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Smart Speakers Point to Our Ambient Computing Future
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Today’s Smart Speakers Point to Our Ambient Computing Future (Premium)

Ambient computing is the next major wave of personal computing, and smart speakers are how…

The Andromeda Strain
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The Andromeda Strain (Premium)

Microsoft will probably ship Andromeda sometime in 2018. Given recent events, we should reset our…

Microsoft is Offering a Customized Samsung Galaxy S8 for Preorder

Samsung Set to Unveil Galaxy S9 Next Month, Foldable Phone in 2019

Samsung's Galaxy S9 to debut next month at Mobile World Congress. Bixby 2.0 is also…

Too Little Too Late, Microsoft Voices Support for Cortana
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Microsoft Denies That Cortana is Dead (Premium)

After a year of near silence on the topic, Microsoft claims that it is expanding…

Google Assistant Now Supports Over 1 Million Actions

Google Assistant now supports over one million actions, which are essentially things the Assistant can…

Google Reveals its Assistant Hardware Partners for 2018

With CES underway in Las Vegas, Google has announced a stunning list of partners that…

Here Come the Intel-Powered Always-Connected PCs

A month ago, we thrilled to news of new Qualcomm-powered Always-Connected PCs. But that was…

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Digital Assistants Loom Large Over CES, But Where is Cortana? (Premium)

I've just arrived in Las Vegas for CES 2018 but the biggest story of the…

Google Unifies Its Payment Platforms, Introduces Google Pay

Google is getting rid of Android Pay and Google Wallet as it launches a new,…

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Death By A Thousand Digital Assistants (Premium)

With every new piece of hardware having a digital assistant crammed inside, we are about…

Thinking About Web Browsers and Stickiness
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Thinking About Web Browsers and Stickiness (Premium)

An experiment over the weekend provided a good example of why stickiness matters so much…

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The Ghosts of CES Past (Premium)

I attend CES in Las Vegas with many misgivings, though it's something I've been doing…

Microsoft Surface Book 2 Review

Microsoft Surface Book 2 Review

Surface Book 2 is a portable workstation, a gaming rig, and a productivity monster. Few…

Microsoft Releases Meltdown and Spectre Patch for Surface Devices

Microsoft releases updates to the Surface UEFI to protect customers against the new CPU vulnerabilities…

Paul's Tech Makeover: Here's to a Smarter 2018 (Premium)
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Paul’s Tech Makeover: Here’s to an Even Smarter 2018 (Premium)

In 2017, we moved to Pennsylvania and underwent what I think of as Phase 1…

Will a High Volume Strategy Win the Smart Speaker Market?
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Will a High Volume Strategy Win the Smart Speaker Market? (Premium)

Microsoft's high volume, low-cost strategy was the winner in the PC market. But will it…

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