Microsoft says it will shut down Skype on May 5 and directs users to migrate all their contacts and chat data to Teams; Skype had 36M+ DAUs in 2023
Microsoft has announced it is discontinuing … Thomas Stevenson / The Post Millennial : Microsoft to shut down Skype in two months, company says switch to Teams David Phelan / Forbes : Microsoft Kills ...
Twitter rolls out its updated “interim” X logo, replacing the iconic bird, following Elon Musk's weekend announcement; X.com now redirects to twitter.com
it's just an X that someone tweeted at him Sean Hollister / The Verge : Twitter removed half its HQ sign — then the police arrived Jon Porter / The Verge : RIP Twitter's iconic bird logo Kyle Barr / G...
Microsoft's ad business withered because it tried to beat Google in search, overspent on aQuantive, and had warring factions in its organization
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Microsoft Posts $492M Q4 2012 Loss Because Of $6.19B aQuantive Writedown, $18.06B Revenue
Microsoft just released its Q4 2012 earnings report, posting just $192M in operating income before taxes and its first ever loss ($492M) due to the writedown the company took because of its failed aQu...
Analysis: Microsoft loss reflects Web display ad world's woes
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp shelled out a record $6.3 billion for aQuantive in 2007 at the height of a race with Google Inc and Yahoo Inc to clinch the top spot in Internet display advertising, betting...
Microsoft Ad Exec Takes Venture-Capital Job
Former Microsoft ad executive and aQuantive CEO Brian McAndrews is joining Madrona Venture Group, a Seattle-based venture capital firm, as a managing director. — Microsoft — Brian McAndrews — Mr...
Did Microsoft go lose its head over aQuantive?
I've been trying to find a way to illustrate just how screwy Microsoft's $6 billion bid for aQuantive is, and here it is: For $6 billion in cash, Microsoft could have hired, in a single day, 60,000 en...