Ballmer Admits Microsoft Whiffed on Smartphones Nick Kolakowski, September 20, 2013 3 min read Windows Phones: not dominant. During an executive Q&A at Microsoft’s Financial Analyst Meeting on Sept. 19,...
Activist Investor Helped Drive Ballmer Out: Report Nick Kolakowski, August 26, 2013 3 min read "Retirement! Retirement! Retirement!" Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s retirement wasn’t as planned or smooth as...
Microsoft’s Ballmer Admits Surface Sales Poor: Reports Nick Kolakowski, July 26, 2013 2 min read Surface. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told employees at an internal company event that Windows hasn’t been selling...
Can a Reorg Revive Microsoft? Nick Kolakowski, July 11, 2013 7 min read Late last year, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced that his company would refocus on “devices and services”...
Sinofsky Dismisses Trying to Take Over Windows Phone, Developers Nick Kolakowski, November 15, 2012 4 min read Sinofsky talks Windows 8 development at last year's BUILD conference. When Steven Sinofsky stepped down as head of...
Windows President Steven Sinofsky Leaves Microsoft Nick Kolakowski, November 13, 2012 4 min read In a move that caught many outside observers off-guard, Windows division president Steven Sinofsky has resigned...
Microsoft CEO Ballmer: Early Surface Sales Modest Nick Kolakowski, November 12, 2012 2 min read One of roughly a million-billion ads for Microsoft's Surface tablet. Microsoft dumped untold amounts of cash into...
Microsoft CEO Ballmer: We’re a Devices and Services Company Nick Kolakowski, October 10, 2012 4 min read Microsoft executives show off the Surface tablet. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s shareholder letters aren’t...
Would You Buy a Windows 8 Tablet at iPad Prices? Nick Kolakowski, September 18, 2012 4 min read Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer discusses Surface, which is being positioned as the company's flagship Windows 8...