Tech salaries ‘see biggest jump in a decade’: Dice recently looked at the salary ranges being offered across more than 15,000 IT positions, observing that technology salaries in the U.S. “saw the biggest jump in more than a decade.” More here.
Microsoft’s Data-Center Tab Tops $15 Billion: Since 1989, Microsoft has spent more than $15 billion to build massive facilities that power its internet based products such as Bing, Skype and Windows Azure. Read more here.
GoDaddy Buys M.dot, A Mobile Website-Building App, To Push Its Mobile And Freemium Businesses. More here.
Bill Gates-Backed Researchers Get Funds From Carlos Slim: Carlos Slim, the world’s richest person, donated to a group supported by fellow billionaire Bill Gates that performs research for agricultural productivity. Slim contributed research facilities that Mexico’s International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, known by its Spanish initials as CIMMYT, will open this week, according to a a statement published today on his website and signed by Slim and Gates. More here.
Tesla CEO Clashes With New York Times Over Model S Review: Elon Musk, the billionaire chief executive officer of Tesla Motors Inc. said a range test of the Model S electric sedan by the New York Times was “fake” as the reporter didn’t disclose all the details of his drive. More here.
Dell Closes Above Offer for First Time Since Proposed Deal: Dell Inc., which last week agreed to be taken private, closed above the offer price for the first time since the announcement after the computer maker’s largest outside shareholder said the proposed deal undervalues it. More here.
