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Microsoft Corporation () is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, United States that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions.
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Could Facebook bucks replace the dollar? Could Google move from your TV to your glasses? Could your next iPhone speaker cost $30,000?Sony, Logitech, Apple and Microsoft make great products.
But they also make the occasional boner, something with a confusing interface, a silly design, and a basic purpose in life that frankly perplexes.Indeed, many companies are cooking up inane products and services that might nonetheless see the light of day. Here’s a look at eight of them.1. Facebook Bucks The concept of an economy ruled by Facebook is not that far-fetched, considering 850 million people use the social network, some as a primary means of online communication. “How long before Facebook currency is a global world currency that supersedes the dollar and the Euro?” asked popular tech commentator Leo Laporte in a recent Week in Tech podcast .Conspiracy theorists and end-times junkies think Facebook might someday print currency you use to buy products at the store. And the idea might be gro...Apple overtook Samsung Electronics as the world's top vendor of smartphones in the fourth quarter, industry research firm Gartner said Wednesday.Apple sold 35.46 mil...
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