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How $1 Billion Mobile Project Failed? So, In 2010, Microsoft came up with a very weird but interesting idea! And that was to create a social media-focused phone for ages 15–30. To make this phone, they acquired Danger for $500M and spent another $

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Microsoft has a history of burning cash on failed projects. Remember Windows Phone? The Zune? Mixer? They just don’t get consumer hardware. If they had any sense, they would’ve focused on software, not trying to be Apple.

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