but that today’s super-rich are mostly heirs. In fact, the opposite is true. The proportion of self-made billionaires among the super-rich has been rising continuously over the last 40 years and the number of heirs has been falling. The clearest documentation of this shift is in the ...
When Apple introduced the iPhone, Steve Ballmer laughed. “No chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share,” he said in 2007, adding that same year, “iPod is a hot brand—not Apple.” He pooh-poohed the iPad when it came out, in 2010, and it has been bust...
As one example, ProPublica estimates that from 2014 through 2018, former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was able to generate tax losses totaling $579 million without changing his investment portfolio in a meaningful way. The tax savings from these losses amount to at least $138 million. The scale ...
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And where is Bill Gates? Alone among the top PC software makers, Microsoft has opted not to develop programs for the Next computer. “The Macintosh was truly unique, but I personally don’t understand what is so unique about Steve’s new computer,” Gates says. He points out, for ...
there is one group that is surprisingly not psyched about it: voice actors You can see how important text-to-speech has become by watching what the tech superpowers are doing. In a letter to shareholders last November, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer stressed the importance of “natural language ...
machine rich in technology and with an ability to play movies. Iwata went cheaper, smaller (the size of the device), and broader (the intended market). The DS has side-by-side screens, one of which is a touchscreen; Wi-Fi; and voice recognition - all to make it approachable and ...
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As with other social platforms, advertising is an intrusion into a conversation. It’s not a natural adjunct, even value-add, as it is with, say, Google search. Twitter doesn’t know that much about me. Facebook has a rich picture of my likes and behaviors. And with Facebook Connect,...
Rich Kaplan, corporate vice president of the Content Development and Delivery Group (CDDG) All presentations were very good but of course Steve Ballmer’s presentation was the best. He can be very hilarious as well. Just like the whole week, but this day in particular, was under NDA so I...