Complex sentence: Microsoft, with his Bizspark program providing technology, support, visibility, and community to promising startups and entrepreneurs, was the first that helped the development of Soundtracker and was followed by other tech companies such as Apple, Google, Nokia and Blackberry.
Split into simpler sentences: Microsoft, with his Bizspark program providing technology, support, visibility, and community to promising startups and entrepreneurs, was the first that helped the development of Soundtracker. Consequently, followed the other tech companies such as Apple, Google, Nokia and Blackberry.