Michelle Maisto

Invisible Text, a free new app available today on the Android, iOS and BlackBerry platforms, isn’t just for the Anthony Weiners of the world. Which is to say, people whose conscience or sense of discretion tends to kick in shortly after hitting “send.” Invisible Text will likely also prove handy for anyone known to send […]

Acer may have its sights on Android, but it continues to support Windows and its users. On Aug. 15, Acer introduced three ultra-high resolution monitors—a 27-inch T272HUL intended for consumers and two others for consumers or professionals: the 27-inch B276HUL and the the 29-inch B296CL. The 27-inch models each have resolutions of 2,560 by 1,440, […]

Samsung’s smart watch will receive a Sept. 4 introduction and be called—or fall under a product category called—Galaxy Gear, Bloomberg reported Aug. 16, citing people familiar with the matter. The timing would put all eyes on Samsung at the IFA consumer electronics show, which will open in Berlin Sept. 6. On Sept. 10, it’s rumored […]

BlackBerry announced earlier this week that, after much consideration, it was finally open to the idea of being bought. It was an announcement that many might have read as an admission—a last resort that BlackBerry has been pushing and racing and striving to avoid. But don’t feel too badly for BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins, Bloomberg […]

10 Wildly Popular Apps that Could Help Save BlackBerry by Michelle Maisto Instagram Media-Sharing a Glaring Omission Instagram is arguably the most glaringly obvious omission in BlackBerry World. The photo- and video-sharing app has in the neighborhood of 100 million users. Do you know who the most fun people to follow on Instagram are? BB10 […]

With BlackBerry’s announcement that it’s open to the idea of being bought, the question of a price comes quickly to mind. BlackBerry engineered brand-new handsets this year and spent years (and users’ patience) developing an operating system that it’s said is powerful and nimble enough to handle and adjust to what the next 10 years […]

Apple, a notoriously secret-keeping company, seems to be having trouble keeping insiders’ lips sealed. Bloomberg has joined those pointing to Sept. 10 as the date the world can expect Apple’s next big reveals. “The new iPhone will be unveiled at a Sept. 10 event, according to a person with knowledge of the plans who asked […]

Samsung has launched a contest, in hopes of rounding up the best uses for its flexible display technology. “We are calling on the most innovative designers, hardware engineers and entrepreneurs to develop new product ideas that put our revolutionary Flexible Display technology to use in ways that will define the future,” the company posted to […]

Samsung continues to grow its lead over Apple, the smartphone industry and the mobile phone market on the whole, Gartner announced Aug. 14. During the second quarter of 2013, Samsung’s portion of the smartphone market grew to nearly one-third (31.7 percent, up from 29.7 percent a year ago), while Apple’s share fell, from 18.8 percent […]

BlackBerry, with analysts already offering up elegies for its fading brand, introduced a “super social” new smartphone Aug. 13, with zero fanfare. The BlackBerry 9720 is a QWERTY smartphone running an updated version of the BlackBerry 7 OS. It’s intended for developing markets and mobile phone users updating from feature phones or low-end Android devices. […]

Apple has Siri, Google’s Moto X has Touchless Control, and soon Facebook will have Mobile Technologies. Facebook confirmed Aug. 12 that it had purchased the Pittsburgh-based company “that’s behind some of the world’s leading speech recognition and machine translation technology.” Facebook Management Director Tom Stocky wrote in a Facebook blog post on Monday that the […]

Will BlackBerry, the pride of Canada, remain in Canada? That’s the question being asked, now that BlackBerry has officially announced that it’s open to considering “possible joint ventures, strategic partnerships or alliances, a sale of the company or other possible transactions.” Rumors are swirling about the possibility of Canadian investors banding together to keep the […]