Microsoft Board names Satya Nadella as Its Next CEO

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0b5G8DmlLwMZ0tf0Jp7LEmrhJUg5dEXTFvT4co4BEPaZvKW1SkI1hc9eSudI_CeYy6aq9j5n7NfwlzvBOY-qjrd5YpMVjccrYeWXDtXtr-ENzJ-VF7iHlimkQyKmQ3UG9x5YVF1k7P0Y/s1600/Microsoft+Board+names+Satya+Nadella+as+Its+Next+CEO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0b5G8DmlLwMZ0tf0Jp7LEmrhJUg5dEXTFvT4co4BEPaZvKW1SkI1hc9eSudI_CeYy6aq9j5n7NfwlzvBOY-qjrd5YpMVjccrYeWXDtXtr-ENzJ-VF7iHlimkQyKmQ3UG9x5YVF1k7P0Y/s1600/Microsoft+Board+names+Satya+Nadella+as+Its+Next+CEO.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Microsoft’s CEO post has been at the center of rumors and leaks for the last couple of months. Today, the company finally announced the successor to Steve Balmer. Meet Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s new CEO. The appointment takes effect immediately, so Steve Balmer can go into an earlier than anticipated retirement.<br /> A quick background check on Nadella tells that he joined Microsoft 22 years ago from Sun Microsystems. Having his roots based in India, Nadella moved to the US to study computer science at the University of Wisconsin. At Microsoft, Satya has worked on cloud and enterprise business. He has played an active role in taking Office to the cloud.<br /> As the newly appointed CEO, Satya has lots of challenges and tasks to complete. The first of them would be to transform Microsoft from a software focused company to a device and services and software centric one. This would include the Xbox business and the newly acquired handset business from Nokia. Also, Satya would be facing the task of increasing Microsoft’s presence in the smartphone and tablet business, where it still holds next to nothing market share when compared to the biggies.<br /> But he won’t be alone in facing these hurdles, since the company founder Bill Gates will take the role of Founder and Technology Advisor, to help Nadella take the company in the right direction. </div>

Microsoft Board names Satya Nadella as Its Next CEO

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Apple breaks revenue, iPhone, and iPad records in Q1

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjot5z-IIx1paeMsoBqoxBfULvLCa3dinIDqVdtypGtgG72HY1vq916F9FKdeSh1G9elgYKR82iwr0Pu84JFJ_MVrMAGhyP7TfiZ9zWyV9D0ItqO98UwxzHScaPmjfoC3DVUVyBkUTsD58/s1600/Apple+breaks+revenue,+iPhone,+and+iPad+records+in+Q1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="457" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjot5z-IIx1paeMsoBqoxBfULvLCa3dinIDqVdtypGtgG72HY1vq916F9FKdeSh1G9elgYKR82iwr0Pu84JFJ_MVrMAGhyP7TfiZ9zWyV9D0ItqO98UwxzHScaPmjfoC3DVUVyBkUTsD58/s1600/Apple+breaks+revenue,+iPhone,+and+iPad+records+in+Q1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Although recent numbers have shown Apple loosing market share in most of the markets, its quarterly report paints a different picture. The last quarter of 2013 was the best so far for Apple.<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;">See also:  <a href="http://www.circlestech.com/2014/01/report-apples-iphone-6-design-locked.html">Report: Apple's 'iPhone 6' design 'locked down' with 4.8" display</a></h4>The company managed to ship a whopping 51 million iPhones in the quarter, a new record. Apple hasn’t revealed the 5s, 5c breakdown, but has admitted the sales of the latter have been somewhat disappointing. Still the numbers prove that the company won’t be just swept away with the green wave and can hold its ground pretty well even in tough competition.<br />Apple also managed to ship 26 million iPads in the same period, which is again an all time high figure. More good news came from Mac sales, whihc reached 4.8 million in the quarter. Although, the iPod sales were down 55 percent year on year.<br />Still it was a positive picture on the whole for the Cupertino giant, with net revenues of $57.6 billion. The profit was relatively flat at $13.1 billion. For the next quarter, the company expects a revenue of $42-44 billion.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><i></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><i>Image+Source: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/27/apple-record-iphone-ipad-sales/">engadget</a></i><br /><br /><i>Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments. </i></div>

Apple breaks revenue, iPhone, and iPad records in Q1

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