21 results
- 27 Mar 2014
Microsoft Unveils Office for iPad
Satya Nadella, chief executive officer, Microsoft Corp has finally unveiled Office for Apple Inc's iPad in a polished debut that set him apart from his energetic predecessor while signaling his plans…
- 22 Sept 2015
Microsoft Begins Worldwide Release of Office 2016
Microsoft Corp said it began the worldwide roll-out of Office 2016, the latest addition to its cloud-based subscription service Office 365, on yesterday. Microsoft said Office 2016 brings new…
- 30 Jan 2015
Microsoft gives Away More Office Software to Attract Mobile Users
Microsoft Corp made its popular Word, Excel and PowerPoint applications available for free on Android tablets on Thursday, marking the latest step in its drive to get as many mobile customers as…
- 5 Feb 2014
Microsoft Board Names Satya Nadella as CEO
Microsoft Corporation on Tueday announced the appointment of Satya Nadella that its board of directors as the chief executive officer and member of the Board of Directors effective immediately.…
- 28 Mar 2016
Microsoft Meets Private Equity over Yahoo Deal
Microsoft Corp executives are in early talks with potential Yahoo Inc investors about contributing to financing to buy the troubled Internet company, a person familiar with the situation said. …
- 6 Jul 2016
Microsoft Revamps Dynamics 365 Cloud Product
Microsoft Corp. is revamping its software applications that help business manage tasks such accounting, human resources and customer management, grouping them together in a unified cloud product that…
- 10 Feb 2025
Elon Musk's $97.4 Billion Bid for OpenAI Rebuffed by Sam Altman
OpenAI Chief Executive Officer, Sam Altman, on Monday rebuffed a reported bid by a group of investors led by world’s richest person, Elon Musk, to buy the non-profit organisation that controls the…
- 25 Apr 2014
Microsoft Takes Over Nokia Devices, Business Services
Microsoft Corporation has completed its acquisition of the Nokia Devices and Services business. The acquisition has been approved by Nokia shareholders and by governmental regulatory agencies…
- 27 Oct 2016
Microsoft Announces Windows Update with 3D Features
Microsoft Corp yesterday announced a free update to its Windows operating system that lets users take photos and edit content in three dimensions, in an effort to bring excitement to its declining…
- 18 Jan 2023
Tech Giant, Microsoft to Lay-Off Nearly 11000 Employees
Microsoft is reportedly set to fire nearly 11,000 employees this week amid the global economic slowdown. According to Sky News, the company is "finalising plans to become the latest technology giant…
- 17 Mar 2016
Microsoft Delivers Enterprise-Class ERP to Cloud
Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced that its next-generation cloud ERP solution, Microsoft Dynamics AX, built on and for Microsoft Azure, is now available in 137 markets in 40 languages. The…
- 19 Mar 2021
Microsoft Unveils New Vaccine Tools to Address Earlier Failures
Microsoft Corp. unveiled new technology to boost government and health care organizations’ vaccine management systems, including scheduling shot appointments and monitoring results, to fix…
- 25 Sept 2016
HP Selects Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online to Transform Sales Engagement
Microsoft Corp. has entered a six-year agreement with HP Inc. to deploy Microsoft Dynamics to thousands of employees across HP, dramatically enhancing collaboration across marketing, sales and…
- 5 Jan 2016
Microsoft's Windows 10 Running on 200m Devices
Microsoft Corp's latest operating system, Windows 10, is running on 200 million devices in what the company said was the fastest adoption rate of any of its operating systems. Windows 10, which the…
- 21 Mar 2022
Microsoft, Tizeti Partner to Boost High-speed Internet in Nigeria with Airband initiative
As part of its commitment to empowering more Nigerians, stimulating economic activities, and widening the broadband envelope in Africa with affordable broadband connectivity, West Africa’s pioneer…
- 25 Apr 2017
IBM, ABB Partner on Industrial Artificial Intelligence
ABB has sealed a collaboration agreement with International Business Machines Corp, the Swiss engineering company said yesterday, the latest step in its efforts to ramp up its presence in digital…
- 7 Sept 2012
Signal Alliance Clinches Microsoft, Cisco Awards
Signal Alliance, a leading Nigerian total IT solution provider, has won a record two recognition awards from Microsoft and another from CISCO for the effective deployment of their technology…
- 3 Jan 2022
Apple Becomes First Company to Hit $3trn Market Value
Apple Inc on Monday became the first company with a $3 trillion stock market value, lifted by investors’ confidence that the iPhone maker will keep launching best-selling products as it explores new…
- 7 May 2014
HP to Invest over $1Bn in Open-Source Cloud Computing
Hewlett-Packard said it plans to invest more than $1 billion over the next two years to develop and offer cloud-computing products and services. The company said it will make its OpenStack-based…
- 28 Aug 2017
Caritas Communications Appoints Onyia, Bolaji as Directors
Caritas Communications Limited, Africa’s leading reputation management consultancy has announced the appointment of two new management directors as part of the company’s effort to assure improved…
- 3 Jan 2017
Dangote, Others Raked in $237Bn in 2016
In a year when populist voters reshaped power and politics across Europe and the U.S., the world’s wealthiest people are ending 2016 with $237 billion more than they had at the start. Triggered by…