On this live edition of First Ring Daily, Google goes the way of Apple, SMBs are a point of discussion and a little extra cash for Brad.

It looks like Google is fully committed to copying Apple as much as possible, and whether it’s for good or for bad.

Happy Friday! Here’s an early start to the weekend and a look ahead to a new week that will be my first time off since the pandemic began.

On this edition of the Sams Report, Microsoft had Ignite, they also bought a Bethesda, and Amazon enters the streaming arena.

As it does every September, Amazon today unleashed another amazing collection of Alexa-powered smart home devices.

Amazon's new game streaming service, Luna, is about to launch for $5.99 a month.

For the first time in over five years, I won’t be purchasing one of Google’s fall handset releases. And no, it’s not because it’s not a real flagship.

As a preview of what we can expect when Microsoft buys Bethesda, Doom Eternal is coming to Xbox Game Pass on October 1.

Leo, Mary Jo, and Paul discuss Microsoft's Bethesda acquisition, a metric ton of news from Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft 365, and Xbox.

Seagate’s 1 TB Game Drive for Xbox Series X/s is now available for preorder at Best Buy if you’ve already run out of storage somehow.

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Ignite has happened, a group is again Apple, and Teams is getting bigger.

Microsoft’s new Xbox Family Settings App for Android and iOS can help parents manage their children’s gaming activities.

Epic Games, Spotify, Tile, and several other companies have banded together to take on Apple and its unfair App Store policies.

Today, Microsoft explained the many improvements it’s made to the new Edge web browser since its initial release back in January.

Windows Insiders in the Dev channel received a new build today that adds a feature called Meet Now to the Windows 10 taskbar.

Google announced today that its Flutter app development toolkit can now be used to create native Windows applications.

Samsung today unveiled the Galaxy S20 Fan Edition (FE), which brings the best of its Galaxy flagships at more affordable prices.

On this episode of First Ring Daily, Sonic is green, Paul sleeps on a calendar, and it's still a busy month.

Opera today announced Opera 71 for desktop and Opera 60 for Android, both of which support completely redesigned sync capabilities.

In a surprising development, Lenovo announced today that it will offer Ubuntu Linux preinstalled on ThinkPad laptops and ThinkStation desktop PCs.

Apple’s Swift programming language is available now on Windows for the first time, six years after it debuted on Apple’s platforms.

Mozilla announced the release of Firefox 81 today, which a colorful new theme called Alpenglow that works with both dark and light modes.

While most small businesses have adapted to remote work by now, it’s time to get more out of the tools for which we’re already paying.

Understanding what you get with Microsoft 365 is key to taking full advantage of the value provided by this solution. But new features are added all the time.

Google announced today that it has released Android 11 for Android TV, about two weeks after it shipped on mobile.

Today is the day that many Xbox fans have been waiting for, pre-orders opened up for delivery on November 10th. But if you are reading this and hoping to get in on the action, you may need to take a seat.