Michelle Maisto

Very likely, Illinois teen Roshan Jamkatel really did post an early review of HTC’s upcoming smartphone, code-named the M8, to YouTube (though in one instance he claimed that someone else posted it, and in another that it was a fake phone). And although a Twitter sleuth has suggested Jamkatel’s family had no ties to HTC, […]

Apple is in talks with Comcast, the nation’s largest cable provider, about teaming up on a streaming-television project. According to a March 23 report from the Wall Street Journal, Apple is interested in paying Comcast to ensure that Apple content on Comcast cables “bypasses congestion on the Web” and users of the Apple set-top box […]

The timing of Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia’s Devices and Services business isn’t going exactly according to plan, Brad Smith, general counsel and executive vice president of Legal & Corporate Affairs at Microsoft, said in a blog posted to the Microsoft site the evening of Sunday, March 23, perhaps intentionally putting out the news ahead of […]

The White House is a key BlackBerry customer and President Obama its highest-profile user. But that may be about to change. The White House is in the process of testing smartphones from Samsung and LG Electronics, the Wall Street Journal reported March 20. The White House Communications Agency, a military unit in charge of President […]

AT&T and Sprint are now accepting preorders for the Galaxy S5, Samsung’s newest flagship smartphone, as well as the company’s Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo smartwatches and Gear Fit fitness band. AT&T will begin shipping the devices “in early April,” though Sprint set the date as April 11. On Monday, March 24, T-Mobile will […]

Moto 360 Smartwatch Ushers Us Into the Future With a Classic Look by Michelle Maisto Meet the Motorola Moto 360 The Moto 360 has a circular, stainless-steel–rimmed watch face, a single (very watch-like button) on its side, and no microUSB port, suggesting wireless charging. Unlike with a traditional watch, lefties suffer nothing with the 360; […]

Apple CEO Tim Cook has dismissed as “nonsense” Haunted Empire: Apple After Steve Jobs, a new book written by former Wall Street Journal reporter Yukari Iwatani Kane that seeks to answer the question whether “a great company stay great without its visionary leader.” You can guess the conclusion Kane came to. “We’ve always had many […]

SAP continues to refine its offerings and eliminate any obstacle that might stand between it and new customers. On March 19, at the Gartner Business Process Management Summit in London, SAP announced the addition of new capabilities to its PowerDesigner software. While many architecture tools focus on business process management (BPM), PowerDesigner “offers full support […]

Apple, faced with stiff competition from Samsung and others, is tweaking its offerings. On March 18, Apple reintroduced its fourth-generation iPad, at the price of the iPad 2 it will replace, as well as an 8GB version of the iPhone 5C that it will sell in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia and China. Apple […]

Reliance Globalcom has changed its name to Global Cloud Xchange, a move that coincides with its plan to deliver the world’s “first true cloud ecosystem globally.” The company, which has vast brand recognition in India and other parts of Asia, currently has network operating centers in Mumbai and Denver. It controls the world’s largest privately […]

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos originally considered calling his company Relentless.com, and it’s hard to think of a more spot-on title. According to recent rumors, the company that seemingly already sells everything is planning to put its name on and offer two more items: a video-streaming set-top box and a smartphone. The set-top box […]

Apple’s CarPlay intro was a dud, according to Roger Lanctot, associate director of Strategy Analytics’ Global Automotive Practice. His March 12 blog post on the announcement is worth checking out if you missed it. Apple scrapped a plan for a Geneva Apple Store event, did without the fanfare that would usually accompany a “market-changing event” […]