Since 2005, Microsoft has closed over 85 acquisitions representing around $13 billion in consideration, adding some 7,500 employees to its roster, according to Joseph Whittinghill, general manager ...

This chart from Statista shows some of the largest tech acquisitions of the past decade ... back out to Lenovo for less than $3 billion. Microsoft-Skype and Oracle-Sun were neutral at best ...

Xbox titles top PS Store best-selling games but Xbox hardware revenue has tanked Xbox’s overall revenues are up due to Microsoft’s acquisition ... landed in the top charts.