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Microsoft's lack of developer support affects its entire ecosystem. The company may not be able to completely fix the app gap, but it has several tools it can use to address it.
Microsoft's Andromeda OS is one Windows for all device types. This single OS strategy is a philosophically different approach to computing than Microsoft's successful rivals.
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's commitment to loyal Windows phone fans has seemed ill-managed at best. Should Microsoft expect spurned fans to embrace its future mobile efforts?
Though Apple is often criticized for copying old tech, its improving of that tech makes all the difference.
I've been using Windows phones for 11 years. The Lumias 1020 and 1520 are currently my daily drivers. But my 1520 is dying and I have my eye's set on a Samsung Galaxy Note 8. Don't judge.
If the 'Surface phone' is real, partnerships, eSIM, edge computing and Windows 10 will be crucial to market positioning, "bypassing" carriers and creating unique experiences for ultramobile PCs.
Many people want Microsoft's mobile efforts to succeed. Others have lost hope. But can the strategy be objectively acknowledged and observed without an optimistic or pessimistic perspective?
Microsoft's is more than a tech company. It has had a profound global impact on cultures, communities, and governments around the world.
Without a smartphone, Microsoft's augmented reality (AR) efforts may be overshadowed by Apple's ARKit and Google's ARCore phone-based approaches.
As Microsoft winds down its smartphone efforts in preparation for its next mobile attempt, many fans still want a Windows phone. But boy, are they getting difficult to find.
It may not always seem like it, but Microsoft has a mobile strategy. It's been unsuccessful, but it's still more or less on track.
Live Tiles have taken a lot of heat from Windows phone critics and blamed for Microsoft's mobile woes. But they're actually the best thing about the platform.
Microsoft's Joe Belfiore said Windows 10 Mobile is for phone experiences. That doesn't contradict a full Windows on ARM on telephony-enabled pocket PCs vision, however.
In the wake of a rise in white supremacist activity, violence and a proliferation of hate, Silicon Valley must be decisive in its stance against hatred and the use of its platforms.
Windows 10 Mobile's death is bad on many levels. Still, much good may come of its demise.
Microsoft's Windows 10 and Surface-led PC strategy has been a success. So will the company leverage its PC forte and fill its mobile void with a telephony-enabled pocket PC? There's reason to be optimistic.
The next generation of adults, unconcerned about social and privacy issues, may readily accept smartglasses as smartphone replacements.
Today's children live in a world where computers are an integral part of life. To win the next generation tech giants have partnered with schools to teach children how to code.
Windows 10 Mobile failed, but the remnants of a plan where Windows 10 Mobile and full Windows on ARM coexist, Microsoft's post-smartphone strategy, endures.