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Find out how these two devices stack up

Unless you've been living under a rock or disconnected in some other way from the rest of the world, you know that Apple's iPad has become a mainstay in the technology world. No matter where you go, it seems there's someone toting an iPad, talkin...

A year ago, a trusted source at Microsoft told me to expect a "flood" of iOS apps from the software giant in 2011. That deluge never materialized ... until now. In the past weeks, Microsoft has released an amazing array of iOS apps, including...

For the past week, I've been using an iPhone 3GS with iOS 5 as my primary handset. And when my recently ordered iPhone 4S arrives, I'll give that a similar vetting. But I have to be honest: After 15 straight months of using Windows Phone, going...

Say what you will about Apple's latest iPhone--yeah, it's the tech equivalent of a punt--but the software that drives it, called iOS, is mature, reliable, and full-featured. As the basis for the iPad and iPod touch, too, iOS is installed on...

Apple dominates the digital media market in the same way that Microsoft dominates personal computing and Google dominates online search. The word dominance conjures various definitions, but in this case, feel free to apply the most far-reaching...

Paul Thurrott analyzes two Apple products

Microsoft Corporate Vice President Joe Belfiore unleashed a few tweets on Twitter in the wake of Apple's WWDC 2011 keynote address, accurately flagging the features in the upcoming release of iOS that directly copy features already available in ...