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Microsoft: A Technological Colossus Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft's trajectory has been one of consistent expansion and market dominance. Initially focused on BASIC interpreters, the company rapidly ascended to control the personal computer operating system market with MS-D...
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- Company type Public
- Industry Information technology
- Founded April 4, 1975
- Founders Bill Gates, Paul Allen
- Headquarters One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington, U.S.
- Area served Worldwide
- Key people Satya Nadella (chairman &
- Services Edge, Azure, Bing, LinkedIn, Viva Engage, Microsoft 365, OneDrive, Dynamics 365, Outlook, GitHub, Microsoft Store, Windows Update, Game Pass, Xbox network
- Revenue US$245.1 billion (2024)
- Net income US$88.1 billion (2024)
- Number of employees 228,000 (2024)
- Subsidiaries Microsoft Japan, Microsoft India, Microsoft Egypt, GitHub, LinkedIn, Nuance Communications, RiskIQ, Skype Technologies, Xamarin, Xandr
- Website www.microsoft.com
Microsoft history
Last Updated : 24/03/25, 07:56 PM
Microsoft: From Altair BASIC to Global Tech Giant Founded in 1975 by childhood friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft initially focused on software development, creating Altair BASIC for the Altair 8800 microcomputer. Early success led to the development of Xenix, a Unix-based operating system...
MICROSOFT NEWS
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Big tech companies such as Google and Microsoft are rushing to integrate generative AI technology into their products following the success of OpenAI's ChatGPT.
Generative AI for office productivity: A comparison of Google and Microsoft's offerings
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Meta to Microsoft: Here are the tech companies that have announced layoffs in 2023
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OpenAI plans to up the ante in tech’s AI race
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OpenAI, which has around 375 employees but has been backed with billions of dollars of investment from Microsoft and industry celebrities, said that it had released a technology that it calls GPT-4.
Microsoft brings Bing AI features to Edge sidebar: Here's how it works
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The stable version of Microsoft Edge is finally getting the new AI-powered features called Chat and Compose.
Microsoft Edge will soon enhance low-res videos, but only on high-end PCs
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