Jason Ward

Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella was changed after he became a parent to a son with severe cerebral palsy. The empathy that changed him also changed Microsoft. Here's why.

Microsoft has been aggressively driving accessibility in products and services through its inclusive-design mission. And 2019 may be the year inclusive design goes mainstream.

Microsoft says Surface Pro is the most versatile laptop. Senior Editor Zac says its a tablet. I think it's a laptop and here's why.

Google's Pixel Slate takes aim at Microsoft's Surface Pro's weaknesses and strives to match its laptop strengths.

Last Friday, March 31, we exclusively reported new details on WhartonBrooks's first Windows phone for Windows phone fans: the Cerulean Moment.

After 12 years of using Windows phones, Windows Central Columnist and Window phone enthusiast Jason Ward has switched to Android. Don't believe it? Read his first-hand account for yourself.

U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order blocking Broadcom's takeover of Qualcomm just may have saved Microsoft's mobile future and cellular innovation. Here's how.

Behind the bright screens of our devices hides the dark environmental impact of the data centers that power Microsoft's cross-platform cloud efforts.

Apple's powerful new iPhones are positioned to shift how we think of smartphones. These "mini tablet PCs" may suggest the time is right for Surface Andromeda.

Many people bemoan Microsoft's lack of a "cool factor". But Microsoft isn't trying to be cool, its making others cool.

The hybrid web-app solution, progressive web app, is touted as the possible solution to Microsoft's app gap; but it may do more good for Google than for Microsoft.

Microsoft's Surface and NFL partnership shows the power of Surface on the field and off, in the personal lives of many of its top players.

Microsoft wants MacBook-loving college students to switch to its new Surface Laptop. But is the company's marketing team ready to take on Apple?

Microsoft's iOS and Android investments aren't a new mobile strategy to replace Windows Mobile; they're what's left of an ambitious multi-platform mobile effort.

Black History Month is over. Here's how Microsoft highlighted the contributions of African Americans. Was it enough?

Folding phones are exciting, but Microsoft's missing-in-action Surface Andromeda pocket PC could have brought more to the table.

Microsoft's Azure Cloud talk seems boring and mundane, but it's actually where all of the action is.

Microsoft's AI-driven camera technology recognizes people, places and objects via millions of cameras already in use. Is a hyper-surveillance dystopia our future?

Microsoft's mobile-focused Surface Go is paving the road for Surface Andromeda inferred Surface creator Panos Panay.

Microsoft's and grocery chain Kroger's pilot collaboration is merging the traditional and digital shopping experience in interesting ways that may be setting the tone for the future.

Microsoft's end-to-end, ubiquitous computing approach is ambitious, and it may be too much for the company to handle.

Microsoft could succeed in both the enterprise and consumer spaces if it had the will to follow-through on consumer investments.

Microsoft lost ground to Google in schools in the U.S., and MacBooks appeal to many college students. With Windows 10 S and the Surface Book, Microsoft is striking back. Here's how.

Microsoft is striving to make its Azure cloud platform the world's dominant computing platform, but in a multi-cloud world is Microsoft too Azure-centric?