Michelle Maisto

Microsoft’s purchase of Nokia’s Devices and Services business has been approved by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), the final organization required to give the deal its blessing. Microsoft originally expected the deal to be completed during the first quarter of the year, but on March 23 pushed the expected closing date to sometime in […]

Apple has begun the process of refunding customers for unapproved in-app purchases, following its $32.5 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Apple sent emails to customers whose accounts were charged for in-app purchases, and asked them to sign into their iTunes accounts and review their purchase histories. It directed anyone who finds an […]

Yahoo, under Marissa Mayer, has made streaming video a priority; but now, it wants a hit television show that can do for it what House of Cards—the political drama that in 2013 won three Emmy awards—has done for Netflix: Make it a video destination site. Yahoo is “close to ordering four Web series,” the Wall […]

Amazon has added the voice-recognition software it first showed off in its Fire TV set-top box to a new home-shopping offering called Dash. The goal of Dash—a roughly 6- by 1-inch wand that resembles the Fire TV remote control, but with a loop on its end to make it easy to hang on knobs or […]

Samsung and Apple are back in court in California, and documents released as part of the patent-infringement trial speak volumes about issues on which Apple has been publicly silent. While Apple executives have said that consumers like a phone they can use one-handed and reach a thumb across, and the company has stuck by its […]

NEW YORK—The Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo at the Javits Center here from April 2 to 4 offered a reminder that 3D printing is intended to change the world. On display were 3D printers for every type of user, budget and intention. Printed items ranged from a bicycle to a drum kit, a small […]

The European Parliament voted April 3 to protect net neutrality and to end wireless roaming charges between EU member countries by year’s end. The European Commission (EC) said in its approved proposal that it was moving toward a single market for electronic communications in which “citizens and businesses can access electronic communications services wherever they […]

3D Printing Expo Puts a Changing Business World on Display by Michelle Maisto 3D Printing Is No Fad The Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo is a Javits Center-sized reminder that the market is growing fast. Research firm Canalys, calling the market “still in its infancy” in a March 31 report, projected that the market […]

T-Mobile CEO John Legere wants BlackBerry users to know that T-Mobile will keep supporting them, despite BlackBerry’s announcement that it’s ending its relationship with the carrier. “Here’s what really matters most for BlackBerry owners. Whether you’re an individual customer or business customer, nothing changes. Nada. Zero. Zilch,” Legere said in an April 3 blog post. […]

Brendan Eich is stepping down as CEO of Mozilla, Executive Chairwoman Mitchell Baker announced in an April 3 blog post. Eich was promoted to the role of CEO March 24, and since then controversy has surrounded the company, which makes the Firefox Web browser and mobile operating system. While Eich’s resume is solid—he was most […]

Amazon’s Fire TV Primed to Take On Apple TV, Roku By Michelle Maisto Amazon Fire TV: Little Box, Big Specs Amazon Fire TV is a 0.7-inch square, now available for $99, that may change the set-top box market. Amazon says it runs a quad-core processor with more than three times the processing power and four […]

Nokia introduced three new Lumia smartphones April 2, including its newest flagship, the Lumia 930. The news arrived the same day Microsoft previewed its Windows Phone 8.1 Update, the latest version of its mobile operating system, which the new Lumias will be the first to run out of the box. They’ll also boast features exclusive […]