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Occipital Uses Its 360-degree View, Sees Microsoft in Its Rearview Mirror

in Mobile on January 24, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

The tiny start-up, which sold its first app–RedLaser–to eBay, is looking to quickly improve on its latest venture, a photography app that creates 360-degree panoramas using the iPhone video camera. Microsoft has said it plans to add a similar feature to its Bing for iPhone app, so the five-person Boulder, Colo., company is hard at work on its next version.

Microsoft Eyes Wider Net as Xbox Turns to Entertainment

in Commerce on December 20, 2010 at 5:30 am PT

The Kinect has been an early hit for Microsoft, but an even bigger moment to celebrate will be if the new gaming accessory can help move the Xbox beyond the hard-core gaming-crowd demographic to appeal to a mass audience for general living-room entertainment.

Video Game Sales Tank

in News on November 13, 2009 at 5:50 am PT

If the latest sales data are any indication, the videogame industry may be headed for a rough holiday season. NPD Group reports that revenue from consoles and software plummeted during October, falling 16.4 percent from September and 19 percent year-over-year. It was the industry’s seventh consecutive monthly decline.
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