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Steve Ballmer quits Microsoft board

Former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has resigned as a member of the company’s board, ending more than three decades of involvement in the world’s biggest software maker. Ballmer, 58, is still Microsoft’s top individual shareholder. He had initially remained as a director after handing the top job over to one of his deputies, Satya…

20 August 20146 February 2017 Stuart Microsoft, Software

Steve Ballmer finally admits his Microsoft failed in efforts to become smartphone giants

It's taken years for him to come out and say it, but Steve Ballmer, the outgoing Microsoft CEO, has admitted that the company missed the boat when it came to getting ahead in the smartphone race under his leadership. Speaking…

20 September 2013 Gerald Lynch Microsoft, Mobile phones, Tech Digest news

Microsoft's Ballmer calls Apple "controlling", Android "wild"

Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer has laid into his competition in the mobile space, calling Apple's iPhone and iPad ecosystem "highly priced" and "highly controlled", while he considers Android to be "wild" and "uncontrolled". Speaking to LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, a…

15 November 2012 Gerald Lynch Android, Apple, iPhone, Microsoft, Mobile phones, Tech Digest news, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 8

Microsoft confirm 4 million Windows 8 upgrades in a mere three days

Microsoft have confirmed that 4 million customers paid for an upgrade to the new Windows 8 PC operating system in just three days after the operating system became available. Speaking at Microsoft's annual BUILD conference, CEO Steve Ballmer said that…

31 October 2012 Gerald Lynch Microsoft, Tech Digest news, Windows 8

The 10 Richest People In Tech – Zuckerberg, Gates, Dell and more!

As if the fact was ever in any doubt, there's plenty of green to be made in technology, as proved by the stratospheric heights hit by the Facebook IPO, seeing the company valued at $104 billion. From bedroom start-up to…

18 May 2012 Gerald Lynch Facebook, Features, Microsoft, Round ups, Tech Digest news

Microsoft boast of 400 million Windows 7 sales, not so good WP7 numbers

Microsoft's annual Worldwide Partner Conference kicks off in Los Angeles today, and keynote-leading CEO Steve Ballmer was both his usual bullish self but also surprisngly frank when it came to discussing his firm's smartphone performance. The success of Windows…

12 July 2011 Gerald Lynch Microsoft, Mobile phones, Tech Digest news, Windows 7

Next-gen WP7 phones let users "do things they had never imagined" says Ballmer

Microsoft head honcho Steve Ballmer has been speaking at the 2011 Imagine Cup finals, talking up the "second generation" of his companies Windows Phone 7 handsets. While Windows Phone 7 was a bold move forwards from the Windows Mobile…

11 July 201110 January 2016 Gerald Lynch Mobile phones, Tech Digest news, Windows Phone 7

Windows 8 ready for tables and PCs in 2012 confirms Ballmer

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has confirmed that tablets and PCs will get their first taste of Windows 8 action in 2012. Speaking at the Microsoft Developers Forum in Japan, Ballmer stressed how Windows 8 was to be compatible with multiple…

24 May 201110 January 2016 Gerald Lynch Microsoft, Tech Digest news, Windows 8, Windows Phone 7

RIM back Bing for BlackBerry search

Bing is to become the new preferred search engine on RIM's BlackBerry devices, the company revealed at their annual BlackBerry World conference today. The move furthers the existing enterprise-focussed partnership between RIM and Microsoft, who will now work together to…

3 May 2011 Gerald Lynch BlackBerry, Mobile phones, Tech Digest news

Kinect to officially support PC and Mac soon?

Microsoft's Kinect Xbox 360 motion controller has got off to a blistering start, with sales rapidly outdoing Sony's Move and legions of new gamers being drawn to the console. In a somewhat unexpected turn of events, it's also attracting a…

18 January 201127 July 2021 Gerald Lynch Gaming, Tech Digest news

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Bluesky boss unable to give correct age limit for platform, Google forced to sell Chrome browser?

‘Black November’ gets off to slow start for e-commerce, research shows

Instagram to release algorithm reset feature, UK approves Google’s $2 billion Anthropic investment

Supersonic first from Dawn Aerospace, Astro Bot leads Games Awards nominations

Roblox to ban Under 13s from messaging others, Google to launch ‘Shielded email’?

Amazon takes on Temu and Shein with Haul, Spotify guns for TikTok and YouTube

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