Happy Friday! Because of next week’s Thanksgiving holiday, this will be the last Ask Paul for November. So let’s get the weekend started...
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Happy Friday! Because of next week’s Thanksgiving holiday, this will be the last Ask Paul for November. So let’s get the weekend started...
BY Paul Thurrott with 40 Comments
My Apple iPhone 12 arrived today, as expected, and so I’ve begun the arduous process of installing apps and configuring the new handset.
BY Paul Thurrott with 16 Comments
Google Nest Audio was announced last week during a virtual event alongside new Pixel handsets and the Chromecast with Google TV.
BY Paul Thurrott with 28 Comments
Last month, I reported that Microsoft appeared to be rebranding Bing to Microsoft Bing. Today, the software giant confirmed this change.
BY Paul Thurrott with 32 Comments
Seagate’s 1 TB Game Drive for Xbox Series X/s is now available for preorder at Best Buy if you’ve already run out of storage somehow.
BY Paul Thurrott with 29 Comments
LG is offering a unique take on folding and dual-screen smartphones, the Wing 5G, which features a second hidden screen.
BY Paul Thurrott with 27 Comments
Google is taking Android to 11 in the latest release, but there’s no real excitement or major new features to discuss, just continued evolution.
BY Paul Thurrott with 1 Comment
With the National Football League (NFL)’s first season under COVID starting this weekend, Microsoft is on hand to help out.
BY Paul Thurrott with 34 Comments
Thanks to rampant leaks, Microsoft has gone public with the Xbox Series S, exactly one week after I practically begged it to.
BY Paul Thurrott with 16 Comments
Toshiba this week confirmed that it has sold the remaining stake in its laptop business to Sharp and is formally exiting the PC market.
BY Paul Thurrott with 30 Comments
In the wake of its 7 nm disaster, Intel today announced that it would reorganize to accelerate its releases and improve focus and accountability.
BY Paul Thurrott with 15 Comments
Like other industry events, Microsoft Inspire is going virtual this year, and some new Microsoft 365 features are among the many announcements.
BY Paul Thurrott with 93 Comments
We're seeing a lot of self-doubt in the Windows community in the wake of Apple’s blockbuster Mac revelations this past week. But we're going to be fine.
BY Paul Thurrott with 8 Comments
Google has announced a major redesign of Google Photos that will roll out to the mobile apps over the next week.
BY Mehedi Hassan with 121 Comments
Mehedi is taking a break from Thurrott.com to join Qualcomm as a software engineering intern this Summer.
BY Brad Sams with 0 Comments
On this episode of First Ring Daily, a launch is happening, a web has won, and hairs were cut.
BY Paul Thurrott with 2 Comments
Minecraft Dungeons is available now on Xbox Game Pass, Xbox One, Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 4.
BY Mehedi Hassan with 3 Comments
Say hello to winstall, a website where you can browse all the apps available via the Windows Package Manager.
BY Paul Thurrott with 32 Comments
I’ve been writing about Microsoft for over 25 years, and there is nothing more fascinating about this company than its successful transition to the cloud.
BY Mehedi Hassan with 1 Comment
Microsoft is holding an event later this month to talk about Microsoft 365, productivity, and more. Don't expect any new hardware, though.
BY Mehedi Hassan with 18 Comments
Google's G Suite now has more than 2 billion monthly active users, but it won't reveal exactly how many of those are paid users, or how many just use Gmail.
BY Paul Thurrott with 15 Comments
Apple reported today that it earned $22.2 billion on record revenues of $91.8 billion in the quarter ending December 31.
BY Paul Thurrott with 3 Comments
Xbox Live Gold subscribers will gain access to four new games next month through Microsoft’s Games with Gold promotion.
BY Paul Thurrott with 18 Comments
With just weeks to go before Samsung launches its new Galaxy S20 lineup of flagship smartphones, the full specs have leaked.
BY Paul Thurrott with 1 Comment
Microsoft today revealed that A Plague Tale: Innocence, Children of Morta, and Gris are coming in the second half of the month.
BY Paul Thurrott with 8 Comments
Citing the “limits of [its] core finances,” Firefox maker Mozilla this week laid off 70 employees. And more layoffs could be on the way.
BY Paul Thurrott with 0 Comments
Today, Microsoft revealed the new titles that are coming to Xbox Game Pass for Console and PC in the first half of December.