Microsoft would use solar power and white space for the cheapest broadband in South Africa. Microsoft South Africa would finance a new trial that would provide internet connectivity.

Microsoft was advised by analysts to focus on its crucial product and stop steering at different directions.

Recent financial reports suggested Microsoft lagged behind its fellow tech giants in coping with the industry's shift to mobile.

Microsoft said that they developed a way to embed information on 3D printed objects. Traditional consumer products and merchandise usually have barcodes and tags that contain pricing and other related information about it.

Microsoft's recent fumbles and non-interest in its mobile phone ventures left Finnish company Nokia on the deep end.

According to analysts, the reorganization in Microsoft would help it bounce back due to the change in its attitude towards competition.

YouTube generates around US$4 billion to US$5.6 billion of Google's total earnings. Google's YouTube was put into the background after the tech titan's new Nexus 7, Chromecast and Google Glass innovation.

Analysts said that Microsoft would not win against the currently fast growing chipmaker Qualcomm. Microsoft's struggles do not stop with its problems in the software industry because it also faces a tough rival in the hardware sector.

Analysts stated that the tablet industry took over the PC industry's shine and if Microsoft wanted to get back, it needs to focus on a mobile-computer enterprise.

Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer and COO Kevin Turner announced the company's next moves after a disastrous Surface RT charge.