Steve Ballmer, MicrosoftCEO, 51st, $15.2 billion. Page, now CEO, and Brin debuted on the Forbes 400 together in 2004 tied at $4 billion and I believe have been consistently at the same net worth level since on Forbes’ annual list of the richest...
The acquisition of Yammer underscores our commitment to deliver technology that businesses need and people love," said MicrosoftCEOSteve Ballmer. Microsoft has confirmed that it will acquire social network Yammer in a $1.2 billion cash transaction.
After you conduct a search, let’s say for MicrosoftCEOSteve Ballmer, look below the Wikipedia entry. There, you’ll see a play button next to a link to “Steve Ballmer - Watch the Qwiki”. Bing’s search results now feature Qwikis – short, captioned...
In the not-so-distant past, we’ve seen a hard-coded Bing Easter Egg declaring Google “more evil than Satan himself;” the Hiybbprqag honeypot drama, and MicrosoftCEOSteve Ballmer’s declaration that Google is just copying Bing.
According to its Facebook page, Maker Studios talent includes: Ray William Johnson, Kassem G, ShayCarl, Nice Peter, LisaNova, Animonster, and Steve Greene Comedy. The Picture Show is an exciting opportunity to incubate new stories, talent and...
Back in October, MicrosoftCEOSteve Ballmer hinted at a Siri rival coming out of their camp when he discussed Windows phones with John Battelle at Web 2.0 Summit. It wasn’t clear at the time (and still isn’t) to which Microsoft product Ballmer was...
These brands are getting a “cheap” deal overall but are often missing a vital point – as Honda CMO Steve Center has said, “If you grind the margin out of your agency you will get a marginal agency. Left behind in search by Google, lacking a CEO...
The comments come after revelations in the recently released Steve Jobs biography that the former Apple chief executive was outraged at what he saw as a blatant copy of iOS and threatened "thermonuclear war" with Google over the issue.
MicrosoftCEOSteve Ballmer took the stage at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco for the first time in three years to talk Bing vs. It wasn’t an inspiring endorsement by the company CEO. Microsoft Propelling Manufacturers for Windows 8 Device...
Google engineer Steve Yegge posted a from-the-heart, no holds barred, balls to the wall indictment of Google’s failings in planning, launching, and developing the Google+ social media platform. Yegge’s rant wasn’t limited to Google, though; he...
MicrosoftCEOSteve Ballmer also posted a statement: Steve Jobs, Apple cofounder and former CEO, has died at the age of 56 after a long battle with cancer. Style and simplicity the hallmarks of the Steve Jobs era at Apple
Steve Ballmer, MicrosoftCEO, $13.9 billion. Other familiar names of note on the Forbes 400 list include Apple’s Steve Jobs (39th, $7 billion) and Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn co-founder (293rd, $1.5 billion).
Despite public criticism for losses posted by Microsoft's Bing, some of which even extended to calling for CEOSteve Ballmer to be replaced, the company isn't likely to let go of their search engine any time soon.
SEW Q Microsoft and RIM Form Alliance by Thom Craver MicrosoftCEOSteve Ballmer announced what Bing called a "new alliance" between the two companies to help their "joint customers" make better decisions.
MicrosoftCEOSteve Ballmer was on hand and on stage at RIM's annual Blackberry World event. Microsoft's main man announced what Bing called a "new alliance" between the two companies to help their "joint customers" make better decisions.
In an open letter from Nokia CEO Stephen Elop and MicrosoftCEOSteve Ballmer, it was announced that: Nokia will adopt Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 as its primary operating system, which means Bing will become the default search engine on all Nokia...
During the Microsoft keynote Wednesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, CEOSteve Balmer noted "everyone who is enjoying Kinect knows that today it listens to your voice, and tracks your body, but what about your facial expressions?
During the Microsoft keynote Wednesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, CEOSteve Balmer noted "everyone who is enjoying Kinect knows that today it listens to your voice, and tracks your body, but what about your facial expressions?
The nature of Steve Balmer and Dick Costolo's "discussion wasn't known, but the two companies have both declined comment, hinting that it was business and not simply a personal discussion. The Twitter CEO had previously worked at Google as an...
Apple's Steve Jobs Rants About His Competitors: 'Open Doesn't Always Win' - paidContent Google CEO Eric Schmidt makes no secret that he wants "people to be more logged into Google. One day after Yahoo reported its Q3 earnings and Yahoo's board...