Instagram just got a new follower: Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates.
The richest person in the world made his debut on the photo-sharing platform on Friday morning under the username “thisisbillgates” (“billgates” was already taken). His first Instagram post is a slideshow of three photos from Tanzania.
Hello from read »
After a brief stint as the richest person in the world last week, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has now dropped two spots on Forbes’ real-time billionaire rankings to third place behind Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates and Spanish retail tycoon Amancio Ortega.
Bezos started this week as the world’s second richest person read »
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is inching ever closer to becoming the richest person in the world.
Bezos’ net worth increased $1 billion to $89.3 billion on Wednesday, putting him less than $900 million away from surpassing Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates to become the richest person in the world. His net worth read »
For the 30 years FORBES has been tracking global wealth, only five people have ranked on our annual compendium of wealth as the richest person on the planet. At least one other person held the title, but so briefly (just two days), that he never appeared at that rank on FORBES’ annual list of World’s Billionaires.
Now, Amazon CEO read »
Only two of the three richest billionaires in the United States are known for their philanthropy.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates (No. 1) and Berkshire-Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett (No. 3) founded the Giving Pledge in 2010, which asks billionaires to commit to giving away at least half of their fortune to charitable causes. Amazon CEO read »
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE: APD) has been named a Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock by Dividend Channel, signifying a stock with above-average ”DividendRank” statistics including a strong 2.6% yield, as well as being recognized by prominent asset managers as being a socially responsible investment, through analysis of read »
To become a “Dividend Aristocrat,” a dividend paying company must accomplish an incredible feat: consistently increase shareholder dividends every year for at least 20 consecutive years. Companies with this kind of track record tend to attract a lot of investor attention — and furthermore, “tracking” funds that follow the Dividend Aristocrats read »
Apple at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Jose last week gave its app developers a new kit to create augmented reality apps. Apple calls it ARKit.
There are hundreds of millions of Apple iPhones and iPads, leading Apple CEO Tim Cook to say at the event that ARKit, running on the new Apple iOS 11 software due out this read »
Verizon Communications announced today that it closed its acquisition of Yahoo for nearly $4.5B. It also closed the door on Marissa Mayer as she departs from the beleaguered internet company that she led since mid-2012.
Two storied brands come together
With the addition of Yahoo, Verizon is planning to read »
5G – the fifth-generation mobile networks standards – promises to disrupt both enterprises and the telecommunications world, as it will enable blisteringly fast communications among people and devices with virtually no latency.
Given the broad significance of 5G, the last place you’d expect the center of global 5G innovation to read »
Even though Finland-based Nokia unloaded its mobile handset business on Microsoft in 2014, it remains the second-largest mobile equipment manufacturer in the world after Sweden-based Ericsson. The company has about 100,000 employees after its acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent in 2016.
Microsoft shuttered the handset business a scant read »
Last Friday, sent another shock wave rippling through all retailers. The e-commerce giant announced the intention to purchase health foods grocer Whole Foods for $13.7 billion. Share prices for Wal-Mart, Kroger, and Costco all tumbled. The New York Times described Amazon as the “new breed of Silicon Valley read »
After my latest meet-and-greet date in which I learned once again how moderately insufferable cross-fit junkies are, I wondered “why doesn’t make a dating app?” I mean, here we are, sipping our coffee drinks while sharing pointless and probably embellished tales of accomplishment while strangers buzz around us, the deep acrid cloud of read »
Deep Instinct co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Eli David says the day when a computer is as smart as a human, or smarter, may be a lot closer than many think.
AI programs, “are on an accelerating path of growth in their capabilities. In the near future, they will reach near human or superhuman capabilities,” David told me in an read »
In last week’s article Is IBM Watson A ‘Joke’?, I quoted Social Capital CEO and founder Chamath Palihapitiya bad-mouthing Big Blue on the May 8th edition of Closing Bell on CNBC.
Palihapitiya’s didn’t heap his scorn solely on IBM, however. Oracle was also in his gun sights. “Oracle…is not a business that is read »
Microsoft’s Inspire conference announcements included two significant items related to its Azure cloud computing business. The biggest was the announcement that the Azure Stack offering for private deployment is now ready for order from OEM launch partners Dell EMC, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Lenovo. The second was a $250M sales and read »
