Michelle Maisto

If you have an iPhone running iOS 4, or a 3G-equipped iPad, Apple is and has been tracking your every move, Pete Warden and Alasdair Allan at O’Reilly Radar recently determined. Warden is a former Apple employee and Allan is a senior research fellow at the University of Exeter, in England. Check into Foursquare and […]

AT&T announced fiscal first-quarter 2011 results April 20 that were peppered with records. While many wondered whether the arrival of an Apple iPhone 4 on competitor Verizon Wireless’ network in February would sound a death knell for AT&T-which during its four-year tenure as the exclusive provider of the iPhone had suffered loud complaints from customers […]

HTC and Nokia did not violate Apple’s technology patents on the iPhone, according to an initial report by the staff of the U.S. International Trade Commission. While the findings are not binding, the report does deal a severe blow to Apple, which is seeking to stop HTC and Nokia from selling smartphones that the company […]

With Apple’s patent-infringement case against HTC underway in an International Trade Commission (ITC) court, the iPhone maker has filed a new legal claim against smartphone and tablet rival Samsung, the Wall Street Journal reported April 18. In a 38-page suit filed in the U.S. District Court of Northern California, Apple alleges that the look, packaging […]

Global tablet revenues are now expected to reach $49 billion by 2015, according to an April 19 report from Strategy Analytics. Up from zilch in 2009, 2015 global revenues from the Apple iPad and its legion of followers, said the research firm, “will exceed those of every consumer electronics category except TVs and PCs by […]

Apple is being sued by Pennsylvania man Garen Meguerian, whose 9-year-old daughter, using an iPod Touch, racked up $200 in fees playing “Zombie Caf??«,” “Treasure Story” and “City Story”-three games that are free to download from the Apple App Store. The lawsuit, filed April 11 in a Northern District of California Court, accuses Apple of […]

Sprint and Samsung have introduced the Android-running Replenish smartphone just in time for Earth Day. Featuring a 2.8-inch QVGA display and a dedicated QWERTY keypad, the phone not only boasts eco-cred but has motivated Sprint to waive the $10 premium charge it tacks on to unlimited data plans these days. With an Everything Data plan […]

The new Apple MacBook Air is only six months old, but the laptop appears to have received an update already, in the form of a new, speedier solid-state drive suspected to be the work of Korea-based Samsung. Apple has quietly begun shipping the super-light notebooks with SSDs with the model name SM128C, thought to be […]

The worldwide PC market, affected by media tablet sales, among other factors, suffered its first year-over-year decline in six quarters, according to preliminary estimates from research firms Gartner and IDC. In figures released April 13, both firms said they overestimated sales in their forecasts, expecting even modest growth. However, worldwide shipments reached 84.3 million units […]

While Nokia has committed to making Microsoft’s Windows Phone mobile operating system its priority, it reportedly plans to support the Symbian OS at least through 2014. According to an April 14 report from Australia IT , Nokia’s Australian managing director, Chris Carr, told the tech site that Nokia is contractually obligated to support new devices […]

Federal regulators are kicking off what is expected to be a yearlong review of AT&T’s $39 billion bid to buy T-Mobile, a deal that would create by far the largest wireless carrier in the United States. The Federal Communications Commission on April 14 released a Public Notice announcing the opening of a docket on the […]

T-Mobile may eventually become the property of competitor AT&T, but for the time being it’s proceeding with business as usual, looking to out-compete AT&T, Verizon and Sprint with the introduction of an $80 Even More unlimited calling, texting and data plan on its 4G network. “While data plans for many of our competitors continue to […]