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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire in the next 12 months
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced his retirement within the next 12 months through a statement issued on the company's website.
Nokia endangers itself by following Microsoft - analysts
Reports said Nokia would roll out a tablet powered by Windows RT next month. Microsoft failed to meet the sales expectations on its Surface tablets running on the Windows RT operating system.
Apple can reach a trillion-dollar valuation - analysts
Analysts said Apple could attain a trillion-dollar valuation considering the company's current services, products and investments for the future.
Google outage lasts for minutes, Microsoft goes down for days
Microsoft recently apologized for Outlook.com's outage which dragged on for around three days while Google's crashed services lasted for only a couple of minutes.
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Zynga announced the exit of some senior executives, including David Ko, Zynga's Chief Operating Officer, as part of the company's streamlining plans.
ATK won a contract with Orbital Sciences Corp. that would allow provision of the motor of solid rockets used for the latest air-launched space transport system.
Microsoft launched Microsoft by the Numbers that features a summary of the company from sales of licenses to consumed pizza slices.
Nokia Corp accounted for 81% of all the Windows Phone shipments allowing Windows Phone to increase its market share to 3.7%.
Nuance Communications recorded its highest price since May after Carl Icahn reportedly increased his stake in the speech recognition software developer.
Meiji Yasuda, Fujitsu and Microsoft Japan would all team up to upgrade 30,000 Windows XP computers to tablets running Windows 8 operating system.
Microsoft's Windows Phone boosted its smartphone market share from 3% to 4% allowing it to take the third highest position in the market.
Android-powered smartphones continued to reign with its growing market share while iPhone and BlackBerry's sales plunged in the second quarter.
Analysts said there's nothing wrong with Apple grabbing the silver medal since it also took a third of the global market share.
Microsoft launched a new tool that would help it increase the number of apps in its mobile platform.