Too many irons?
Why Microsoft's personal computing strategy may be more than it can handle
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Microsoft's end-to-end, ubiquitous computing approach is ambitious, and it may be too much for the company to handle.
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breaking it down
What Microsoft means when it says ‘cloud is the world's computer’
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Microsoft's CEO said that the cloud is the world's computer, but what does that really mean?
Building a workplace for digital natives
How Microsoft and Steelcase are building a millennial-friendly workplace
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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.
Empathy-driven inclusion
Microsoft's AI for Accessibilty program: What it is, and why it's important
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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.
Power shift
How cellular PCs will shift carriers in Microsoft's favor
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As cellular PCs bring the most prolific desktop OS to the cellular roadmap and gives users more flexibility with carrier choice, Microsoft will gain more power with carriers. Microsoft's telephony-enabled pocket PC will benefit from this shift.
Just trying to help
Microsoft's inclusion efforts have earned it a prestigious award
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Microsoft has been working hard to promote inclusion both in its workforce and products. The prestigious Helen Keller achievement award is a rare honor that acknowledges those efforts.
What app gap?
Why Microsoft's new mobile device category may not have an app gap
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Microsoft's app gap is a problem 5G, Progressive Web Apps and more advanced processors may be able to solve.
Looking more likely every day
Will Windows phone fans finally get the device of their dreams?
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Microsoft may deliver its folding mobile device in 2018. Here's why I have remained convinced of Microsoft's mobile strategy.
Hey Cortana should I get an Echo?
Choosing between Amazon Echo and Microsoft Invoke
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So you're a Windows gal. (Or guy.) Do you really have to get an HK Invoke instead of an Amazon Echo? Well, that depends.
Who's watching our backs
Hackers are looking forward to our fully connected future
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Ambient computing has its benefits, but as the world becomes more connected we also become more vulnerable to attacks from hackers.
Innovating a treatment
Microsoft's Project Emma helps tackle Parkinson's Disease
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There are millions of people living with Parkinson's Disease. With Emma Watch and Project Emma, Microsoft is seeking to innovate symptom-relieving treatments.
A new mobile effort
How I turned my Samsung Galaxy S8 into a Microsoft phone
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Microsoft loves mobile, as long as you're using an iOS or Android device. In fact, turning your Android into a Microsoft centric phone is pretty easy.
It happened right before our eyes
The mini tablet market is alive and well in your pocket
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In 2007, Apple put a tablet in people's pockets: the iPhone. And, yes, the iPhone is a tablet, albeit a mini one.
That's one pricey phone
Let's be honest, no one really needs a $1,000 smartphone
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Smartphone prices are skyrocketing to accommodate technology costs. But the we way we use smartphones hasn't really changed. You have to wonder, is a phone like the iPhone X worth the asking price?
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future focused
How Microsoft plans to remain relevant in an always-connected future
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Microsoft and Qualcomm visions are to provide the industry with the tools to create new technologies. How do the visions of these two companies work together in anticipation of the next shift in computing?
He can't help it
Does Microsoft's CEO hate the things you love, or just inefficiency?
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Microsoft's Satya Nadella has axed thousands of jobs and several products and services since becoming CEO in 2014. His particular personality type may be at the core of his decisive pursuit of efficiency.
Take note
It's time for Microsoft to release a new pen-focused Surface Mini tablet
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In 2014, Microsoft canceled a pen-focused Surface Mini tablet due to lack of differentiation. With Core OS, Windows Ink, Whiteboard and cellular PCs, things have changed.
One OS for all form factors
'Windows Core OS:' Microsoft positions one OS against Apple, Google
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Microsoft's Andromeda OS is one Windows for all device types. This single OS strategy is a philosophically different approach to computing than Microsoft's successful rivals.
empathy is power
How a CEO's empathy for his son with cerebral palsy transformed Microsoft
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Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella was changed after he became a parent to a son with severe cerebral palsy. The empathy that changed him also changed Microsoft. Here's why.