Michelle Maisto

Confidential paperwork on Dell’s upcoming Windows 8 tablet, called the Dell Latitude 10, was leaked by tech site Neowin May 24. If the document proves accurate, Dell customers can expect an iPad-like tablet with a 10.1-inch high-definition capacitive multi-touch display; an optional stylus; an Intel Clover Trail Atom Dual Core processor; Intel integrated graphics; hard […]

Is Apple positioning the iPhone 5 as more Samsung Galaxy S III than iPhone 4? In moving away from ads that feature normal people using the Siri digital assistant in honestly helpful ways€”asking Siri to update a schedule or remind them of errands or commitments€”to commercials with celebrities who, despite their tremendous likability and success, […]

This week the newest Apple iPad, just two months after going on sale, managed to gain the same user base as the original iPad, Localytics reported May 24. Based on €œapps using Localytics for apps analytics,€ the company says that which shall not be called the iPad 3 is now at 20 percent, just like […]

The total numbers of Apple iPhones and Android-running Samsung smartphones that shipped during the first quarter of 2012 highlighted that the worldwide mobile market is really a two-company race. While there are ostensibly six major mobile platform options to chose from, most users lean toward either Apple or Samsung. Or, more broadly speaking, people chose […]

Lenovo, which recently introduced several lines of new products, seems every bit as poised to shake up the mobile industry as China and its growing middle class. Lenovo is on track to overtake global PC sales leader Hewlett-Packard, as it works its way into emerging markets and keeps a steady focus on China, Technology Business […]

AT&T and New York City mobile subscribers haven’t always been on the best of terms€”crummy iPhone coverage can do that€”but on May 23 AT&T did New York a solid, reallocating some 2G bandwidth to far speedier 3G and 4G networks. “Dedicating more capacity to our advanced wireless networks will help more of our customers in […]

Dell’s first-quarter earnings “fell short” of expectations, CFO Brian T. Gladden admitted during the company’s May 22 earnings call. Revenue for the quarter was down 4 percent from a year ago, while profits declined by 33 percent. While enterprise solutions and services, Dell’s new focus, are doing well€”accounting for 31 percent of revenue€”what Dell needs […]

HTC€™s newest Android smartphone, the Evo 4G LTE, has received approval from U.S. customs and is headed for waiting customers, Dow Jones reported May 22, citing a person familiar with the situation. The Taiwanese smartphone maker has faced falling revenue and market share in recent quarters, as it struggles to compete against Samsung€™s slew of […]

Google€™s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility is now complete, the search giant and now hardware maker detailed in a May 22 blog post. And while Google has said it will run Motorola as a separate business, that doesn€™t mean all will remain as-is. On the same day that the acquisition became official, Google announced […]

There€™s a new WiFi game in town. Comcast, Time Warner, Bright House Networks, Cox Communications and Cablevision Systems have announced €œCableWiFi,€ a new network of more than 50,000 WiFi hotspots that can be shared by the customers of the various partners. Bright House and Cablevision have already implemented the CableWiFi brand in Central Florida and […]

A €œcompletely redesigned€ Apple iPhone 5 will arrive in October, according to analysts with Piper Jaffray. There have been a lot of conflicting reports about when the new iPhone would arrive but the analysts are €œconfident,€ in their time frame, according to the May 21 research note. Jefferies analysts also released an Apple-related note May […]

Google€™s Chrome squeaked ahead of Microsoft€™s Internet Explorer for the full week of May 14 through 20, making it the world€™s most popular browser for a full week for the first time, according to data from StatCounter, The Verge first reported May 21. The two Internet browsers have been set on a crash course for […]