On this episode of First Ring Daily, Microsoft spends big on Nuance, Pixel 5a may not be here, and doing math on a Monday is not advised.

Microsoft announced today that it will acquire AI software maker Nuance in an all-cash deal valued at $19.7 billion.

With its OnePlus 9 Series handsets, OnePlus has finally vaulted into the upper echelon of premium smartphones alongside Apple and Samsung.

Some will be amused by this, and I suppose some will even be outraged. But there is just something special about the new iPad Air.

DuckDuckGo announced yesterday that it has updated its web browser extension to block Google's new FLoC tracking method in Chrome.

Multiple rumors erupted today that Google would be forced to cancel the Pixel 5a because of component shortages. But that’s not the case, Google says.

Happy Friday! Here’s another great set of reader questions to kick off the weekend a bit early so we can enjoy this Spring weather.

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Apple says the iMessage part out loud, chicken restaurants, and steamrolling it into the weekend.

On this episode of the Sams Report, OneDrive goes 64bit, Teams has new links, and Game Pass continues to prove its worth to developers.

I’ve often said that Apple’s ecosystem is a one-way, dead-end street, and now that theory has been proven true by the company’s own executives.

Microsoft will reportedly announce Surface Laptop 4 on April 27, and the PC’s (European) prices and specifications have leaked.

Microsoft is now offering a preview of the 64-bit version of OneDrive for Windows for anyone who wishes to test this long-overdue update.

After skipping out on the 2020 rendition of its annual developer show because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Google I/0 is back for 2021.

Just three months after it launched its SmartTag Bluetooth tracker, Samsung announced a new version, SmartTag+, that also supports Ultra-Wideband technology.

Mikah Sargent, Mary Jo, and Paul discuss Microsoft's OpenJDK preview, Windows 10 changes, Surface Laptop 5 confirmed, cloud outages, and much more.

On this episode of First Ring Daily, apps are on the move, Apple has a new search tool, and Paul tells a story about Tim Cook.

Following this morning’s rumors about Paint heading to the Store, Microsoft confirmed that news and will also update Snipping Tool that way.

Just over one year ago, Microsoft announced the consumer versions of Microsoft 365. Today, the firm discussed several features it’s recently added to the subscriptions.

Apple announced today that it is expanding its “Find My” services to third parties, starting with Belkin, Chipolo, and VanMoof next week.

All signs are pointing to a virtual Surface event sometime soon, and now Microsoft’s support website notes the existence of Surface Laptop 4.

In 2017, Microsoft announced that it was going to move Microsoft Paint into the Microsoft Store so that it could be updated more frequently.

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Paint is about to land in the store, Rust is playing with Android, and a friendly reminder that today is Wednesday.

While most people associate Java and maybe Kotlin with Android, the low-level parts of the mobile OS are written in C and C++.

This is a bit earlier than usual, but Microsoft today announced several new titles that will come to Xbox Game Pass in the middle part of April.

This is when a review gets personal, when my mind narrows from its focus on the greater user base to what kinds of problems the product might solve for me.

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Google wins in court, we dive too deep into the warm waters, and a Razer laptop has been reviewed.