The short list of potential candidates to succeed Steve Ballmer as Microsoft CEO has narrowed to a favored few contenders. According to Reuters they are: Ford(s f) CEO Alan Mulally; former… Read more »
Contrarians say BlackBerry, for all its struggles, would have been a much better acquisition to help Microsoft penetrate the enterprise mobility market. Read more »
Sensing an opportunity, Samsung turns up the heat on its effort to win business customers to its Android-based phones, phablets and tablets. Read more »
With Nokia, Microsoft takes on 32,000 more people so if its latest devices push doesn’t pay off, watch out for shareholders with torches and pitchforks. Read more »
ValueAct is a shareholder activist firm that will consult on Microsoft business going forward. It was not, however, consulted on the $7.2 billion Nokia buyout. Read more »
After years of playing footsie — in a game that accelerated over the past 12 months — Microsoft and Nokia finally pulled the trigger on a $7.2 billion deal. What changed… Read more »
Who’s your pick for next Microsoft CEO? Now’s your chance to weigh in…. Insider? Outsider? Young un? Veteran? Sheryl Sandberg? Paul Maritz? Steven Sinofsky? Satya Nadella? Who? Read more »
Microsoft”s $300 million investment in Barnes & Noble’s Nook business gives it a piece of an ebook reader also-ran. But this is far from the first time Microsoft enlisted a B… Read more »