GeekWire's Microsoft@50 event, marking the tech giant's milestone anniversary, will feature on-stage conversations with ...

Ballmer was born in Detroit, Michigan, on March 24, 1956. He was born to a wealthy family, allowing him to attend Detroit ...

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 ...

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 ...

August 12, 2014 - Ballmer becomes the official owner of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers, according to Ballmer’s attorney, Adam Streisand. The negotiated $2 billion sale price is a record at the time ...

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

Founded in 2003 by Nordic entrepreneurs, Skype at one time was owned by eBay Inc. and was in the hands of a private ...

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

Founded in 2003 by a group of engineers in Tallinn, Estonia, Skype was a pioneer in making telephone calls using the internet ...

The impact of Microsoft over the past 50 years will be the focus of a special GeekWire event in Seattle next month as we ...

Microsoft is shutting down what was once a pioneer in videoconferencing. Skype, the video-calling service that was once so ...