“Microsoft Monday” takes a look back at the past week of news related to Microsoft. This week, “Microsoft Monday” includes details about Microsoft acquiring more companies in 2015 than other tech companies, Instagram beta now available for Windows 10 Mobile, a “Quidditch Mode” for Halo 5, SQL Server coming to Linux, SONiC being provided to the open source community, Skype ending support for smart TVs, teens reacting to Windows 95, Bill Gates conducting a Reddit AMA, Windows 10 ads being added to Internet Explorer through a patch, Skype for Web starting to support calls to mobile devices and landlines and more.
Microsoft Acquired More Companies Last Year Than Many Other Large Tech Companies Tech Company Acquisitions / Photo Credit: CB Insights In 2015, Microsoft was one of the largest buyers of tech companies in 2015, according to CB Insights . Out of the 8 tech companies CB Insights researched, about 5 of them pulled back on M&A deals in 2015 compared to the previous year.
Under CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft scaled up its acquisitions to 18 in 2015 compared to 10 in 2014 and 4 in 2011. Some of Microsoft’s recent noteworthy acquisitions includes the $2.5 billion purchase of Minecraft developer company Mojang and the Sunrise calendar app for over $100 million.
Instagram Beta Now Available For Windows 10 Mobile Instagram’s Windows 10 Mobile app / Photo Credit: Instagram Instagram was first released on Windows mobile devices in 2013, but now it is available on Windows 10 Mobile. Instagram is still in beta on Windows 10 Mobile though. The Instagram beta app for Windows 10 Mobile has several bugs that cause crashes while editing photos and there are issues with logging into Facebook. But it is better to have a buggy Instagram app than not having one at all on […]
