A look at Microsoft in the 2010s
Microsoft seemed to spend the 2010s as a quieter company versus its 90s and 00s self. The 2010s has seen the rise or dominance of: other rivals (Apple, Facebook, etc.); the Chrome web
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Favorite articles roundup for the week of July 26, 2019
Back in late 2015, I tried writing favorite article roundup posts for a very short while. The idea is similar to that of an email newsletter: I list some links to articles on
Microsoft announces new Xbox console due late 2020, other Xbox news
E3 (or Electronic Entertainment Expo), the big annual video game conference, is going on this week in Los Angeles. Most of the big video game producers either announced new products this week, released
Microsoft releases the discless Xbox One S All-Digital Edition; is it worth it?
Microsoft’s recently launched a version of the Xbox One S without a disc drive. The “Xbox One S All-Digital Edition,” as it’s wordily called, comes with the
A look at the world's most popular websites
The world’s most popular websites online include the usual suspects, such as Google and Facebook. However, they also include Russian and Chinese sites. And yes, pornography is also popular. The infographic
How do the Big Five tech companies earn most of their income?
The Big Five tech companies (Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft) have different means of earning income. Here’s a look at how each of these tech giants make money. Amazon Statista
Whatever happened to Microsoft and Blackberry's mobile presence?
A few years ago, I wrote about how Android and iOS came to dominate the mobile device space. There’d been a lot of changes since 2009, when I bought my first
Microsoft announces Windows 10 S to take on Chrome OS
Some time ago, I wrote about how Google’s Chrome OS is now the most popular OS used in American schools. In the past, Microsoft’s tried to compete with Chromebooks,
The six most valuable public companies in 2006 versus 2016
Much has changed in both technology and in the business world since 2006. A decade ago, the smartphone boom hadn’t started, Apple started its MacBook series of laptops (replacing the previous
LinkedIn is worth $26 billion... who knew?
Earlier this week came surprising news that Microsoft’s bought LinkedIn, the social network aimed at professional networking and job hunters. The social network is apparently worth $26.2 billion, with Microsoft