Michelle Maisto

Honestly, I’ve lost track of how long I’ve been writing for eWEEK. It’s been two years since I joined the team full time, but for years before that, I freelanced on and off for eWEEK. Sometimes, researching a story, I’ve pulled up an old article and been startled to see that I was the one […]

Netgear Router for Sprint Spark Is a Welcome Alternative by Michelle Maisto Netgear LTE Gateway 6100D The Gateway is the first router to combine LTE wireless broadband with 802.11ac WiFi and Gigabit Ethernet. Setting it up is as simple as plugging it in. Options for Space Constraints The Netgear router can be set up to […]

Intel expanded its role in the wearables market, and puffed its chest a bit toward Samsung and Apple, with its Aug. 14 introduction of BioSport In-Ear Headphones, in collaboration with SMS Audio. SMS Audio (the SMS stands for Studio Mastered Sound) is backed by the rapper 50 Cent, who’s a majority owner of the brand. […]

Kyocera Brigadier With Sapphire Can Handle What Life Throws at It By Michelle Maisto Meet the Kyocera Brigadier From Verizon Wireless Verizon sent some members of the press a kit welcoming them to abuse the Kyocera Brigadier, a rugged Android smartphone with a Sapphire Shield display. Rumors say Apple will use the same material on […]

It’s not infrequently that I, and my neighbors and friends, shake a frustrated fist—literally and figuratively—at Time Warner Cable (TWC), the sole Internet service provider in our neighborhood. So great is the general desire for some high-speed Internet competition that I have heard a grown man whimper at the sight of a Verizon Fios truck […]

Amazon has introduced Local Register, a Square-like mobile payment technology intended to extend the tentacles of the online retailer in the world of brick and mortar—as well as flea market stalls, food trucks and other entrepreneurial retail efforts. Amazon Local Register consists of a small piece of hardware that connects to a smartphone or tablet—it’s […]

Within two years, more than 50 percent of organizations will have a machine-to-machine (M2M) project in the field, according to a latest annual report from Vodafone, which in cooperation with Machina Research and Circle Research studied global uptake of the technology. Across all regions and industries, 22 percent of organizations have adopted M2M—an 80 percent […]

Samsung, without ceremony, introduced the Galaxy Alpha Aug. 13. The smartphone is slimmer than the Galaxy S5 (as well as the Apple iPhone 5S); has a 4.7-inch HD Super AMOLED (1,280 by 720) display (down from the 5.1 inches and 1,920 by 1,080p resolution of the GS5); and while it retains the padded backing of […]

Among the rumors surrounding Sprint’s anticipated merger with T-Mobile was news that the latter’s boisterous ringleader and CEO, John Legere, would head the new combined company. Last week, amid news that the merger plans had fallen apart, Sprint majority shareholder Softbank seemed to decide to stay true to its plan for a new CEO and […]

T-Mobile continues to emphasize the wireless industry’s need for simpler, more affordable wireless service plans. Its latest effort to address this need is a flat-rate Pay as You Go plan. Pay-as-you-go plans have historically been tricky to keep up with, since varying per-minute and per-text pricing made it unclear whether it was time to “reload” […]