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Top 10 Facts - Microsoft

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History of Microsoft -- 1982

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Bill Gates on the new Microsoft

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Bill Gates Success Story | Microsoft | Biography | Richest Person In The World | Startup Stories

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How to Pass an Interview, According to Ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer

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From elephants 🐘 to owls 🦉, #MicrosoftAI is helping to track endangered species: https://t.co/ULvYTjFYLI https://t.co/Bw4UJjjNHF

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation which produces computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services. Its best-known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers. Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface lineup of touchscreen personal computers. Microsoft ranked No. 21 in the 2020 Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue; it was the world's largest software maker by revenue as of 2016. It is considered one of the Big Five companies in the U.S. information technology industry, along with Amazon, Alphabet (Google), Apple, and Meta (Facebook).
  • 1972–1985: Founding 

  • 1985–1994: Windows and Office 

  • 1995–2007: Foray into the Web, Windows 95, Windows XP, and Xbox 

  • 2007–2011: Microsoft Azure, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Microsoft Stores 

  • 2011–2014: Windows 8/8.1, Xbox One, Outlook.com, and Surface devices 

  • 2014–present: Windows 10, Microsoft Edge and HoloLens 

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