broadband world, how can we […]

A majority of seemingly kid-friendly apps in the Google Play store and Apple App Store aren’t playing nice, according to a new survey of youth-oriented apps performed by the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC examined 400 of the most popular children’s apps in the two online stores and found the majority to be collecting information […]

T-Mobile Is Finally Getting the iPhone In 2013 T-Mobile will offer the iPhone—though the company didn’t specify which model. T-Mobile CEO John Legere shared, however, that T-Mobile’s terms with Apple are nothing like Sprint’s volume agreement for which it had to pay billions up front to get. . When T-Mobile rolls out the iPhone “it […]

Apple and Google have a rivalry that’s about as intense and cutthroat as tech rivalries go. But the leaders of each also know when to shake hands. The device makers have teamed up to offer Kodak more than $500 million for a portfolio of about 1,100 imaging patents, according to a report from Bloomberg that […]

T-Mobile is getting ready to disrupt the mobile industry. At parent-company Deutsche Telekom’s Capital Markets Day in Germany Dec. 6, executives laid out their plans for turning around the ailing carrier and becoming a major market force. During the third quarter, the nation’s fourth-largest carrier saw service revenues fall by 8.7 percent, as nearly half […]

There are changes ahead for mobile applications and the roles they play, according to a 2013 predictions report from Gartner. The research firm expects apps to begin accomplishing much more—from delivering biometric information to more often including payment capabilities— to help make electronics even more personal and to reach a greater variety of devices through […]

Sprint iPhone 5 owners in the San Francisco area aren’t having the typical iPhone—or even Sprint—user experience. A recent iPhone speed test of the Sprint, AT&T and Verizon Wireless networks by Apple Insider confirmed what San Francisco residents have been complaining about in forums for months. “Testing across various neighborhoods in San Francisco and Los […]

Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke with Brian Williams on the NBC program Rock Center Dec. 6, giving his first television interview since taking the lead role at Apple in August 2011, weeks ahead of the Oct. 5 death of his friend and Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs. Cook, in the tradition of Jobs, revealed nothing more […]

City Winery In August, City Winery became an early Mobile Pay customer. An untraditional Manhattan venue, it makes wine on the premises—and offers classes so customers can join in—has a restaurant and tasting bar and also a 300-plus-seat concert space. With Mobile Pay, customers can unobtrusively order another glass of wine mid-show, or settle a […]

When BlackBerry 10 arrives Jan. 30, there will be no confusion, no head-scratching over how to set things up, no incompatible systems—not if Research In Motion can help it. RIM has introduced a phased, four-part BlackBerry 10 Ready Program that officials said is designed to address the needs of its enterprise customers as they “prepare […]

T-Mobile next year will begin offering the Apple iPhone in a way that the industry hasn’t seen before, T-Mobile CEO John Legere shared at parent-company Deutsche Telekom’s Capital Markets Day in Germany Dec. 6. The nation’s fourth-largest carrier—which has been struggling due to having neither an iPhone nor an LTE network, as well as from […]

Amazon is doing what it can to attract developers and differentiate itself in a fast-growing tablet market packed with rivals, including Apple’s iPad and Samsung’s Galaxy Tab. On Dec. 6, Amazon’s efforts included the beta launch of A/B Testing, a free service to help Kindle Fire developers simultaneously test treatments of their apps, receive data […]