by Surur
11 months
The fault for today’s failure with Windows Mobile can ultimately be laid at the feet of Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, who failed to nurture their mobile OS when it needed it the most. At the currently ongoing Recode Conferen...
by Surur
1 year
Ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer still disagrees with Microsoft’s current direction around their mobile business. As the outgoing CEO of Microsoft he forced the purchase of Nokia’s handset division in 2012, a deal which...
by Surur
2 years
Ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has revealed that at one point Microsoft made an offer to purchase Facebook for $24 billion. In an interview with CNBC he revealed Microsoft made the offer in 2010, when the company was still ‘...
by Surur
2 years
In an interview with Business Insider Steve Ballmer expressed some reservation about Microsoft’s efforts in Mobile. He noted that Microsoft was doing really well in the cloud, and was competing directly with Amazon, which ha...
2 years
This week, a lot of things happened in the Windows world. We had more Lumia 950 reviews coming in, and more fans started getting their hands on the Lumia 950 XL. This week we also had a lot going about Microsoft’s Universal ...
2 years
At Microsoft’s annual shareholder meeting, ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave some less than stellar feedback on Microsoft’s current practices and offered advice on how the company can turn their mobile business aroun...
by Surur
2 years
After nearly two years of leaving the CEO position at Microsoft, Steve Ballmer is still Microsoft’s biggest share holder, and at today’s Microsoft share holder meeting he shared some misgivings about the company’...
3 years
In an interview with Bloomberg, former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spoke about Amazon, Apple, Uber and more. When asked about Apple, Steve acknowledged that they have done a good job. He also said, “Microsoft will give them a go...
3 years
Steve Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft apparently owns 4% stake in Twitter. Ballmer currently owns LA Clippers, and he also owns 333 million shares in Microsoft — that’s roughly 4% of the company. Good job @twitter...
3 years
Most of us remember the Xbox 360’s Red Ring of Death saga. Xbox 360 hardware failed for most of the customers due to heating issues and Microsoft decided to replace them all which cost them in billions. Peter Moore who is no...
3 years
As part of the major senior leadership reorganization, Mark Penn is leaving Microsoft. Mark Penn is now founding a new company called Stagwell Group LLC that will invest in digital marketing services. It has raised $250 million in...
3 years
In an interview with Fortune, Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff revealed that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella allowed him to hire a key technical fellow and it became the foundation of the partnership between Microsoft and Salesforce. H...