This old dog is regularly learning new tricks, even though I find change as difficult as just anyone, I bet. Part of it is the job: I feel like I can't legitimately claim that "x is better than y" if I don't keep checking in on "y" to make sure things haven't changed. So one…

I've long recommended that Microsoft should release its own Android handsets. But you don't need to wait for that.

It's an epic tale of highs and lows, of Project Fi support dropping the ball, and of me finally figuring it all out for myself.

I often write about the transition that Microsoft is undergoing and how the world's biggest software maker aims to become a major force in cloud services for its next act. But this strategy's impact on Microsoft's consumer customers is rarely discussed. The benefits of subscription services are well-understood: For a low monthly or annual cost,…

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer this week expressed regret that he didn't make the software giant a "world-class hardware company." Steve, please. You did the right thing. Our desire to rewrite our personal histories is natural: We all have that one moment we wish we could take back or handle differently, that one retort we…

In a blatant PR stunt that should please no one, Apple this week invited only the friendliest of bloggers to its Campus this week to assure them that they remain committed to the Mac. Which is notable for a number of reasons. First, in that this is the first time it's ever done such a…

As you may know, I'm in Hannover, Germany this week for CeBIT, and will be heading to Berlin at the end of the week for some time off. Here are a few quick notes from the road.

Microsoft has been promising to integrate Windows 10 PCs with our Android smartphones since early 2016. We're still waiting.

2016 was an amazing year. And one way to prove that is to look back at my top tweets from each month of 2016.

Tech tidbits from around the web: Dell introduces XPS laptops with Windows 10 in new colors, Tim Cook casts his vote for AR over VR, the Pixel Launcher is a thing, and I make fun of terrible headlines.

Spotify this week said that it now has 40 million paying subscribers, up from 30 million in March. That means that the music subscription service is growing well over twice as fast as its closest competitor, Apple Music.

Microsoft announced that it will ship new versions of its Microsoft Authenticator app to "all mobile app stores---Android, iPhone, and Windows 10 Mobile---on August 15. This new app will combine the functionality from two previous authenticator apps and will work with both consumer Microsoft accounts and business-focused Azure AD accounts.

Google's Project Fi is a near-perfect reinvention of what a wireless carrier can and should be, a great service with reasonable and fully transparent pricing. The one major issue is that it only works with a small selection of Nexus handsets and devices.

Tech tidbits from around the web: Opera attacks Microsoft's Edge battery claims, figuring out what kind of TV you need for Xbox One S and HDR gaming, the user base for Microsoft Wallet with Tap to Pay is tiny, more.

On Monday, Apple announced iOS 10 and released the first beta version of its next mobile OS. I'm not brave enough to install iOS 10 Beta 1 on my daily-use iPhone, but I did install it on my iPad mini 3. Here's what I've seen so far.

Tech tidbits from around the web: Microsoft delivers Starbucks add-in for Outlook, Sony PlayStation VR launch set for October 13, Rhapsody rebrands itself as Napster, Nintendo belatedly offers new Zelda, more.