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This is a preview of a research report from Business Insider Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service. To learn more about Business Insider Intelligence, click here. Business Insider Intelligence The healthcare industry is undergoing a profound transformation. Costs are skyrocketing, consumer demand for more accessible care is growing rapidly, and healthcare companies are unable to keep up. See […]
YouTube/Xbox Microsoft could soon finish developing the next big thing in gaming. Some on Wall Street haven’t appreciated Microsoft’s gaming potential, according to Morgan Stanley analyst Keith Weiss. The gaming business is seeing a shift away from hardware and into software and streaming, which is in Microsoft’s wheelhouse. That puts Microsoft on the path to […]
Melia Robinson/Business Insider Microsoft is reportedly working on a new, lower-cost Surface tablet, according to a report from Bloomberg. The new tablet would start at $ 400 and have a 10-inch screen, about nine hours of battery life, and USB-C charging. Microsoft has dabbled in more consumer-friendly tablets in the past, but has shifted focus […]
Microsoft Ventures Microsoft Ventures, the venture capital arm of Microsoft, will be called “M12” moving forward. The “M” is for Microsoft, and the “12” comes from the dozen letters in the word “entrepreneur.” Otherwise, nothing is changing: M12 has invested in 50 startups in two years, with no plans to slow down. The reason for […]
Michael Loccisano/Getty Microsoft’s iPhone camera app Pix can automatically find someone on LinkedIn from a business card. The app uses artificial intelligence and integration with LinkedIn, which is owned by Microsoft, to do it. Pix is only available for iOS, so Android users are out of luck. Your next networking event just got a little […]
AP Photo/Elaine Thompson Microsoft Corporate VP of Windows Joe Belfiore confirms that Windows 10 S, the latest version of the operating system, will be discontinued sooner rather than later. Instead, all versions of Windows 10 will get “S Mode,” which enables the same features: Higher performance and better battery life, with the tradeoff that you […]
Asa Mathat for Vox Media Magic Leap, the secretive Florida startup developing futuristic augmented reality glasses, raised a whopping $ 502 million in October. Two days later, it called the cops and told them an employee had stolen over $ 1 million over a period of 23 months.See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW […]
Jeff Vinnick / Stringer / Getty ImagesSee the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW WATCH: How Bill Gates makes and spends his billions See Also: The 50 best places to live in America Mueller just made a move indicating Rick Gates has something of significant value to offer him How 29-year-old […]
BII As headlines like “Amazon Is Secretly Becoming a Bank” and “Google Wants to Be a Bank Now” increasingly crop up in the news, tech giants are coming into the spotlight as the next potential payments disruptors. And with these firms’ broad reach and hefty resources, the possibility that they’ll descend on financial services is a hard narrative to […]
Reuters/Lindsey Wasson Amazon’s market value passed that of Microsoft for the first time Wednesday. Amazon is now the third-largest company in the United States. Shares of Amazon rose 2.57% Wednesday, sending its market value higher than Microsoft for the first time. The e-commerce behemoth is now the third-largest company in the US, behind only Apple ($ 849.24 […]
