Even as he grows older, Microsoft founder Bill Gates still fondly remembers the catalytic computer code he wrote 50 years ago that opened up a new frontier in technology. Although the code that Gates printed out on a teletype machine may look crude compared to what’s powering today’s artificial intelligence platforms, it played a critical…
March 6, 2008: Apple releases the iPhone software development kit, finally allowing coders to start creating native mobile apps for the new smartphone. The iPhone SDK gives developers the tools they need to unlock the new smartphone’s potential. When the App Store eventually opens a few months later, a new industry springs up overnight. Third-party…
Home Business Meet man, who missed becoming world’s richest person, far richer than Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, because he sold Apple stake only for… Apple stands as a global technology titan, and Ronald Wayne’s decision to leave it, makes it one of the biggest missed opportunities in the business world. Apple, the tech giant known…
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates recently shared an unusual anecdote about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in an interview with The Independent. According to Gates, Jobs once suggested that he should have experimented with LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) to enhance his creativity and design better products. Notably, Jobs, known for his unorthodox approach to leadership and product development, had…
While Jobs was busy taking over the consumer technology market through his innovative designs, Microsoft was busy developing cloud computing software and office applications such as Word and Excel. Despite the utility of Microsoft’s products, Jobs wasn’t particularly impressed by how they were presented to customers. Last Updated : 07 February 2025, 09:02 IST Source…
With his 70th birthday looming on this year’s horizon, Microsoft founder Bill Gates looked inward to open a window into the man behind Windows and other seminal software that turned the personal computer into a household staple. Gates focuses on the first quarter-century of his life in “Source Code: My Beginnings,” the opening installment in…
November 26, 1984: “The next generation of interesting software will be done on the Macintosh, not the IBM PC,” predicts Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in a BusinessWeek cover story. Gates’ praise for the Mac would seem almost unthinkable coming out of Gates’ mouth just a few years later. However, the interview arrives at a time…
Australian legislators are reported to be looking closely at draft legislation that would ban young people under the age of 16 from using social media even if they have parental consent. This raises the question of just how dangerous access to social media can be and whether Hong Kong should be looking at similar legislation….
The glass for every generation of iPhone has been made at Corning’s plant in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Steve Jobs’s persuasive powers played a crucial role in convincing Corning to develop the ultra-thin, scratch-resistant glass used in the iPhone. Jobs presented a compelling vision of the future of mobile devices, emphasizing the need for a durable and…
Bill Gates is a name known by billions of people around the world. And for good reason, given his integral part in co-founding Microsoft and making technology accessible. And given his role in the tech boom of the last 40 years, the 69-year-old knows a thing or two about business and doing it successfully. For…