Jason Ward

Last week Microsoft sponsored my wife and me at its biggest Surface event ever, and it was amazing!

"No one wants Win32 desktop apps on a Surface 'phone.'"

Live Tiles have taken a lot of heat from Windows phone critics and blamed for Microsoft's mobile woes. But they're actually the best thing about the platform.

If Windows Phone fails, Microsoft's Phone Companion may ensure their success in mobile. If you can't beat'em, make'em join you.

Samsung's Infinity Flex Display confirms smartphones are tablet PCs and this is an opportunity for Microsoft.

Microsoft's end-to-end, ubiquitous computing approach is ambitious, and it may be too much for the company to handle.

Barring a recent Consumer Reports study condemning Surface, Microsoft's Surface and Windows 10-led PC strategy has been a success. There's reason to believe the company plans to expand that success to your pocket.

Microsoft's Rewards Program pays users to use Bing, but the masses don't know about it. That needs to change.

Microsoft's ambitious IoT and ambient computing vision is being crushed by Amazon on the home front.

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?

Windows 10 Mobile has effectively devolved into a mere testing ground for features destined for a future of full Windows on ARM devices, and Windows phone fans, you're the beta testers.

Microsoft could succeed in both the enterprise and consumer spaces if it had the will to follow-through on consumer investments.

Microsoft lost ground to Google in schools in the U.S., and MacBooks appeal to many college students. With Windows 10 S and the Surface Book, Microsoft is striking back. Here's how.

As Microsoft winds down its smartphone efforts in preparation for its next mobile attempt, many fans still want a Windows phone. But boy, are they getting difficult to find.

With AI dominating headlines, we hear a lot about neural networks and natural language processing. But what are they and why do they matter to us and Microsoft?

With Project Rome, Microsoft is turning Microsoft Cloud into a super OS for iOS, Android, Windows and millions of cross-platform apps.

Full Photoshop on iPad highlights Apple's progress in post-PC computing and Microsoft's failures to advance its Universal Windows Platform.

Microsoft is striving to make its Azure cloud platform the world's dominant computing platform, but in a multi-cloud world is Microsoft too Azure-centric?

In the wake of a rise in white supremacist activity, violence and a proliferation of hate, Silicon Valley must be decisive in its stance against hatred and the use of its platforms.

Looking deeper into Microsoft's ambitious #InsiderUp program's goal to make everyone, everywhere a programmer.

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?

Critics declared Microsoft's Windows phones dead long before its smartphones efforts actually failed. And they did so while the company was still actively "investing" in the phone-focused aspects of its mobile strategy.

What if Microsoft, Google, and Apple adopted one app standard? Progressive Web Apps may be that great equalizer.

Smartphone and PC makers both exploring the concept of folding phones and PCs suggests they may be converging on the evolving PC.

Microsoft's mission to help individuals and businesses to do more includes bridging the gap between the sighted and the blind.