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Google's Home Hub smart display spotlights another Microsoft failure
By Jason Ward published
In 2016, we learned of Microsoft's Home Hub plan to turn Windows PCs into Cortana-powered "smart displays." Google's Home Hub is Microsoft's Home Hub dream that never happened.

Microsoft and GE enter major partnership centered on Azure and IoT
By Dan Thorp-Lancaster published
Microsoft and GE are forming their "largest partnership to date," focused on Industrial IoT solutions and the Azure cloud.

Azure IoT Edge exits preview, now generally available
By Dan Thorp-Lancaster published
Microsoft's Azure IoT Edge is now generally available as the company turns towards the future of edge computing.

How Microsoft is shaking up fashion with Mixed Reality, AI, and IoT
By Matt Brown published
We visited the "Future of Fashion Incubator," which shows how Microsoft’s future-facing technologies can have an effect on fashion, and the wider world.

Every smart home device that works with Cortana
By Richard Devine published
Cortana isn't just a useful assistant on your phone or PC, it can help you control your entire home. If you want to feel like you live in the future, these are the products you'll need.

If Microsoft is the 'platform for everything,' does it really need a phone?
By Jason Ward published
Before smartphones, Windows was the platform for virtually all personal computing.
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