The First Computer War - Computing Gets Perso...

With all the hype around portable and smart speakers, it’s easy to forget that they didn’t always exist. In fact, it took one fateful meeting with Monster Cables and Interscope Records to really kick the industry off. In this one-episode Business Battle, we explore the time when ...  Show more

A former high school dropout named Bill Rosenberg has big dreams and a passion for coffee. In 1950, in the small town of Quincy, Massachusetts he’s got a thriving coffee and donut shop called Dunkin Donuts. In front of the store he proudly puts up a huge sign that reads, World’s ...  Show more

The O.S. Wars. The 1980s is a period of mounting tensions. The empires of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs careen toward an inevitable battle over proprietary software—only one empire can emerge as the purveyor of a standard operating system for millions of users. Gates has formed a pow ...  Show more

Microsoft founder Bill Gates takes us deep into his remarkable history and propels us into the future of technology and philanthropy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 

What I learned from reading Overdrive: Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace by James Wallace. ---- There would be an industry breakthrough unimagined at the time, and it would be made by a company that didn’t yet exist. [7:55] Another corollary to Joys Law of Innovation ...  Show more

Open the Windows, let’s be BASIC, but don’t XP your pants… it’s the one and only Bill Gates. Pointing, clicking, The Golden Rule, and the dangers of peanut brittle. You have violated the pun law— it’s an all-new SmartLess.

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