Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is an award-winning technology journalist and blogger with over 25 years of industry experience and the author of 30 books. He is the owner of Thurrott.com and the host of three tech podcasts: Windows Weekly with Leo Laporte and Richard Campbell, Hands-On Windows, and First Ring Daily with Brad Sams. He was formerly the senior technology analyst at Windows IT Pro and the creator of the SuperSite for Windows from 1999 to 2014 and the Major Domo of Thurrott.com while at BWW Media Group from 2015 to 2023. You can reach Paul via email, Twitter or Mastodon.

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Nintendo Has Sold Over 80 Million Switch Consoles

Nintendo sold over 80 million Switch consoles through the end of 2020, putting it on…

Apple MacBook Pro (M1): Initial iPhone and iPad App Compatibility

One of the key benefits of Apple moving the Mac to its M1 chipset is…

2020 Was the Best Year Ever for Chromebook

Researchers from Canalys claim that hardware makers sold 30.7 million Chromebooks in 2020, the platform’s…

AppSheet is Google’s New No-Code Platform for Custom Apps

No code/low code environments like Microsoft’s Power Platform are all the rage these days, so…

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Ask Paul: January 29 (Premium)

Happy Friday, and happy end of January! Let’s get the weekend started early with another…

Samsung Reports Quarterly Earnings

Samsung reported this week that it earned an operating profit of $8.1 billion on revenues…

Vivaldi Makes It Easier to Manage Many Tabs

The Vivaldi web browser is taking a unique approach to management lots of tabs: It’s…

Epic Saw Big Game Store Success in 2020

The Epic Game Store saw historic growth in 2020, the firm says, and now has…

Microsoft Revamps Its Edge Feature Roadmap

Microsoft has maintained a feature roadmap for Edge since shortly after its public release last…

Report: Microsoft Soars with Teams, Struggles with Chromebooks in Education

At a company-wide all-hands meeting, Microsoft executives touted the success of Teams in education while…

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Apple by the Numbers (Premium)

Apple didn’t just post record revenues in the most recent quarter, it outperformed Microsoft by…

Windows 10 Version 20H2 Edges Up in Usage

Windows 10 Version 20H2 added three percentage points to its usage share figure for January,…

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Apple Posts Record Quarter

Today, Apple reported that it earned a net income of $28.76 billion on revenues of…

Google Finally Discusses iOS 14 App Store Changes

In a post aimed at its advertising customers, Google explains how Apple’s new app store…

Firefox 85 is Here, But Mozilla is Killing PWA Features

Mozilla released Firefox 85 this week, adding protections against so-called supercookies. But it’s also taking…

Microsoft Posts Mixed Results for Windows and Surface

With PC demand at a years-long high, Surface barely moved in the needle in the…

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