Could today be a good time to ask for a pay rise? Microsoft boss Satya Nadella apologises for “karma” gaffe October 10, 2014 If you're a woman working at Microsoft, today might be a good day to ask for a pay rise. Yesterday the company's chief executive Satya Nadella had to issue an apology after he said women seeking pay rises should rely on karma, rather than asking their boss. During an event for women [...]
Windows 10: Microsoft launches new operating system to succeed Windows 8 September 30, 2014 Microsoft has unveiled its latest version of Windows, the catchily named Windows 10. The new operating system from the PC pioneer succeeds the not so successful two-year-old Windows 8. Microsoft has apparently discarded the Windows 9 name to signify just how big the leap between the old and new OS really is. Windows 10 resurrects [...]
Uber finally launches native Windows Phone app July 24, 2014 Uber has at last re-launched its Windows Phone app after it was pulled last year. In 2013, the official Uber app was withdrawn from the Windows Phone Store after customers realised the app simply offered access to Uber's mobile site. The San-Francisco based firm said: "Previously, Windows Phone users accessed Uber through our mobile site, but [...]
Three industries that will be hit by the death of Windows XP April 8, 2014 Today Microsoft drops update support for Windows XP, the incredibly popular operating system it launched nearly 12 years ago, meaning any future bugs or security flaws discovered will never be fixed… This shouldn’t affect the majority of businesses who have upgraded to Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8, but for the nearly 30 per cent [...]
Hotmail to hit the trash as Microsoft rebrands its email August 2, 2012 Hotmail has become something of a bad joke among the tech community, lacking the polish or technological nous of rivals like Google’s Gmail. Now, as Microsoft prepares for its biggest product overhaul since Windows 95, it is ditching the name in favour of “Outlook.com” and revamping the interface to tie in with its new Windows [...]
Yahoo snubs fresh bid from Microsoft July 14, 2008 Internet firm Yahoo this weekend angrily rejected an audacious proposal to sell its search business to software giant Microsoft and hand control of the rest of the company to shareholder Carl Icahn. Icahn and Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer are pressurising Yahoo in a desperate bid to oust the board and to remove chief executive [...]
Microsoft in bid to oust Yahoo board July 8, 2008 Steve Ballmer is willing to reconsider an offer for Yahoo – but only if the board goes Software giant Microsoft is willing to reopen talks to buy internet firm Yahoo, it said yesterday – but only if dissident investor Carl Icahn’s attempt to oust the board is successful. Microsoft broke off negotiations to acquire the [...]
How to create a new Microsoft and dominate the marketplace July 1, 2008 Bill Gates left Microsoft last week after 33 years dominating the age of PC computing. He got a couple of things right. First of all, when a contemporary, said there would only ever be a couple of computers in the world, Gates saw that in fact it would be a high-volume, low-margin business. Secondly, he [...]