Microsoft has sought to converge the power of Windows and the broader Microsoft cloud, apps, hardware, and services ecosystem on a pocketable telephony-enabled mobile device for years. With Windows 10X it is now technologically possible and with Android on Surface Duo necessary developer relationships may be attained.
Microsoft's pitting Surface Go against Apple's newest iPad in the education sector. Here are some pros and cons.
Folding PCs are here and potentially offer a range of versatility as desktop, journaling, gaming, creative and tablet devices. Sadly, Microsoft's smartphone failures may have done irrefutable damage to the increasingly important touch-and-app centric foundations that are important to its success in the age of modern mobile computing. Will the impact of a failing in smartphones forever...
Most people without disabilities ignore articles about accessibility because like a wheelchair ramp they're there but seem irrelevant to them. With one billion people living with disabilities and many disabilities being acquired through accidents, disease or aging, we'll all be touched by disabilities directly or by association. With the digital world becoming more integral to our lives...
Microsoft's ambitious #InsiderUp program's goal to make everyone, everywhere a programmer isn't just about being nice; it's part of Microsoft's master plan to make every company a "tech company" that uses its Azure cloud platform.
In a multi-cloud world Microsoft's determination to make Azure the de facto cloud service powering the world's computing is ominously similar to its fateful Windows-centric strategy of the past. As Microsoft had to adapt Windows as a cross-platform OS to co-operate with, not dominate, other OSes, it must do the same with Azure to work with other cloud services. After all - to users the...
Today is the eighth annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day where the focus is on the creators of our tech employing making sure its accessible to all. This is something Microsoft does 365 days a year.
Many Microsoft and Windows phone enthusiasts see Microsoft's cloud focus as a profit-driven obsession with little direct relevance to them. But the cloud is cooler, and more personally relevant than you think.
Microsoft is making a bold ethical stand for the responsible use of facial recognition tech - but it's not all about being the "good guy."
Microsoft's placing its Surface Andromeda folding pocket PC on the back burner angered fans, but may have avoided folding displays inherent weaknesses and the accompanying PR nightmare Samsung and its Galaxy Fold are experiencing.
Microsoft and Amazon are the world's leading cloud providers. Google's cross-platform, open source, hybrid cloud solution may have something to say about that.
Microsoft's cross-platform cloud strategy and open source development strategy democratizes tech, while its Autism Hiring Program is democratizing empathy.
Microsoft's Your Phone app strives to keep your phone in your pocket.
Microsoft's Augmented Reality headset, HoloLens, is headed to the battlefield to make U.S. troops more efficient. And not everyone is happy.
Black History Month is over. Here's how Microsoft highlighted the contributions of African Americans. Was it enough?
Folding phones are getting a lot of attention but Microsoft's HoloLens progress is moving holographic computing closer to the masses.
We share a lot of personal information in the name of convenience, but at what price?
As Microsoft struggles to maintain its personal computing relevance its Surface and HoloLens creators may be its secret weapons.
Microsoft failed with smartphones but is still pursuing mobile in three distinct areas.
Microsoft is committed to consumers. Just not in the way you may think.