Google Unveils $10-a-Month 'All Access' Music Plan
Google is introducing a subscription-based music service, allowing users of Android phones and tablets to listen to their favorite songs and artists for a monthly fee.
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Can Barbie and Hot Wheels Give THQ Another Boost?
Video-game publisher THQ, who makes the popular uDraw tablet and fighting game UFC, has signed a deal with Mattel to bring Barbie, Hot Wheels and other brands to gaming consoles. Can it help give the gaming company -- whose stock has soared 47% in less than two months -- increase its revenue?
Google's Acquisition Machine Sucks Up Jambool, Is Like.com Next?
In Google's latest effort to expand into online gaming, the search company has acquired Jambool, which provides a technology platform that allows online game developers to create virtual currency, along with virtual goods and services.
Apple In Talks to Buy Chinese Online Game Maker
Apple is reportedly in talks to acquire China-based online game and social-networking developer HandSeeing Information Technology, according to a Reuters report. If finalized, the deal would mark the U.S. computer maker's first acquisition in that country.
Blizzard's StarCraft Sequel Takes the Gaming World by Storm
StarCraft II, the sequel to one of the most popular PC games of all time, has been a dozen years in the making. But the wait has paid off. Game maker Blizzard Entertainment says it sold 1.5 million copies in the first 48 hours after launch.
WSJ: Google Is Developing a Potential Facebook Rival
The Wall Street Journal reports that Google, the Internet search giant that's recently lost share in the search business, is developing a potential competitor to Facebook, the social-networking behemoth with half a billion members.
Disney Buys Social Network Gamemaker Playdom
Disney is snapping up social networking games developer Playdom in a deal worth up to $563.2 million, it announced Tuesday. The transaction, will bolster Disney's digital gaming lineup and give it a greater presence on such social networking sites as Facebook and MySpace.
Walt Disney Taps iPhone Developer Tapulous
Disney expanded deeper into iPhone territory with the purchase of a young start-up that has garnered top billing in Apple's App Store with millions of downloads for its Tap Tap Revenge game, among others.
