Microsoft tends to move slowly. Apple, Google, Facebook, and others have been blazing the trail into the digital future, while the 37-year old Microsoft has been inhaling their fumes. Poor Microsoft? Not exactly. The company's software continues to dominate in the old world of Windows and Office, as well as with desktop PCs and game consoles via the Xbox.
For its last quarterly earnings, Microsoft reported revenue of $17.41 billion and operating income of $6.37 billion, up 12 percent from the same quarter last year. But longer-term growth is dependent on competing with Apple's iOS and Google's Android platform for the allegiance of several billion mobile, connected humans around the world.
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