2013: A New Year for Microsoft—Literally

Jan 07, 2013 4:23pm

Microsoft’s history is a mixed bag of innovation, triumph, volatility, defeatism, and stagnation. After an epic rise to the top, the company has been waning, partly as a victim of its own success, compounded by serious internal problems. Now the Redmond giant is often regarded as stale, old, and glacial in today’s digital marketplace.

But that was the old Microsoft.

From the end of 2012 through the first quarter of 2013, Microsoft will have updated, refreshed, or completely...