Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Melinda Gates Denies Her Children The Sweet, Delicious Temptation Of Apple Products

4:00AM October 25, 2010 | Jack Loftus

In a terse exchange with the New York Times, Melinda Gates, wife of billionaire tech playboy William Gates, says she’s all but banned Apple products from the Garden of Eden—er, her household. More »


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Gates Has A Shiny New Website To Go With The New Twitter Account

7:35AM January 21, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

Wondering why Bill Gates decided to join the Twitter crazy recently? Turns out he’s probably doing it for the same reason as most of us: Shameless self-promotion. Except he’s promoting some very, very good causes through a new website. More »


Geek Out

Bill Gates Seeks To Cure Malaria With Lollies

6:00PM October 22, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

Bill Gates is on another charitable streak through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with a $US100,000 investment to find a way to fight childhood malaria with chocolate and gum. More »


Geek Out

Safe Sex Ringtone for India, Funded by Bill and Melinda Gates

1:15AM August 20, 2008 | Mark Wilson

In order to thwart the spread of HIV in India, “condom a cappella” has been released by an organisation that’s funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. A ringtone that’s meant to promote safe sex, we thought that it might consist of a crying babies, nasty bodily functions or soliloquies from one’s parents, but instead the ringer is a chant of “condom, condom!” And as everyone knows, if people chant a word on a mobile phone ringer, its correlating concept is immediately embraced by the youth of the world. [breitbart]

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Software

Dork and Melindy: Mrs Gates Made Bill Brill

2:08AM June 30, 2008 | Gizmodo US Edition

While everyone this week spent time recognising Bill’s achievements, I’d like to recognise Mrs. Bill, Melinda Gates. In a quarter-century’s time, after her husband has shuffled offstage at the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm clutching his gong, after the applause has died down, those people who like to discuss such things will say, “It was the wife wot won it.”

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Software

Retromodo: Gizmodo’s Bill Gates Interviews Through History

3:15AM June 28, 2008 | Wilson Rothman

Bill Gates puts up with us, having granted us three interviews in the past three and a half years. It’s an intense experience: Bill isn’t always fond of making eye contact, and is known to snap at reporters who ask dumb questions. After all, he’s not just the Andrew Carnegie–or Emperor Palpatine–of his time. He’s also a guy who gets interviewed a hell of a lot, and doesn’t stand for bush-league Q&A. But we have always enjoyed the guys company and even have had the opportunity to make him laugh a few times. Here’s a quick look back at our three Bill interviews, in a Retromodo re-run fashion:

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Software

Retromodo: Our Bill Gates CES 2008 Interview

12:42AM June 28, 2008 | Wilson Rothman

What’s a Bill Gates sendoff without this January’s CES video interview with the man? That there’s the full 20 minutes–digitally remastered and with all of my awkward stuttering intact. If you just want to re-live the juiciest bits, including the famous “What Did Bill Just Say About Windows?” moment, you can pick and choose from the list: Part 1 – On the difference between Microsoft and Apple Part 2 – On his changing public image Part 3 – What he worries about most Part 4 – On Windows Vista maybe, just maybe, sucking -Video and Digital Remastering by Chris Mascari

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Giz Explains: How the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Will Save the World

6:00AM June 26, 2008 | Matt Buchanan

Bill Gates is officially “transitioning” from Microsoft this week, but really, he checked out a long time ago. His Big Hairy Vision isn’t just modernising the world anymore–it’s saving it. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the world’s largest charitable foundation, with a current asset trust endowment of US$37.3 billion. Last year, it gave away US$2 billion. Its work is divided into three major programs: Global Development, Global Health and United States. It’s not your average charity though–and not just because two of its three trustees, Bill and Warren (no last names needed) constantly jockey for the title of world’s richest man. It’s the smartest. And that’s why it just might succeed.


Software

A Night With Bill Gates’ New Big Hairy Vision

1:00AM June 25, 2008 | Brian Lam

Bill Gates wrinkled his nose at me. “You just squished your question.”

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Gadgets

All Things D Live: Melinda Gates, Bride of Bill

2:43AM May 30, 2008 | Brian Lam

One of the most fascinating profiles I’ve read this year is the Melinda Gates cover story from Fortune. She’s here at Walt and Kara’s All Things D Conference to talk about The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, where Bill will be directing most of his energy come July. Although this is not directly gadget related, I’m excited to hear how Microsofties make philanthropy happen in their own way.

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