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Microsoft employed Apple-like secrecy while building its Surface tablet

yahoo.com (10 months and 29 days ago)

Jun 22, 2012

Apple, and more recently Samsung, is known for taking extreme measures to keep products secret while they’re being developed. According to Tech Radar, Microsoft employed similar techniques when developing its Surface tablet. The team behind the software giant’s latest foray into the hardware business started developing the slate in a secret underground bunker that contained no windows. As the team grew they moved into a larger building, one... full story

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Microsoft employed Apple-like secrecy while building its Surface tablet

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