Tech tidbits from around the web: Kangaroo releases Mobile Desktop Pro, Microsoft Groove app is now "truly universal," the Minecraft generation, Google Play Podcasts is finally happening, Google launches Live Cases for Nexus 5X and 6P, more.

Windows phone fans who wish to use Continuum for phones to run desktop applications today can do so via a remote desktop app. But there are a few other options, including some that will ship as part of the Windows 10 Anniversary update in mid-2016.

In Windows Weekly 456, Leo Laporte, Mary Jo Foley and I discuss Microsoft's blockbuster announcement about SQL Server on Linux, Windows 10 Redstone 2 delays, new Windows 10 builds for Insiders and commoners alike, whether Microsoft should buy Slack, and the cancellation of Fable Legends.

Happy Friday! Let’s kick off the weekend a bit early with a great set of reader questions. Not surprisingly, many of you are wondering about the same topics I am. Don’t worry, be happy madthinus asks: I want to take you to task, oh dear, an Angry Dear Paul letter! Gulp. Twice now you have…

Happy Friday! Let's kick off the weekend a bit early with another blockbuster edition of Ask Paul with some terrific reader questions. What reviews? Leo_W asks: Typically your computer reviews revolve around laptops. Do vendors offer you the opportunity to review desktops? No, not typically. And I'm sure this is tied to the sales data…

Leo, Richard, and Paul discuss new PCs and PC chipsets at CES 2023, Windows 11, Microsoft 365, AI, Xbox, and so much more.

Happy Friday! Well, it's another monster Ask Paul this week, thanks to a great set of reader questions. Let's jump in. Consultant mindset TheJoeFin asks: I was chatting with a friend about how consultants can frequently be toxic to a product by taking on tech debt then leave before they have to deal with it.…

Happy Friday from Mexico City! Here’s another lengthy installment of Ask Paul with some great reader questions to help kick off the weekend. Ray Ozzie sabertooth920 asks: Please, speculate on what the modern Microsoft would look like had Ray Ozzie not left (and been given the authority)?  In hindsight, he looks a lot wiser and…

Happy Friday and Hola from Mexico City! We’re heading out to the canals of Xochimilco with friends this afternoon, but let’s first kick off the weekend with another great set of reader questions. After last week’s explosion of writing---sorry about that---I tried to rein it in this week. Tried. Exclusivity sabertooth920 asks: I guess only…

As a long-time Microsoft follower, it’s fascinating watching the software giant return to its anticompetitive roots. Indeed, it’s almost a welcome relief after several saccharine years of the feel-good Satya Nadella era. Almost. Naturally, the company’s competitors are not greeting this reversion with anything close to joy. Instead, these victims can only hope and pray…

Happy Friday, and welcome to the final installment of Ask Paul of 2022. So let’s kick off the weekend, and the New Year, with some great reader questions. How old is too old? andrew b. asks: A videographer friend of mine has a mostly base model Mac Pro 5,1 that is still his one and…

In 2022, my More Mobile setup helped me discover a problem with 12th-Gen Intel Core chipsets and USB-C hubs or Thunderbolt docks. Several months into this fiasco, this very real problem has otherwise gone unreported elsewhere, still, and PC makers are apparently trying to quietly fix it via firmware updates; perhaps the 13th-Gen or future…

Leo, Mary Jo, and Paul Edgegate, Microsoft Teams Essentials, Windows 11, and Xbox, and we take a bunch of listener questions.

In honor of the late Donald Rumsfeld, I’d like to address what’s happening with the Windows 11 hardware requirements, at least right now in this slice of time. As we’ve already seen, and as we’re no doubt going to experience repeatedly going forward, things are going to change. The problem, of course, is Microsoft’s inability…

Happy Friday, and welcome to this earlier- and slightly shorter-than-usual Ask Paul. I’m hoping to head out early for a long weekend away. This will be our first getaway since the pandemic began one year ago, and hopefully is just a fitful start to more travel as 2021 progresses. Next NUC wdodwell asks: Hi Paul…

Apple’s new M1-based Mac Mini has held up well in early testing, with excellent software and hardware compatibility and performance. Well, with one exception.