Smart Home

Heading home from Seattle and reflecting on this week's Build conference, I'm struck by the…

In a future in which the entire world is a computer, we need a more…

Google announced today that its Google Assistant is now compatible with over 5,000 smart devices,…

Amazon today announced a new Echo Dot aimed at kids and a new version of…

To date, Google's podcast strategy has amounted to adding podcast support to Google Play Music.…

Bill Gates once remarked that Windows was the most versatile software that the world had…

Amazon announced this week that it is opening up Alexa skills creation to non-programmers via…

Most of the privacy reporting these days is focused on Google and Facebook because these…

Activision announced this week that it has released a beta set of Call of Duty…

Contrary to various reports, Microsoft will indeed charge a licensing fee for Azure Sphere. Is…

Microsoft had good reasons to choose a Linux core for its Azure Sphere OS. Was…

Google today announced new versions of its fun "AIY"---read as "DIY AI"---project kits for the…

Microsoft's Azure Sphere represents the confluence of several big themes we've discussed here on Thurrott.com…

Amazon is bringing a popular Google Home feature to its Echo speakers.

Ambient computing is the "next wave" of personal computing. But what role can Microsoft play…

Routines represent the second-generation of the digital assistant era, where we move past simple command/response…