Michelle Maisto

Sprint will soon offer Microsoft Office 365 to its small- and midsized-business (SMB) customers, it announced July 31. It addition to strengthening its business customer base, the move furthers Sprint’s cloud-based initiatives and makes use of its growing 4G networks. Office 365 offers a cloud-based version of popular Microsoft software and Web applications. With it, […]

Shared data plans may be the norm in our mobile futures, but for now, Sprint is making an argument for resisting them. The only top-three U.S. carrier not to offer a shared plan€”as well as the only one to still offer the option of an unlimited data plan€”Sprint has launched a marketing campaign that tells […]

When BlackBerry maker Research In Motion announced in June that it was delaying the launch of BlackBerry 10€”a completely new platform that will launch with what RIM promises are terrific new smartphones and, if all goes according to plan, save the ailing company€”it put a number of departments in a pinch. The Canadian company€™s applications […]

The Apple iPad has inspired an industry full of copy-cat devices. Microsoft’s Surface tablet, however, features a design that so notably stands apart that now it, too, has been honored with the highest form of flattery. The Verge, via the German news site Mobiflip, has posted documents said to be leaked from an internal Sony […]

While Microsoft has announced its plans to launch its new Windows 8 operating system Oct. 26, a company report indicates that the software giant also plans to roll out one of its much-hyped Surface tablets on the same day. The company revealed the Surface debut date in a filing with the United States Securities and […]

AT&T has introduced a five-star Eco-Rating system for AT&T-branded postpaid devices in its stores, offering customers an additional way to compare devices. This, said the carrier, is what customers want. In a June 2012 survey, the carrier found that 60 percent of respondents said they€™d consider the environmental impact of a device before making a […]

Verizon Wireless has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $1.25 million, after the Federal Communication Commission’s Enforcement Bureau found that the carrier had€”by preventing customers from downloading Android apps that turn a smartphone into a mobile hotspot€”violated some conditions of its C-block spectrum purchase. As GigaOm first reported, Verizon initially blocked the apps because it […]

Apple released its OS Mountain Lion four days ago, and downloads from the App Store have already exceeded 3 million, making it Apple€™s most successful release ever, the company announced July 30. Available as a $20 upgrade for machines currently running OS Lion or Snow Leopard, Apple calls Mountain Lion €œthe world€™s most advanced desktop […]

Apple sold 17 million iPads during its second quarter, marking a “new all-time quarterly record for iPad units sales,” CFO Peter Oppenheimer said during Apple€™s July 24 earnings call. Along with its accessories, the tablet contributed $9.2 billion to the $35 billion in revenue Apple brought in during the quarter. While the iPad was first […]

Verizon Wireless’ deal with several large cable companies continues to be a source of controversy, ire and questions. Senators Barbara Mikulski and Benjamin Cardin, both representing Maryland, have written to the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department, urging them to “consider most carefully” the concerns the senators have regarding the social and economic impacts […]

Microsoft has introduced three new mice and two mobile keyboards, all designed to optimize the user experience with its upcoming Windows 8 platform and Surface tablet. Microsoft introduced the Surface during a June 18 event in Los Angeles but didn’t make clear whether the keyboard-slash-cover€”a trait instantly distinguishing the Surface from Apple’s iPad€”would be sold […]

AT&T and Radio Shack will reduce the price of the HTC One X to $100 on Sunday, July 29. Radio Shack is also offering $50 off any Android smartphone priced at $100 or more, which will mean discounts for the HTC Evo 4G LTE, the Samsung Galaxy S III and S II, and the Motorola […]