Michelle Maisto

Apple’s self-driving car initiative is undergoing a “reboot,” according to three people familiar with the decision, The New York Times reported Sept. 9. According to the report, Apple has laid off dozens of employees and shuttered parts of the project, as executives decide how to proceed. Apple has never publicly acknowledged its self-driving car initiative—reportedly […]

The accounting world currently faces a ticking doomsday clock. Three major International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are slated for change in 2018, and each requires significant preparation. To help CFOs and their teams prepare, SAP on Sept. 7 introduced new features to its Revenue Accounting and Reporting (RAR) application, which automates practices related to complying […]

More than 40 percent of U.S-based Fortune 500 companies were founded by immigrants or the children of immigrants, according to a 2011 report from the Partnership for a New American Economy. Yet too often, entrepreneurs are forced to leave the United States before a business can get off the ground—or, worse, they’re forced to leave […]

A young mobile audience is enamored with Snapchat, WeChat and Instagram. And Apple, associated with an older, higher-income crowd, wants a piece of that. According to sources, Apple is working on a video-sharing application that will incorporate on-screen stickers and animated effects and enable users to share their video creations across numerous social networks or […]

Apple takes artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning very seriously, and is already as deeply embedded in these areas as Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Amazon. At least, that’s the big takeaway from a Backchannel profile by Steven Levy, who was allowed on the Apple campus, given exclusive access to key Apple staff members (mostly the […]

“Bendgate” is back. Electronics repair website iFixit is reporting a widespread problem with Apple’s iPhone 6 and, particularly, iPhone 6 Plus devices that repair advocates have dubbed “Touch Disease.” A gray bar appears across the top of the phones’ displays, the phones get increasingly glitchy and, finally, they lose touch functionality completely. “What started as […]

For the 10th anniversary of the iPhone, Apple is rumored to be preparing, if not a highly innovative design, at least a significantly updated one with a key feature from Samsung: a curved-edge OLED display. Apple will introduce at least three phones in 2017, according to an Aug. 22 report from the Nikkei Asian Review. […]

AT&T, Alphabet, Apple and 30 other technology and communications companies have joined the Federal Communications Commission in an effort to eliminate robocalls. Described as “a scourge” by the FCC, those irritating, automated, prerecorded calls are the No. 1 consumer complaint to the FCC. Members of a newly formed Robocall Strike Force, led by AT&T CEO […]

Twitter, which continues to struggle to find a balance between supporting free speech and empowering bullies and harassment, is planning to introduce new features that will give users control over what they see and whom they interact with, the company announced Aug. 18. In “the coming days,” Twitter plans to extend Notifications and a Quality […]

In the horse race that is the U.S. wireless industry, AT&T announced Aug. 17 that it was doing away with one of the greatest pain points in wireless: overage fees. Beginning Aug. 21, AT&T will offer Mobile Share Advantage Plans, which won’t charge customers for exceeding the data limit of their plan. The new offer […]

Apple has committed to building a research and development facility in China, a number of sources have reported. Apple CEO Tim Cook (pictured), during his ninth visit to China, met with senior government officials this week and promised to increase investment in the country. An Apple spokesperson said that the R&D facility will open this […]

SAP has been touting the benefits of Jam, its cloud-based business platform. Now, a study conducted by Forrester Consulting (on behalf of SAP) is confirming—and qualitating—Jam’s worth. Forrester surveyed 30 enterprise-size Jam customers and conducted interviews with five that have multiple years of experience with the product. What it found, SAP shared Aug. 16, is […]