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.
Paul Thurrott’s Recent Posts
EU Questions Google Rivals About Fitbit Acquisition
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- Jul 02, 2020
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The European Commission has sent out questionnaires asking Google’s rivals whether its Fitbit acquisition would…
Lenovo Flex 5G First Impressions
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- Jul 02, 2020
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Powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx 5G compute platform, the Lenovo Flex 5G is the…
About That New Start Menu (Premium)
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- Jul 02, 2020
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It’s been a tough month for Microsoft fans. Between Apple’s blockbuster Mac announcements and the…
Microsoft Improves OneDrive for Consumers and Businesses
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- Jul 01, 2020
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Microsoft today announced a sweeping set of improvements to its OneDrive cloud storage service for…
Xbox Game Bar Update Gets a Widget Store, New Widgets
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- Jul 01, 2020
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Delivering on its promise to bring extensibility to the Xbox Game Bar, Microsoft has added…
Master 365: Getting Started with Power Automate (Premium)
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- Jul 01, 2020
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Microsoft’s Power Automate platform helps you create automated workflows that react to events in multiple…
Here are the First Xbox Game Pass Titles for July
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- Jul 01, 2020
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Today, Microsoft unveiled the games that subscribers to Xbox Game Pass for console and PC…
Spotify Adds a Premium Duo Subscription for Couples
- Paul Thurrott
- Jul 01, 2020
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Spotify has added a Premium Duo Subscription for couples in 55 markets, complementing its individual…
Report: Apple Shifts Gears on Arcade
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- Jul 01, 2020
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With no real hits in its game service collection, Apple is shifting its strategy for…
Automatic Edge Rollout to Expand to Education, then Businesses
- Paul Thurrott
- Jun 30, 2020
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Four weeks after Microsoft began automatically deploying Edge via Windows Update, it is updating its…
Microsoft Launches Global Skills Initiative
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- Jun 30, 2020
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In an effort to combat the economic impact of COVID-19, Microsoft is launching a global…
Windows 10 Version 2004 Makes Its First Usage Share Appearance
- Paul Thurrott
- Jun 30, 2020
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The latest version of Windows 10, called 2004, is now in use on 7 percent…
Amazon CodeGuru Is Now Generally Available
- Paul Thurrott
- Jun 30, 2020
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced today that its CodeGuru toolset for web developers is now…
Amazon Brings a Prime Video App to the Microsoft Store
- Paul Thurrott
- Jun 30, 2020
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An Amazon Prime Video app is now available for Windows 10 in the Microsoft Store.…
Microsoft Suspends Advertising on Facebook
- Paul Thurrott
- Jun 29, 2020
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Two separate reports state that Microsoft has stopped advertising on Facebook’s services because it publishes…
Windows Insider Switches to Channels Today
- Paul Thurrott
- Jun 29, 2020
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Two weeks after it announced the change, Microsoft is switching the Windows Insider program from…