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Microsoft's new "tech Intensity" push is about assimilating companies into its Azure-as-the-world's-computer vision. Resistance is futile.
Microsoft's ambitious IoT and ambient computing vision is being crushed by Amazon on the home front.
Microsoft's ambitious personal computing plan,from cloud computing to always connected PC's, rests on the advent of 5G networks.
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.
Microsoft's and rivals cloud platforms are reliable, powerful and always available...until they're not.
Microsoft investments in risky future-focused technologies may be a setup for success or irrelevance.
Microsoft Learning Tools is a Hackathon-birthed set of tools that helps people with reading and writing. Soaring 100,000 to 13 million users in one year its impact is profound!
Microsoft's universal touch strategy makes Apple's touch-less Macs but touch-centric iPads and phones look broken and confused.
Many people bemoan Microsoft's lack of a "cool factor". But Microsoft isn't trying to be cool, its making others cool.
Microsoft's says Surface Go is for everyone. Here's why it's particularly great for businesses.
Microsoft's Immersive Reader is helping millions of people with Dyslexia learn to love reading and is equipping school with the tools to help readers of all levels succeed.
Google's rumored dual-boot Windows and Chrome Campfire Chromebook strategy may be bad news Microsoft.
Microsoft's inclusive design efforts need to include Sign Language recognition. And it has the technology to make it happen.
Google markets Chromebooks as more secure, simpler to use, and easier to maintain than Windows PCs. But Android apps on Chrome may have changed things.
Microsoft's pitting Surface Go against Apple's newest iPad in the education sector. Here are some pros and cons.
Surface Go may bring the right combination of fun, quality and productivity to make it "cool" enough for consumer success.
The tablet market has been in decline for years, so why is Microsoft betting on Surface Go?
Microsoft's belief that devices should conform to users may be a forward-looking perspective its rivals are missing.
Microsoft's mobile-focused Surface Go is paving the road for Surface Andromeda inferred Surface creator Panos Panay.
Progressive web apps are perceived to be Microsoft's best chance of eliminating its app gap. Unfortunately, Microsoft's partnership with Google in developing PWA standards may help Google make Chrome and Android a greater threat to Windows.