What is striking about Satya Nadella is the almost yogic energy, intensity and confidence he exudes as he strides into his office at the Microsoft headquarters in Seattle, US. Wearing a casual black T-shirt, dark blue jeans and sneakers with padded heels, Nadella, 50, looks superbly fit as he settles down for a chat with India Today. Like his wiry frame, his jawline carries no excess baggage or bulge. With […]
As Facebook chases business and enterprise customers for its popular instant messaging and voice calling app WhatsApp, Microsoft may have just beaten the social juggernaut to the punch. On Wednesday at an event in New Delhi, the Skype-owner launched Kaizala, a messaging app designed to ‘get work done’ that has already garnered interest from several state governments and businesses in India. A messaging app in 2017 ought to do more […]
Microsoft today announced that it is acquiring LinkedIn for $196 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at $26.2 billion, inclusive of LinkedIn’s net cash. Jeff Weiner will remain CEO of LinkedIn, and he will report directly to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. “The LinkedIn team has grown a fantastic business centered on connecting the world’s professionals. Together we can accelerate the growth of LinkedIn, as well as Microsoft Office 365 […]
The Internet’s coolest kids hung out together for the most impressive picture we’ve seen in recent times. That’s what this photo from the Internet Industry Forum at Microsoft’s main campus in Redmond, Washington feels like. Maybe less cool and more iconic, though. The picture puts together the World Wide Web’s most powerful names – the top CEOs and founders – Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Alibaba’s Jack Ma, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, Apple’s […]
Microsoft booked an $8.4 billion charge in the fourth quarter, swallowing a bitter pill by writing off the Nokia phone business it bought just over a year ago. It narrowly beat analysts’ depressed expectations for a quarter that also saw a steep decline in personal computer sales even as it prepares to launch its latest operating system, Windows 10. The Redmond, Washington-based software giant posted a net loss of […]
New York: A 13-year-old Indian-origin boy, who invented a low-cost portable Braille printer, is now working with technology giant Microsoft to integrate it with Windows to make it easily accessible to the visually-impaired and plans to launch it commercially in November. Shubham Banerjee, an eighth-grade student in Santa Clara, California was invited by Microsoft to showcase his Braigo 2.0 printer at a tech fair organised by the company here. “Our […]
SAN FRANCISCO: The bull run in Microsoft’s stock this past year has helped the tech giant surpass Exxon Mobil and seize the rank of the second most valuable company, behind Apple Inc. Under new CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft has worked to overcome its reputation as a clumsy behemoth struggling to keep up with new tech trends and consumer habits. Nadella has cut expenses — and jobs — while pledging to […]
It’s almost official! Microsoft is in the process of replacing the Nokia brand name with Microsoft Lumia. The rebranding exercise will start with France with the company’s regional social network accounts set to being renamed from Nokia to Microsoft Lumia. It communicated the same via a Facebook post. Nokia France’s Twitter account also posted a link to the post. Following the post, the Redmond giant confirmed the move to […]
Microsoft has finally unveiled the next and most promising iteration of Windows OS – Windows 10. Wait, wasn’t the last not-so-popular OS named windows 8, and so going by the leaks and nomenclature the next iteration should ideally be Windows 9? Well, Microsoft has conveniently skipped a generation and jumped on to Windows 10 instead. But, why? According to Geek, when asked why the next iteration is called Windows 10, […]
Dear Satya, As I approach the six month mark of my retirement and your appointment as CEO, I have been reflecting on my life, my ongoing ownership of Microsoft stock, and my involvement with the company. I have reached some conclusions and wanted to share them with you. I know August is the key month during which the company starts to prepare the proxy statement for the next shareholders’ meeting, […]
