Microsoft’s stock price has more than quadrupled since Satya Nadella took over as CEO six years ago, thanks to the company’s rapid growth in cloud computing. But Nadella credits his predecessor, the louder and more outspoken Steve Ballmer, for making the decision to take on Amazon Web Services in cloud infrastructure, where Microsoft is now […]
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Jim Cramer is skeptical of Google parent’s march toward $1 trillion
Alphabet is close to joining one of the most elusive clubs on Wall Street, but CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday that he is skeptical of the progress. Shares in Alphabet, the tech giant that owns Google, rose almost $10 to an all-time closing high of $1,440.03, pulling within 1% of reaching $1 trillion of market […]
Microsoft Windows 7 support ends Jan. 14
Copies of Microsoft Windows 7 are arranged for a photograph at a Staples store in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 7 beginning Tuesday, Jan. 14. That means it won’t issue any more software updates, including software patches that could prevent […]
Five biggest stocks dwarfing the market at ‘unprecedented’ level
It’s no secret that a handful of tech giants have been dominating the stock market, but their leadership has reached a level that is raising eyebrows on Wall Street as being unsustainable. The top five U.S. companies — Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and Facebook — now make up 18% of the total market capitalization of […]
YouTube signs Valkyrae and other gaming stars to combat Amazon Twitch
Rachell “Valkyrae” Hofstetter is among the latest video game livestreamers to leave Amazon-owned Twitch to stream on a rival service. Source: YouTube YouTube announced on Monday exclusive livestreaming deals with three popular gamers, its latest talent acquisition in the booming market for watching skilled video gamers stream their feats online. The three — Rachell “Valkyrae” […]
Oracle hires AWS marketing VP Ariel Kelman as new CMO
Larry Ellison, co-founder and chairman of Oracle Corp., speaks during the Oracle OpenWorld 2017 conference in San Francisco on October 3, 2017. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oracle has hired Ariel Kelman to be its new chief marketing officer, two people familiar with the matter said. Kelman is joining from Amazon Web […]
Pompeo heads to Silicon Valley to dine with tech leaders
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks on during a brief photo opportunity before a meeting with Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides at the U.S. Department of State on November 18, 2019 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit the San Francisco Bay Area this week […]
Why mechanical keyboards are becoming more popular among techies
Mechanical keyboards on display at the Bay Area Keyboard Meetup in San Jose on November 9, 2019. Jordan Novet | CNBC Typing shouldn’t hurt. It should feel good. And it should be fun. I realized that in 2016 and started wondering what might be better than the standard-issue Apple keyboard I was using with my […]
Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro to use Microsoft Teams walkie-talkie feature
DJ Koh, president and CEO of Samsung Electronics, shakes hands with Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, at a launch event for the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 smartphone in New York on August 7, 2019. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Samsung Electronics and Microsoft are bringing back the walkie-talkie. On Sunday, Samsung introduced the Galaxy XCover […]
How to export Apple Card transactions into a spreadsheet
Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces Apple Card during a launch event at Apple headquarters on Monday, March 25, 2019, in Cupertino, California. Noah Berger | AFP | Getty Images The Apple Card was designed to be loaded into a user’s iPhone, with spending history living inside the Wallet app and transaction data arranged in a […]
