Introduction
Since the late 20th century, technology has changed the way we live everyday. From the creation of computers and the internet, to super computers and smartphones; technology impacts our lives everyday. Our economy and everyday lives are thanks in part to major technological advancements made by highly innovative companies. We owe this to these major companies that have created ingenious products that do extraordinary things.
Apple
Apple is one of the leading technological giants of our generations. They create the technology trend that we see today. The presence of the iphone has changed the way we look at smartphones. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are credited for the creation of this amazing company that has changed the world.
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They make computer software and actual computers as well. They are mostly famous for Windows, an operating system used by electronic products almost everywhere. It was created in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen ( Zachary, Gregg Pascal) .
Like Amazon and Apple, Microsoft broadens their spectrum of consumers by investing in a variety of industries. Microsoft owns Bing inc, the second largest search engine behind Google ( Zachary, Gregg Pascal) . Xbox is also owned by Microsoft. Xbox can be regarded as one of the
most successful gaming consoles ever, and only has the standing rival of Sony’s Play Station. Xbox is driving and being highly competitive in the race of next generation consoles. Xbox is highly notorious for watching out for its own when it comes to games. They have many game franchise that are produced for xbox and solely xbox.
The company's creator and owner Bill Gates has made a lot of money through this company. He created Microsoft during the same time as Apple’s beginning, and both have been forever seen as rivals. I think Microsoft has been one of the most important technological companies in our history. Hardware as well as software have taken huge leaps throughout history because of this ingenious
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To create this piece of writing, I used Google docs; an online writing application similar to Microsoft Word. What makes Google docs stand out from it’s Microsoft counterpart, is it the document can be accessed anywhere with internet by typing in your email. Very much like a cloud system, you do not have to worry about losing important documents with a loss of computers. Google docs and other files can be shared with others in a collaborative effort. Now you can work with others on the same project, at the same time, almost seamlessly. Google also has spreadsheets, slides, and
At just twenty years old, Bill Gates cofounded Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen. He is now the richest man in the world with over $85.2 billion to his name. So why did Microsoft end up being way more successful than any computer program like it? The answer is because of the free enterprise system, and competition. Gate's product was considered new and innovative at the time, which made customers want to try it out.
Microsoft has been only been in this industry for fourteen years. They’ve only created three consoles so far, Xbox, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. Their huge success with the Xbox 360 put them at the forefront of the battle. Their newest console, the Xbox One, was announced at the Electronic Entertainment Expo or E3 in March of 2013 and released later that year in November. They told the world how revolutionary their console was with all of its innovate features. The console, weighing in at 6.3 pounds, is a monster of a device with 5 vents on each side of the console, it runs almost silent and experiences almost no overheating problems. Looking like a retro, 1960’s VCR, many people believe it is an ugly piece of hardware. Personally, I like the design of the console. It is big and heavy which makes it feel like a sturdy piece of technology. Inside the beast is an 8 core 64x AMD processor which runs at1.75GHz and features a Direct X 11.1 graphics card running at 1.2 Teraflops. It also comes with 8 GBs of GDDR3 RAM and a 500 GB H...
It was released in November 22,2013 in North American. It was released all ar0nd the world after a few months. The company of XBox is competing with Sony’s PlayStation 4 and Nintendo’s Wii U as part of the eight generation of video game consoles. May 21,2013, Xbox one has a large emphasis on internet-based feature. It is now one of the best and most popular game in the
When my Microsoft wanted to get into the gaming industry it knew it was going to face stiff competition. So it had to make a quality product. That’s what Microsoft actually did. Microsoft’s Xbox is technologically advanced than its competitors. It is basically a small pc. It contains Intel Pentium III 733 MHz processor, 64 MB of RAM, and NVIDIA chip. This gives the Xbox better graphics and faster game loads.
The Microsoft Xbox has powerful components within that overpower any other console, including its CPU or it’s Central Processing Unit. The Xbox runs an Intel Pentium III 733-megahertz (MHz) processor. This is a lot more powerful than Nintendo Gamecube’s IBM Power PC 485-megahertz Gekko chip processor and even lower the Sony Playstation 2’s 128 bit “Emotion Engine” which is clocked around 294-megahertz. A few more components that make this console far superior to any other is its graphics processor, or GPU, which stands for Graphic Processing Unit. Microsoft had teamed up with Nvidia to create a chip that was made especially for the Xbox. The computer-based company ‘s 250-megahertz chip gives the console an amazing resolution of 1920x1080 pixels and 125 Million Polygons per Second. Sixty four- (64) megabytes (Mb) of DDRam back all this up, for great non-glitch games and smooth running. Nintendo also has a computer-based company teaming up with them to create the 162-megahertz ATI Flipper GPU Chip. This chip can only handle around 6-12 Million polygons a second and is only backed up by 43-megabytes of DDRam.
It was going to be the first console to be built with the power of a PC but in the flexibility of a console. 2 years later at a game developers conference Bill Gates ( the founder of Microsoft ) announced they would go public with their console. Xbox is still around today making consoles. Microsoft's first console was the original Xbox.
Microsoft, one of the largest corporations in the world today, employs over 93,000 people and is a public, multinational company that manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computers and is most widely known for its Microsoft Windows operating system. Microsoft not only markets computer hardware products such as the Microsoft mouse and the Microsoft Natural keyboard, but it also manufactures and sells home entertainment products including, the Xbox, Xbox 360, and Zune. It also holds assets in other markets including the MSNBC cable television network, the MSN Internet portal, and the Microsoft Encarta multimedia encyclopedia.
It seems like everyone has an Apple product such as an iPhone or iPad today. It is not unusual to see someone take out an Apple product. We have these products thanks to Steve Jobs, one of the founders of the Apple company. Steve Jobs is still recognized worldwide for the company he helped create and for the vision he had for Apple. Steve Jobs revolutionized the cell phone industry with the creation of the first smartphone and he became one of the youngest millionaires in America. Not only that but even after his death, his ideas and his company still continues to thrive. Steve Jobs left a lasting influence on America.
Microsoft is a computing software company. Microsoft was made and founded on April 4th 1975 by two young men who were captivated by computers. Their names were Bill Gates and Paul Allen. The homebase was in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft became one of the most famous and successful companies in the world. “Microsoft was one of the pioneers responsible for bringing the personal computer into the lives of millions of people.” (Musolf). The company has had such a great impact that now the name “Microsoft” is now virtually synonymous with computer software.
And then there's Microsoft themselves. After Bill Gates handed over CEO to Steve Ballmer, all hell broke loose as humans raged about him. During the first twenty years of Microsoft, they were considered an evil monopolistic empire, destroying all competitors that came their way. Back then, if you wanted word processing software, you used Office. Want a computer o...
Microsoft made a wise decision by choosing to outsource the manufacturing of Xbox to Flextronics. They are not as competent in making the components for Xbox as they are in constructing software. Flextronics, on the other hand, is a large enough company with ample funds and experience in the manufacturing of hardware, like Xbox. They have the expertise and logistics to produce efficiently and cost effectively, while maintaining the level of quality that Microsoft demands as a well-known brand.
Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, Microsoft Office office suite and Internet Explorer web browser. It is also one of the world's most valuable companies. Microsoft dominated the personal computer operating system market, until the early 2000 when Apple, Google, and Facebook came about. (Microsoft) This is when the company started to lose its credibility.
Microsoft is the leading and the largest Software Company in the world. Found by William Gates and Paul Allen in 1975 Microsoft has grown and become a multibillion company in only ten years. It all started with a great vision – “a computer on every desk and every home” - that seemed almost impossible at the time. Now Microsoft has over 44,000 employees in 60 countries, net income of $3.45 billion and revenue of 11.36 billion. Company dramatic growth and success was driven by development and marketing of operational systems and personal productivity applications software.
Technology has changed modern society drastically, both positively and negatively. Technology has influenced every aspect of our life, making it simpler but not necessarily better. Albert Einstein was concerned about the advancement of technology. "I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction."1 Undoubtedly, what has changed the most are communication, the spread of information, and how business is practiced. Consequently, practically everyone knows how to use a computer, connect to the Internet, or use a smartphone. This is demonstrated by the way the Internet is used daily by millions of people to communicate, to sell, advertise, retrieve, and share information. Thanks to the Internet, information from anywhere in the world is at our fingertips. As a result, the advancement of technology has changed our life in many ways including; sharing of information, communication, business, education, social interaction, simplifying everyday tasks, replacing basic skills and jobs.