Strike one you're out
Lightning strikes Microsoft's cloud, puts Azure's fallibility on blast
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Microsoft's and rivals cloud platforms are reliable, powerful and always available...until they're not.
Warditorial
No guts no glory
Microsoft's riskiest (and most exciting) investments in the future
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Microsoft investments in risky future-focused technologies may be a setup for success or irrelevance.
The cats out of the bag
Microsoft's 'Learning Tools' sees huge growth, but have you heard of it?
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Microsoft Learning Tools is a Hackathon-birthed set of tools that helps people with reading and writing. Soaring 100,000 to 13 million users in one year its impact is profound!
Can't touch this
Microsoft's universal take on 'touch' tech makes Apple's look terrible
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Microsoft's universal touch strategy makes Apple's touch-less Macs but touch-centric iPads and phones look broken and confused.
It's ok to be uncool
Microsoft isn’t trying to be trendy, it’s trying to make others cool
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Many people bemoan Microsoft's lack of a "cool factor". But Microsoft isn't trying to be cool, its making others cool.
Business end of Surface Go
3 good reasons why Surface Go is great for businesses
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Microsoft's says Surface Go is for everyone. Here's why it's particularly great for businesses.
Reading is fundamental
See how Microsoft tackles Dyslexia head on with Immersive Reader
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Microsoft's Immersive Reader is helping millions of people with Dyslexia learn to love reading and is equipping school with the tools to help readers of all levels succeed.
Kumbuya
How Google's rumored 'Campfire' dual-boot Chromebooks may burn Microsoft
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Google's rumored dual-boot Windows and Chrome Campfire Chromebook strategy may be bad news Microsoft.
Signs of the times
Microsoft's Windows and Cortana absolutely must learn sign language
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Microsoft's inclusive design efforts need to include Sign Language recognition. And it has the technology to make it happen.
Progress at a cost
3 ways Android apps make Chromebooks more like Windows PCs
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Google markets Chromebooks as more secure, simpler to use, and easier to maintain than Windows PCs. But Android apps on Chrome may have changed things.
Schooling the competition
Why the Surface Go is better for students than the iPad (and why it's not)
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Microsoft's pitting Surface Go against Apple's newest iPad in the education sector. Here are some pros and cons.
Chillin' with Go
Surface Go 'cool factor' will be crucial to its success
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Surface Go may bring the right combination of fun, quality and productivity to make it "cool" enough for consumer success.
For leisure and everything else
How Microsoft's Surface Go could buck the declining tablet trend
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The tablet market has been in decline for years, so why is Microsoft betting on Surface Go?
Swiss army computing
Microsoft's unique vision: Hardware and software should conform to the user
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Microsoft's belief that devices should conform to users may be a forward-looking perspective its rivals are missing.
The most mobile Surface - for now
How Surface Go is paving the way to Surface Andromeda
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Microsoft's mobile-focused Surface Go is paving the road for Surface Andromeda inferred Surface creator Panos Panay.
With PWAs everyone progresses
Why PWAs may ultimately benefit Google more than Microsoft
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Progressive web apps are perceived to be Microsoft's best chance of eliminating its app gap. Unfortunately, Microsoft's partnership with Google in developing PWA standards may help Google make Chrome and Android a greater threat to Windows.
HoloLens is the apple of our eye
Microsoft's HoloLens evolves in shadows as Apple's ARKit makes public leaps
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This year Apple made strides with ARKit while Microft's HoloLens is also prepping for new advances. So how do the two AR strategies measure up in 2018?
Weighing the cost
Why Microsoft's Surface 'Andromeda' is critical to the Windows ecosystem
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If Surface Andromeda is canceled, Microsoft has an ever-growing presence on iOS and Android, but is it enough?
Nothing ventured nothing gained
How Microsoft's Surface Andromeda pocket PC could disrupt the market
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Microsoft boasted its Andromeda-inspired PC category would be disruptive. Here's how.
Best on Windows...finally?
How Surface and Azure are making Microsoft experiences best on Windows
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Microsoft's "best on Windows" promise may be unfolding via its Surface family and cloud collaboration.