Microsoft
Microsoft is a devices and services company based in Redmond, Washington – a city about 16 miles east of Seattle. Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Traditionally a software company at heart, Microsoft dabbled in hardware with computing peripherals like mice and keyboards before going all in with the Surface line of tablets. The pending acquisition of Nokia’s handset unit will further add to Microsoft’s future plan to be a devices and services company.
Microsoft has many products in both the consumer and enterprise space. Most consumers are familiar with Microsoft through their operating system Windows, their office software suite Microsoft Office, their home entertainment consoles Xbox, and their mobile operating system Windows Phone.
Microsoft rose to power in the 90’s thanks to its operating system Windows and its office software suite called Microsoft Office. In the early 00’s Microsoft cracked the living room by launching the original Xbox. The Xbox has now seen three generational entries, with the Xbox One being Microsoft’s answer to the eight generation of gaming consoles.
Windows and Office continue to be a large part of revenue for Microsoft, but their future plans have shifted from a “computer on every desk” to “mobile first, cloud first”. Microsoft is investing heavily in their Azure, their cloud computing platform that will be the backbone of what they do for the next generation of computing.
Windows, Windows Phone, Office, Azure, Azure, Surface, and Cortana are all at the heart of what Microsoft’s future will focus on.
Latest about Microsoft
"We've shifted the responsibility of extracting relevant context for software engineering tasks from developers to the AI agents": Microsoft's AI-based framework turns developers to overnight 'mere supervisors'
By Kevin Okemwa published
END OF THE ROAD Generative AI claims more jobs, rendering well-versed professionals into supervisors.
Microsoft's OneNote experience is natively available on the Apple Vision Pro with support for Copilot and 2FA to follow
By Kevin Okemwa published
take note Microsoft ships OneNote to Apple's Vision Pro.
Microsoft veteran designer Ralf Groene retires from the Surface department after 17 years of service
By Kevin Okemwa published
ALL THE BEST Ralf Groene retires from Microsoft as Corporate Vice President of Design, Windows, and Devices.
Microsoft and OpenAI bet $100 billion to free themselves from the shackles and overreliance on the world's most profitable semiconductor chip brand for AI chips
By Kevin Okemwa published
NVIDIA FREE Microsoft and OpenAI want to become self-sufficient and satisfy their own computational needs.
YouTuber nostalgically ports 'thousands of apps' from Microsoft's Graveyard to Windows 95
By Kevin Okemwa published
BLAST FROM THE PAST In a 51-minute-long video, YouTuber MattKC documents how he ported "thousands of apps" back to Windows 95. He embarked upon the process by backporting the .NET Framework to Windows 95.
Microsoft's Bill Gates is worried about losing his job to AI, though it could potentially present a 3-day workweek opportunity
By Kevin Okemwa published
WIN SOME, LOSE SOME While speaking to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman during an episode of his Unconfuse Me with Bill Gates podcast, the Microsoft founder expressed his concern over AI taking his job.
Microsoft reportedly pitched DALL-E AI image generation technology for military use without OpenAI and against core policies: "We were not involved."
By Kevin Okemwa published
DALL-E COMBAT Microsoft reportedly proposed the tool to the US Department of Defense during a training seminar in October 2023. The tool can "create images to train battle management systems."
Windows 11 Start menu's performance is "comically bad" says ex-Microsoft Senior Software Engineer despite using a sophisticated $1,600 PC that meets stringent minimum requirements
By Kevin Okemwa published
COMICALLY BAD Windows 11's Start menu is encountering annoying performance issues, amid plans to pump more ads to the platform.
"Microsoft’s security culture was inadequate and requires an overhaul" says Cyber Safety Review Board following a "cascade of security failures"
By Sean Endicott published
A cascade of errors
Here's how a German Microsoft software engineer's 'curiosity and craftsmanship' saved the world's internet from the 'most widespread and effective backdoor ever planted in any software product'
By Kevin Okemwa published
WIDESPREAD ATTACK A software engineer's resourcefulness and curiosity saved the world from a severe cyber attack during the Easter holiday.
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