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Scott Forstall to replace Steve Ballmer
Yep, it’s April Fools Day ya’ll. This just in. According to Digitimes, some well placed informants within the upstream supply chain also have a close ear to some heated discussions happening within the executive suite at Microsoft. Ever since Scott Forstall was ousted by Tim Cook at Apple, Microsoft’s leadership have been keen to enlist Forstall’s services […]
Continue reading...Taylor Swift’s “I knew you were trouble” featuring Steve Ballmer
Monday, March 4, 2013
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You may have seen many of user edited spoofs of Taylor Swift’s popular song “I knew you were trouble.” In particular, this one featuring goats is great. Also great is this one put together by The Verge and featuring none other than Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
Continue reading...What say you on the iPhone, Steve Ballmer?
Friday, June 29, 2012
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Five years ago today, Apple introduced the iPhone and completely changed the smartphone landscape forever. The iPhone’s place as a revolutionary product is secure and undisputed, but looking back, not everyone thought it had much of a chance. To wit, this now famous video of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer quickly dismissing the iPhone’s chances for […]
Continue reading...Microsoft employees leave during Steve Ballmer speech
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
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Well this certainly doesn’t sound too promising for the morale of the troops in Redmond. During Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s speech to Microsoft employees at the company’s annual retreat, Microsoft employees reportedly began leaving in droves, mid-speech no less.
Continue reading...Microsoft: Protecting the Windows monopoly at all costs
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
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Microsoft’s tablet strategy remains in shambles. The HP Slate was essentially a bust on arrival, only to be followed up by the news that HP was abandoning Microsoft altogether in light of its $1.2 billion acquisition of Palm and its heralded WebOS. So what’s Microsoft to do? It’s not working on an iOS style version […]
Continue reading...Microsoft debates overzealous retail expansion; Ballmer convinced “to hold back”
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
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One of the integral components of Apple’s resurgence under Steve Jobs has been the company’s retail strategy. Though the ubiquity of Apple retail stores may make it easy to forget, it really wasn’t all that long ago that Apple products were hard to find, and often displayed haphazardly in stores like CompUSA and Office Depot where store […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt garner high CEO approval ratings, Steve Ballmer and Carol Bartz not so much
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
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An anonymous survey taken by Glassdoor.com recently compared CEO approval ratings in 2011 against approval ratings from 2010.
Continue reading...Ballmer sells $2 billion worth of MSFT stock
Saturday, November 13, 2010
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Don Dodge writes via Reuters: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is selling 75 million shares of his Microsoft holdings netting $2 Billion. By selling the stock before the end of the year Ballmer saves $100 million in capital gains taxes. Capital gains tax rates are expected to rise to 20% next year from the current 15%. After […]
Continue reading...Is Steve Ballmer delusional?
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer may not be the best in the biz, but the more we see of him, we kinda like the guy. That said, his take on Apple and the tech industry is often pretty skewed, if not downright delusional. To wit, here’s Ballmer talking about Windows Phone 7 and the value people […]
Continue reading...Steve Ballmer envisions Microsoft collecting royalties on every Android device sold
Monday, October 4, 2010
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Late last week, Microsoft sued Motorola alleging that it’s lineup of Droid smartphones, which make use of Google’s Android OS, infringe on a number of Microsoft’s patents pertaining to synchronization of data such as email and contacts, along with patents which cover how applications are notified of changes in signal strength and battery power. Microsoft, […]
Continue reading...Ballmer on Apple and the iPad: “They’ve sold more than I’d like them to sell”
Friday, July 30, 2010
Say what you will about Ballmer, but one thing he isn’t is boring. During Microsoft’s annual meeting with financial analysts yesterday, Ballmer took some time to address Microsoft’s position regarding tablets while touching upon Apple’s sudden and successful entry into the market. “Apple has done an interesting job,” Ballmer said. “They’ve sold more than I’d like […]
Continue reading...If Ballmer were to show up at WWDC [Spoof Video]
Thursday, June 3, 2010
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It didn’t take long for Microsoft to dispell a wacky rumor that Steve Ballmer was going to give a short presentation at next week’s WWDC. But if Ballmer did show up, it might look a little something like this.
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Monday, April 1, 2013
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