Latest articles by Jason Ward
Windows phone refugees may not find asylum on Android
Windows 10 Mobile's dying and Android phones and the iPhone are a Windows phone refugees only real options. Here's why they may want to pass on Android.
How Microsoft and Steelcase are building the workplace millennials will love
Millenials will comprise 40 percent of the workforce by 2020. So Microsoft and Steelcase are building workspaces that merge tech and design that these digital natives will love.
How Microsoft is helping other companies hire people with autism
Microsoft's cross-platform cloud strategy and open source development strategy democratizes tech, while its Autism Hiring Program is democratizing empathy.
Windows phone refugees may not find asylum on iPhone
Windows 10 Mobile's dying, and Android phones and iPhones are a Windows phone refugee's only real options. Here's why they may want to pass on the iPhone.
How Microsoft's technological and social impacts have changed the world
Microsoft's is more than a tech company. It has had a profound global impact on cultures, communities, and governments around the world.
What Microsoft means when it says 'cloud is the world's computer'
Microsoft's CEO said that the cloud is the world's computer, but what does that really mean?
Black History Month is over − this is what Microsoft did and didn't do
Black History Month is over. Here's how Microsoft highlighted the contributions of African Americans. Was it enough?
Microsoft's MIA Surface Andromeda pocket PC could have advantages over folding phones
Folding phones are exciting, but Microsoft's missing-in-action Surface Andromeda pocket PC could have brought more to the table.
Microsoft isn't trying to be cool, its 'empowerment' strategy is about making others cool
Many people bemoan Microsoft's lack of a "cool factor". But Microsoft isn't trying to be cool, its making others cool.
Why progressive web apps (PWAs) may ultimately benefit Google more than Microsoft
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 NFL partnership puts spotlight on Surface on and off the gridiron
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.
How Surface Go is paving the way to Surface Andromeda
Microsoft's mobile-focused Surface Go is paving the road for Surface Andromeda inferred Surface creator Panos Panay.
How Microsoft and Kroger plan to use the cloud to revolutionize the modern shopping experience
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 Surface Pro is a laptop no matter what anyone says
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.
With Pixel Slate, Google sets sights on Microsoft's Surface Pro
Google's Pixel Slate takes aim at Microsoft's Surface Pro's weaknesses and strives to match its laptop strengths.
WhartonBrooks should target Windows phone USERS with Cerulean Moment — not fans
Last Friday, March 31, we exclusively reported new details on WhartonBrooks's first Windows phone for Windows phone fans: the Cerulean Moment.
A Windows phone diehard FINALLY embraced Android — here's how it's going so far
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.
President Trump may have saved Microsoft's mobile future (seriously)
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.
How Microsoft is trying to reduce the environmental impact of its cloud
Behind the bright screens of our devices hides the dark environmental impact of the data centers that power Microsoft's cross-platform cloud efforts.
Microsoft's ambitious end-to-end computing strategy may be more than it can handle
Microsoft's end-to-end, ubiquitous computing approach is ambitious, and it may be too much for the company to handle.
Microsoft has everything it needs to succeed with consumers, except follow-through
Microsoft could succeed in both the enterprise and consumer spaces if it had the will to follow-through on consumer investments.
Microsoft, Apple, Google, and today's kid coders
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.
'Connecting Black History to a Microsoft Future' honors company's African-American employees
This year Microsoft ran its first installment of Connecting Black History to a Microsoft Future, an initiative that honors its African American employees and their contributions.
