Michelle Maisto

On Jan. 15 Facebook introduced Graph Search, a search capability that it hopes will encourage users to direct their questions to the social media site instead of to resources such as Google or Yelp. As tends to be the case with changes to Facebook, the new feature raised questions about privacy and who can search […]

Apple Jan. 18 will begin selling the iPad Mini and fourth-generation iPad in its retail stores in China—which is not only the world’s largest market for smartphones, but a growing area of interest, and dollars, for Apple. “China is currently our second-largest market. I believe it will become our first. I believe strongly that it […]

Samsung has risen to the top of the global smartphone market on the success of its Android-running Galaxy device line. Just how successful has it been? The device manufacturer shared in a January Flickr photo that sales of its Galaxy devices have passed the 100 million-units mark. Samsung launched the Galaxy line in May 2010. […]

AT&T and Verizon Wireless are among a handful of Internet service providers (ISPs) that plan to implement a “six strikes” policy meant to deter digital copyright infringers, tech site TorrentFreak reported, citing documents it says it has acquired. After being delayed by Hurricane Sandy and other factors, the policy will go into effect in “coming […]

Microsoft gave select journalists at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show a preview of its upcoming Surface tablet with Windows Pro, and according to reports, the device—unlike the Surface with Windows RT that preceded it—may actually be what Microsoft officials have been promising: a game-changer. Microsoft surprised the tech world in June 2012 with the introduction […]

With Research In Motion’s BlackBerry 10 launch less than three weeks away, developers have submitted more than 15,000 new BB10 applications—and in record time. RIM kicked off its 36-hour Port-A-Thon Jan. 11 that encouraged and incentivized developers to submit their work. Each submitted and approved application (up to 20 apps) came with a $100 reward. […]

Apple last month cut orders for iPhone 5 components by about half, according to a Jan. 14 report from the Nikkei, citing an unnamed executive at an Apple supplier. Apple had originally ordered 65 million iPhone 5 displays, according to Bloomberg, which added that the news sent Apple shares sliding by as much as 4.5 […]

T-Mobile CEO John Legere finished out 2012 with big promises of turning T-Mobile into the un-carrier and upending the mobile industry. At the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show, Legere made considerable strides toward accomplishing that—as well as establishing that the un-carrier has an un-CEO. “This T-Mobile Q&A is really entertaining,” Tweeted Current Analysis analyst Avi Greengart […]

Hewlett-Packard defended its position atop the global PC market during the fourth quarter, which disappointed but didn’t surprise, according to research firm IDC. Nearly 90 million PCs shipped during the holiday quarter, IDC reported. The figure represented a 6.4 percent drop from shipments a year earlier and was worse than the 4.4 percent decline IDC […]

The Apple iPhone 5 is now available at Walmart, through its exclusive contract-free carrier partner Straight Talk Wireless. On Jan. 11, the retailer began selling the newest iPhone with unlimited talk, text and data for $45 a month. An unsubsidized 16GB Apple iPhone 5 is available in black and white for $649, while an 8GB […]

Youm While Samsung Display, a Samsung-created entity, is responsible for the bendable organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screens, they’ll be marketed under the new brand Youm. Plastic Smartphone Screens Brian Berkeley, vice president of the Samsung San Jose Display Lab, said his team had figured out how to make a “high-resolution display on extremely thin plastic, […]

Research In Motion has insisted that its carrier partners around the world are excited about the BlackBerry 10 platform and smartphones that it will show off later this month. In the United States, Verizon Wireless, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint have now all confirmed that they’ll back the platform. AT&T CEO Lowell McAdam, speaking to Reuters […]