
Microsoft will miss its billion devices target
Even tricking users into downloading it didn't work
Software King of the World Microsoft's cunning plan to install Windows 10 on a billion devices by mid-2018 will probably not happen.
Number of smartphone users hits one billion
Half as many have a life, too
Patent trolls cost US companies $29 billion in 2011
Study reveals
Apple hits $500 billion in stock value
Not even Greece could bankrupt it
Global mobile phone shipments to hit 1.77 billion

Emerging markets are the key
Facebook valued at $50 billion

Largest private company to date
Abu Dhabi spends $7 billion on chip plant

Begins production in 2015