I've been trying to set expectations for Andromeda accordingly. But there's something about this quirky and erstwhile product that makes fans forget the past. And the reality of the situation Microsoft is facing. Which is this: Microsoft, which has consistently failed in both mobile and hardware, is quietly working on a mobile hardware project called…

Last week's unexpected Groove news has triggered some latent feelings of remorse indignation from Microsoft's world-weary fans. I feel it too, even though I long ago resigned myself to the fact that Microsoft will never truly be serious about---or matter to---consumers. But we can collectively try and avoid these kinds of dead-ends and bad decisions…

Next week, I'll be meeting in Seattle with thousands of my closest friends at Build 2018. Here's what I expect Microsoft to discuss. And some things I'd love to see happen, too. Windows With the recent seismic changes to the Windows organization, Microsoft will surely try to settle raw nerves in the user and developer…

For the past few years, Google has been quietly working on a new operating system called Fuchsia which many believe could replace Android. Details remain thin, but the available information hints at some interesting possibilities. Like many of you, I've been curious about Fuchsia since the project silently showed up on Git in August 2016.…

Leo, Mary Jo, and I discuss Microsoft's email case at the Supreme Court, Apple v. Azure, PWAs and Flutter, and much more.

Google takes on React Native and Xamarin with its own cross-platform mobile UI framework.

Before the rise of preternaturally thin and light Ultrabooks, Lenovo’s T-series laptops represented the state of the art in mobile computing. But is it possible we’ve lost something important in the move to ultra mobility? To find out, I’m evaluating the new Lenovo ThinkPad T450s, a blast from the computing past that may still very…