GeekWire's Microsoft@50 event, marking the tech giant's milestone anniversary, will feature on-stage conversations with Microsoft President and Vice Chair Brad Smith; former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer;

Ballmer was born in Detroit, Michigan, on March 24, 1956. He was born to a wealthy family, allowing him to attend Detroit County Day School, a private college preparatory school. In the 1970s, Ballmer left Detroit to attend Harvard University,

If you’d been around when Microsoft went public in March of 1986, you would have been wise to buy the stock. A $1,000 investment in Microsoft at its IPO is now worth an astounding sum.

Skype never really made sense in a world where Microsoft wants everyone to use Teams. I don’t know for sure how this sort of thing works, but I imagine there was a meeting once where someone convinced Microsoft’s CEO at the time,

Microsoft is closing down Skype, the video-calling service it bought for $8.5 billion in 2011 and which had helped spark a transformation in how people communicate online.

Here is a look at the life of Steve Ballmer, former CEO of Microsoft. Personal Birth date: March 24, 1956 Birth place: Detroit, Michigan Birth name: Steven Anthony Ballmer Father: Fred Ballmer, manager for Ford Motor Co.

Skype is among the world’s most long-lasting digital brands. But other mobile apps took off faster, and Skype didn’t see the Covid bump that Zoom did.

Founded in 2003 by Nordic entrepreneurs, Skype at one time was owned by eBay Inc. and was in the hands of a private equity-led consortium when Steve Ballmer came knocking. The then-Microsoft boss made an uncharacteristically splashy bet on the market ...

Founded in 2003 by a group of engineers in Tallinn, Estonia, Skype was a pioneer in making telephone calls using the internet instead of landlines. It added video calls after online retailer eBay bought the service in 2005.

The impact of Microsoft over the past 50 years will be the focus of a special GeekWire event in Seattle next month as we gather with key leaders from the tech giant’s past and present — including former CEO Steve Ballmer, who will join us for a fireside chat. Early bird pricing ends this Friday, so grab tickets here.

Microsoft is shutting down what was once a pioneer in videoconferencing. Skype, the video-calling service that was once so popular it became a verb, is shutting down, Microsoft said Friday. Purchased by Microsoft in 2011,