Michelle Maisto

Verizon has introduced the Motorola Droid Mini, Droid Ultra and Droid Maxx—upgrades, of sorts, to last year’s Droid line—that it will begin selling Aug. 20. Verizon is putting an emphasis on “intelligence, strength and endurance.” The Maxx is said to feature 48 hours of battery life (though it’s unclear under what conditions). But more likely […]

SIM cards are the “de facto trust anchor” of mobile devices, Security Research Labs wrote in its most recent blog post. And yet, added the German firm, it’s found a way, with just two Short Message Service (SMS) texts, to break into a mobile phone and steal information, listen in on calls and even make […]

AT&T, a day ahead of announcing its second-quarter earnings results, has added two options to its Mobile Share plans. The plans, which AT&T, like Verizon Wireless, began offering last summer, consist of a data fee added to a monthly charge for each device on the plan and include hotspot access. Up to 10 devices can […]

In the current smartphone market, you’re Samsung, you’re slipping or you’re struggling. HTC remains solidly in the last category, and on Sunday night CEO Peter Chou announced a new plan to help reverse the Taiwan-based company’s fortunes. Effective immediately, Jason Mackenzie, HTC’s president of Global Sales, will also be in charge of HTC America, Chou […]

PayPal has arrived in New York for the second of 10 Battle Hack events it’s hosting around the globe. The team is fresh from the first Battle, which took place in Berlin June 8 and 9 and will next head to Tel Aviv; Seattle; Miami; Moscow; Austin, Texas; London; Washington, D.C.; and finally Barcelona. In […]

Apple has purchased Locationary, a Toronto-based map-focused startup that specializes in highly specific location data and business profile information. The company collects information such as hours of operation, products, services and rich media and can overlay it on a business’s location on a map. Canada’s Globe and Mail reported the purchase July 19, and Apple […]

Chinese telecom provider Huawei represents an unambiguous national security threat to the United States and Australia, Gen. Michael Hayden, the former director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and now a security consultant and director of Motorola Solutions, told the Australian Financial Review, according to a July 19 report. […]

HTC introduced the HTC One Mini July 18, borrowing from the playbook of market leader Samsung, which in May introduced a tinier version of the Galaxy S 4, which features a 5-inch display. The One Mini is, as its name suggests, a petite version of the flagship device HTC introduced Feb. 19.The One Mini features […]

Nokia sold 7.4 million Lumia smartphones during its second quarter—a 32 percent year-on-year increase and its strongest Lumia sales tally to date. But the Finnish phone maker, once the reigning world leader in mobile phone sales, still posted a $298 million loss, coming in below analyst estimates. Offering small boosts were Nokia’s Here mapping software, […]

Verizon Communications announced second-quarter earnings that included double-digit earnings growth but, with churn up and the wireline side of the house tempering its wireless success, it still came in shy of Wall Street expectations. Verizon added 941,000 postpaid customers, bringing its postpaid total to 94.3 million, and announced that its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) […]

Marissa Mayer announced June 17, 2012, her first day as CEO of Yahoo, that she was expecting a baby boy. It was surprising news from the person hired to do what four previous CEOs, over five years, hadn’t managed to accomplish. But those who flinched at the news weren’t Silicon Valley insiders. Mayer is, by […]

BYOD: Best Practices to Future-Proof Your Corporate Policy by Michelle Maisto The Democratization of Technology BYOD increases the number of people in an organization who use mobile applications, which can lead to new efficiencies, increased productivity and cost savings. By 2015, the number of employees using mobile apps is expected to double. Still another perk: […]