Michelle Maisto

Sprint wants to merge with T-Mobile, and as early discussions proceed, T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom is insisting that a $1 billion breakup fee be put in the contract, assuring it’s well-taken care of for its troubles, should regulators prevent the deal from going through. The Wall Street Journal reported the news May 9, citing […]

There’s little doubt that Apple is planning to introduce some type of health and fitness solution, whether a device, software, a platform or all three. The question is the scale of the impact such a solution—coming from a company that’s proven it can change the behaviors and expectations of people around the world—might have. For […]

Apple revolutionized the digital music industry, if not arguably created it, with the iPod and iTunes. That industry has since taken on a life of its own, though, and to keep up, Apple is said to be considering a bit of outside help in the form of a $3.2 billion acquisition of Beats Electronics. The […]

FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel has called for the Federal Communications Commission to delay its current May 15 plans to address new rulemaking around net neutrality, the term for an Internet that treats all traffic equally. The issue is a contentious one and has grown more so amid reports that new FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is […]

Top Problems Plaguing the Five Most Popular Smartwatches by Michelle Maisto Top Issues With the Martian Passport The award-winning Martian Passport is the most watch-looking of the smartwatches and was an early industry favorite. But users aren’t without gripes. The top two issues with the Passport, each named by 25 percent of survey participants, are […]

Apple emailed iPhone 4S users May 8 to tell them, “It’s a beautiful time for an upgrade.” Users who “step up” to an iPhone 5S or 5C could receive a $199 credit when they “recycle” their current iPhone, Apple explained. Customers can also recycle their old iPhones by mailing them in, in exchange for an […]

While a majority of enterprises have moved away from full BlackBerry handset deployments and now support a variety of platforms, they may be wise to allow BlackBerry to keep supporting all of their devices, a new study commissioned by the company suggests. BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 (BES10) is the most cost-effective enterprise mobility management (EMM) […]

By June, AT&T business users may begin taking advantage of the User-Defined Network Cloud the company introduced in February, giving a formal name to what it’s calling its “network of the future.” Marian Croak, AT&T’s senior vice president for Domain 2.0 Architecture and Advanced Services Development, said AT&T is in the first year of a […]

Business Tablets Address Security, User Preferences by Michelle Maisto Intel Focusing on Android While Android is the leading smartphone OS, security concerns have made it a less popular tablet option among IT decision makers. Hector Llorens, platform manager for business tablets at Intel, said the company is “about choice” and has been focusing on making […]

Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Ebay, Twitter and Microsoft are among 149 Internet-based companies that signed a May 7 letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler, expressing their support for a “free and open Internet” and their concern over upcoming changes to the rules that govern the World Wide Web. The online innovations of the […]