Jason Ward

Microsoft's repeated consumer product failures could be indicative of a fatal flaw in the company's culture.

Microsoft's CEO has children with severe disabilities. Consequently, Microsoft's AI for Accessibility program is part of an empathy-driven mission to embrace people with disabilities.

Microsoft's cloud strategy reaches millions of low-wage consumers through their smartphones and an app called StaffHub.

As Microsoft's Cortana lags behind Google Assistant, Microsoft has partnered with Amazon to piggyback on Alexa's consumer success.

Microsoft 365 connects the consumer/professional to Microsoft's ubiquitous computing strategy.

Microsoft's and Qualcomm's 'Always Connected PC' messaging has been sync until poor early reviews. Now Microsoft's loyalty seems to be wavering.

Microsoft's recent reorganization highlights the company's cloud and 'intelligent edge' focus. Here's what the intelligent edge and its impact on the world.

For many Microsoft watchers, the company's cloud focus has set it on a course toward inevitable irrelevance. That's a profoundly misguided assessment.

Microsoft's recent reorg moves Windows from the forefront as Microsoft pursues an intelligent cloud-as-a-super-OS strategy that manages personal computing across platforms and devices.

Former Windows chief Terry Myerson and others weigh in on what killed Windows phones.

Microsoft is frequently in the headlines regarding its AI ambitions, but is there any real-world AI impact so far?

Smartphone innovation has stalled and tech companies are exploring folding device options. But folding must expand mobile computing capabilities, not just fold for folding sake.

Critics challenge Always Connected PCs practicality, eSIM and buying data as needed from Microsoft Store. But this computing evolution is ultimately about kids, not you.

Microsoft's mission to help individuals and businesses to do more includes bridging the gap between the sighted and the blind.

HoloLens creator Alex Kipman's outlook for 2018 suggests Microsoft's making his dream of a world where the digital and physical co-exist in three-dimensional space a reality.

How did Microsoft evolve the Surface and its marketing from the tablet that can replace your laptop to the most versatile laptop?

There have been many questions about the future of Cortana. Cortana Intelligence Institute cofounder Ryen White has some answers in this exclusive Q&A.

Microsoft's Cortana Intelligence Institute will teach Cortana proactively to do more for users. This strategy differs from rivals which primarily provide information or perform tasks on command.

In partnership with Qualcomm, Microsoft's Project Andromeda is ultimately meant to inspire a new category of connected pocketable PCs for everyone.

Microsoft says its committed to the consumer/professional and has the capacity to fulfill that commitment. So what went wrong?

Cortana's still alive and well, and Microsoft plans to bring 'her' and AI to everyone.

With Cortana's troubled future and Progressive Web Apps on the horizon, does Microsoft's bots strategy still have a future?

The smartphone spec wars have passed. The new war of ecosystems necessitates Microsoft devices have a differentiator. Enter Continuum.

Critics argue that Motorola's failed Atrix proves that Microsoft's attempts to turn a smartphone into a PC are doomed to fail. That is not the case. Allow me to project a bigger picture.