Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is an award-winning technology journalist and blogger with 30 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

American Airlines to Offer Free Apple Music Streaming for Subscribers

Apple Music subscribers will be able to stream music from the service for free over…

A $350 Billion "Contribution" to the U.S. economy? No

Apple Says It Will Lower iPhone Prices in Certain Markets

Apple CEO Tim Cook said last night that his firm would tackle declining iPhone sales…

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The State of iPhone (Premium)

This has inadvertently turned into a big week of iPhone news and commentary. But I…

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Apple Quarterly Earnings Report Includes a Huge iPhone Shortfall

Apple's iPhone revenues dropped by an alarming 15 percent, much worse than the overall smartphone…

Gmail is Getting a UX Makeover on Mobile

In a bid to calm the fears of Inbox users, Google today announced a major…

Roku Channel Adds Premium Subscriptions

Striking ahead of Apple’s widely-expected video service, Roku has added premium subscriptions to its own…

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Is the iPhone XR Unfairly Maligned? (Premium)

It’s been the best-selling iPhone since it launched in October. But the iPhone XR is,…

Microsoft Hosts Yet Another Xbox One Sale

It’s increasingly obvious that no one should ever pay full price for an Xbox One…

Report: Windows 10 Version 1809 Usage Doubles

The Windows 10 October 2018 Update has finally started rolling out in significant numbers.

Huawei MateBook 13 First Impressions

Modeled after the stunning MateBook X Pro, the MateBook 13 offers similar quality in a…

Report: App-Based Video Service Revenues Hit $1.3 Billion in 2018

Mobile app users in the United States spent over $1.3 billion in 2018 on video-on-demand…

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Actually, Steve Jobs Did Want Us to Use Our iPhones Like This (Premium)

An editorial about smartphone obsession is well-intended, but it gets the history of Steve Jobs…

Firmware Updates Hit Surface Laptop 2, Surface Go LTE

Microsoft has released big sets of firmware updates for both Surface Laptop 2 and Surface…

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Digital Decluttering: High-Speed Photo Scanning (Premium)

Thanks to a reader suggestion, digitizing my mountain of paper-based photos suddenly seems a lot…

Office 365 to Use OneDrive as Default Save Location Going Forward

The core Office 365 applications will use OneDrive as your default Save location, starting with…

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Ask Paul: January 25 (Premium)

Happy Friday! Here’s the final “Ask Paul” for January. As always, thanks for the thoughtful…

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