In a recent interview, Bill Gates confirmed that he uses an Android phone and not an iPhone. Everything else in the billionaire’s rotation is based on Windows. What phone Gates uses has always been a mystery. Microsoft, which he co-founded and currently advises, doesn’t have a healthy platform for mobile devices. Many times the company has tried (and failed) to bring Windows to mobile...
Microsoft has announced the immediate departure of Windows executive Steven Sinofsky. Julie Larson-Green, who has worked at Redmond-based company since 1993, will now take control of Windows software and hardware engineering, while CFO Tami Reller will be in charge of Windows business. Microsoft did not give a reason for Sinosfky’s sudden and surprising departure, which comes less than...
When Paul Allen and Bill Gates were simply childhood friends who shared a mutual passion for programming, neither imagined that one day they would be running a multinational corporation and technology monolith. Throughout the years, the relationship between the two well-known figures has been painted as being cordial, fueled by the shared desire to change the world through computer-...
In a keynote address at the mHealth Summit, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates proposed a solution to a problem that has been facing health administrators for as long as anyone can remember. Registering births, and having parents be diligent about vaccinating children, has been a concern, especially in developing countries, and Gates believes he may have a high tech solution. Gates...
There is no question that since Bill Gates stepped down from the CEO position of Microsoft that he has gone on to do some really great charity work. When you're one of the richest men in the world, you can do that, but I think it also gives you a somewhat myopic view of the world. You have all of the money you could ever possibly need, so much so that you can afford to give it away,...