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Microsoft gets EU approval for Activision Blizzard acquisition

05/17/202305/16/2023 John Montgallo

Activision Blizzard Microsoft Acquisition EU approved

The European Union regulators granted the $69 billion deal its approval this week. Regulators in the European Union have granted Microsoft their approval for its $69 billion acquisition of the Activision Blizzard gaming company. This deal is subject to remedies Microsoft offered in order to assuage concerns over antitrust issues. The European Union’s executive arm, the European Commission, has stated that Microsoft offered remedies that have overcome antitrust concerns in the cloud gaming ecosystem. These remedies had to do with permitting users to use any cloud streaming platform to stream…

Mobile security partnership opens between AVG and Sony

10/15/201410/13/2014 Stephanie Beck

This recent three year deal will mean that the company will be Sony’s exclusive protection provider. AVG Technologies, the online and mobile security software vendor, has now been awarded a three year contract that will allow the company to become the exclusive provider of security for smartphones and tablets that are made by Sony. As a part of this new partnership, the AntiVirus Pro from AVG will be preinstalled on the Xperia Z3 range. One component of this mobile security deal is that the AVG AntiVirus Pro for Android application…

What is the Future of Wearable Technology?

09/27/201409/26/2014 Note From The Editor

The future of wearable devices is still uncertain. New devices are being unveiled on a seemingly daily basis as companies attempt to take advantage of the apparent demand for wearable technology. Many of the devices being offered by such companies have novelty value, but little practical use. Notably, one of the only sectors of wearable technology that has any significant activity has to do with tracking activity. Smartwatches, bracelets, and other such devices that keep track of a person’s physical activity have become somewhat popular, but every other sector of…

Mobile technology sends Sony to a $2.1 billion fiscal year loss

09/23/201409/20/2014 Sam Lambert

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This situation has brought the electronics company to the point that it has had to suspend its dividend. For the first time since the company was first listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, back in 1958, Sony will be suspending its dividend and will not make a payout, because of the $2.1 billion loss that it saw throughout the fiscal year, caused primarily by its mobile technology business. Sony had been predicting a comeback in its business for mobile devices, but it experienced a considerable hiccup. In the fiscal year…

Augmented reality glasses unveiled by Sony in prototype form

09/15/201409/13/2014 Jennifer Goula

Sony Smart eyeglass augmented reality glasses

They have now come out with the first form of the Smart EyeGlass, which allows both eyes to see the display. Sony has now come up with a prototype of augmented reality glasses that could, one day, give Google Glass a run for its money, as the Smart EyeGlass features a built-in projector for displaying images and text that will be visible in both eyes. Apps for this wearable technology include everything from mapping to cooking. These augmented reality glasses appear to be – at least in their prototype form…