Jason Ward

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.

Microsoft has been aggressively driving accessibility in products and services through its inclusive-design mission. And 2019 may be the year inclusive design goes mainstream.

Microsoft's introduction of Windows 10 S finally gives developers a compelling reason to invest in Project Centennial and the Universal Windows Platform (UWP).

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

Microsoft's "best on Windows" promise may be unfolding via its Surface family and cloud collaboration.

If the Surface phone is a PC Microsoft can market it based on its PC strength without facing the hurdles in the smartphone space.

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!

We all love certain products. But a company's prospects of success aren't limited to the one business segment you embrace. We all need to understand each company's mission.

Every leader brings their unique personality to the position. And that personality has a profound impact on the direction of a company.

When Microsoft cut its smartphone business, it cut the advantages those innovations may have added to its AI and mixed reality efforts.

Companies, governments, policymakers and citizens have a lot of work to do to ensure AI doesn't reflect the worst of humanity.

2018 is a blank slate. Here are my predictions about how the tech industry will fill the year.

Samsung's Galaxy Fold was hit by early display issues and is now delayed — was Microsoft wise in not playing its foldable pocket PC Surface Andromeda card so soon?

Many factors contribute to a company's success. Some of those factors can be measured and quantified. Others, however, are intangible yet permeate an organization to its very core.

With Apple's consumer-focused AR strategy, Microsoft's HoloLens and Windows Mixed Reality may be overshadowed. But media-focused HoloLens for home, targeted at consumers, could turn the tide.

Whenever Gartner releases its latest smartphone market share numbers, the expected decline in Windows phone market share is followed by the expected, "Windows phone is dead!" mantra.

Microsoft's Joe Belfiore said Windows 10 Mobile is for phone experiences. That doesn't contradict a full Windows on ARM on telephony-enabled pocket PCs vision, however.

Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella has stressed the Continuum feature in Window Mobile's importance in relation to Microsoft's mobile strategy.

The WhartonBrooks story is that of a Windows phone fan who started a company to make phones for other Windows phone fans. After nearly three years of struggle, "the Moment" has arrived.

Many people want Microsoft's mobile efforts to succeed. Others have lost hope. But can the strategy be objectively acknowledged and observed without an optimistic or pessimistic perspective?

Apple is poised to refresh its not-as-popular-as-they-used-to-be iPad tablets.

Microsoft failed with smartphones but is still pursuing mobile in three distinct areas.

The next generation of adults, unconcerned about social and privacy issues, may readily accept smartglasses as smartphone replacements.

Ambient computing has its benefits, but as the world becomes more connected we also become more vulnerable to attacks from hackers.