Michelle Maisto

Apple iPhone owners who believe they’re entitled to a piece of the $53 million settlement Apple agreed to in April can now begin filing paperwork. The settlement followed from a lawsuit filed against Apple by iPhone users who were denied warranty coverage, after Apple believed they had broken the terms of their warranties by dropping […]

T-Mobile on Aug. 8 will announce the results of its fiscal second quarter. It’ll be the company’s first quarter as a publicly traded company, following its merger with MetroPCS, and its first full quarter offering the iPhone. The results should offer an indication of how T-Mobile’s “un-carrier” strategy is so far playing out during what’s […]

Samsung won a major courtroom victory over Apple on June 4, when the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled in favor of Samsung, putting an end to a drawn-out patent-infringement suit. But on Aug. 3, the Obama administration took the sting out of Apple’s loss, to the frustration of Samsung and the South Korean government. […]

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer continues to leave no stone unturned in her pursuit of reinvigorating the Yahoo brand and driving up profits. Her latest efforts include rebuilding Yahoo’s research and development division, Bloomberg reported Aug. 1. In addition to growing Yahoo’s talent pool through acquisitions—it has acquired at least 17 companies under Mayer—over the last […]

All Eyes Are on Moto X, Thanks to Touchless Control by Michelle Maisto Moto X: Express Yourself This image from the Motorola site sums up the Moto X: Be young. Be fun. Be creative. Just not yet. The Moto X will arrive “late August, early September,” says Moto. Customize: It’s Your Phone Motorola clued into […]

Motorola, with the Moto X smartphone it’s been dropping hints about for weeks, manages to offer something that no other smartphone in today’s hyper-saturated market does: a teenage-girl level of customization (which I mean in the best way). As young people, pre-blogs, we used our bedroom doors or skateboards or three-ring binders as outlets for […]

In five years, Juniper expects wearable computing shipments to grow tenfold, reaching 150 million by the end of 2018, Juniper Research reported July 31. “The actual take-up of CE smart wireless accessories will depend on whether companies succeed in creating accessories that will capture the imagination of the consumer,” said Nitin Bhas, author of “Smart […]

When it comes to mobile applications in the enterprise, there’s a disconnect between what CIOs say they know their employees want and what they’re actually offering, says a new report from Mobile Helix. The company, an enterprise application and data security platform provider, hired market research firm Vanson Bourne to survey 300 IT decision makers […]

Ex-Facebook CTO Bret Taylor and former Google engineer Kevin Gibbs have introduced Quip, a “modern word processor” that enables users to create and share documents on any device. The pair argue that since the 1984 introduction of Apple’s MacWrite, not much has changed in word processing—though plenty has changed in the way we work and […]

Should you buy a Google Chromecast? Early reviews of the $35 video accessory Google introduced July 24 make clear that there’s little decision making to agonize over. I’ll give you the spoiler right here: If you already own the $99 Apple TV or the $60 Roku box, you do not need a Chromecast. If you […]

Apple is again at the center of a workers’ rights issue. China Labor Watch (CLW), however, in citing 86 labor rights violations it found in three factories run by Apple supplier Pegatron Group, also put front and center what has until now been a rumor: the low-cost iPhone Apple is said to be working on […]

Chromebooks have a place in the enterprise, Forrester proposes in a new research report. While they’re not for every worker or every scenario, under certain circumstances “organizations stand to benefit greatly from a switch to Chromebooks,” said Forrester Vice President and Principal Analyst J.P. Gownder, lead author on the report. Gownder makes clear that Chromebooks […]