Michelle Maisto

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 […]

T-Mobile CEO John Legere announced an end to employer rate-plan discounts March 28, suggesting they were bad deals that use “employees as bargaining chips.” Many employees, it turns out, were happy to be chips, in exchange for lower phone bills, and they took to Twitter to say so. Legere responded April 2, insisting that listening […]

BlackBerry has announced that it’s parting ways with T-Mobile. When T-Mobile’s license to sell BlackBerry smartphones expires April 25, BlackBerry won’t renew it, the company said in an April 1 statement. “BlackBerry has had a positive relationship with T-Mobile for many years. Regretfully, at this time, our strategies are not complementary and we must act […]

If numerous accounts hold, factories in Asia are beginning to hum, and Apple is readying itself for the fall introduction of two iPhone 6 smartphones, one with a 4.7-inch display and another with a 5.5-inch display. GforGames claims to have gotten its hands on photos sent from someone at Apple manufacturing partner Foxconn. The site […]

As if battling Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Google’s Chrome browser weren’t enough, now Firefox browser producer Mozilla has stirred up controversy with its recent appointment of Brendan Eich as the open-source software organization’s CEO. News that, in 2008, Eich made a $1,000 contribution to the campaign for Proposition 8, an amendment to ban same-sex marriage […]