Bill Gates Steps Down from Microsoft Board
The 65-year-old said that he wished to devote his time to ‘philanthropic priorities’.
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Bill Gates Donates $100 Million Towards Fighting Drastic Impact of Coronavirus
Last week the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation committed $100 million towards the fight against coronavirus, though Gates has also warned the spread of the virus could be “very, very dramatic”.
Microsoft’s Carbon Negative Pledge: Is CSR Far More Complex Than We Think?
Microsoft recently pledged to remove "all of the carbon" from the environment that it alone has emitted since the firm began operating in 1975.
Microsoft Tested 4-Day Work Week and Increased Productivity 40%
Microsoft’s Japanese division attempted a 4-day work week for the month of August this year; the results? A whole 40% more productivity from employees.
5 Things Microsoft Got Right
Ever since its slow but grand inception in the tech scene, Microsoft has been carrying the torch of computing technology and though rivalled by many great firms, it has maintained its competitiveness across several tech spheres and markets.…
Trianz: Digital Evolution Simplified
Evolving technologies like Digital, Social, Mobile, Analytics & Cloud are reinventing the way products and services are designed and delivered. The massive disruptions brought on by an exponential surge in data generation via these…
Why Google, Microsoft, and Apple Are Fighting For Classrooms
Google, Microsoft and Apple are battling for dominance in classrooms. They all want their devices in the hands of the next generation of consumers.
How Bill Gates Makes And Spends His Billions
Bill Gates is currently the world's second richest person with a net worth of over $93 billion. In 1975, childhood friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft and went on to create the operating system for IBM's first personal…
Speakeasy: Building to a Global Enterprise
Scott Weiss is the CEO and Owner of Speakeasy, Inc., a 45-year-old global communication consultancy with offices in New York, Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco, Amsterdam, and ongoing operations in Hong Kong, Dubai, London, and Mumbai.…
Bill Gates Breaks Down 6 Moments from His Life
Bill Gates reflects on six important moments from his life and career, from teaching students to program in high school to his relationships with Melinda Gates, Warren Buffett, and Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, who passed away on…
What to Do When Microsoft Ends Support for Your Software
With the end of the support deadline just over a year away, businesses still operating on Windows 7 may be in for a rude awakening. Below Peter Marsden, Principal Consultant, and Matthew Garrett, Programme Manager at business change…
