Tag: Microsoft
Microsoft Enters Australia-Style News Payments With The EU
Microsoft is teaming up with European publishers to push for a system to make big tech platforms pay for news, raising the stakes in...
Microsoft, Google, & Qualcomm Complain To US Watchdog About NVIDIA’s Purchase
Microsoft, Google, and Qualcomm are among major tech companies that have complained to US antitrust regulators regarding NVIDIA's acquisition of Arm. Bloomberg reported that...
Microsoft Reportedly Considered $51B Pinterest Buy
Microsoft was in talks with US$51 billion Pinterest for a possible acquisition deal, but the discussions are currently on hold, Financial Times reported on Thursday,...
Microsoft Says It Would Never “Threaten To Leave” Australia Like Google
Microsoft stated on Wednesday, February 3, it would never threaten to leave Australia after Google suggested it could pull its widely used search engine...
EU To Decide Microsoft’s $7.5B ZeniMax Deal In March
EU antitrust regulators will decide by March 5 whether to clear Microsoft’s US$7.5 billion acquisition of ZeniMax Media, the US tech giant’s biggest gaming...
Microsoft Asks ACCC To Open iPhones & iPads
Microsoft reached out to Australia's competition regulator to open up Apple's iPhones and iPads to competition and ensure Apple can no longer block competing...
Possible Problems in the Google Case
By Gregory J. Werden & Luke M. Froeb1
Google invented neither the search engine nor the Internet browser, but it made them better. Competing on...
Bill Gates Says He Was Naive About Microsoft’s Antitrust Scrutiny
Microsoft co-founder and former CEO Bill Gates told CNBC Wednesday morning, October 14, he had been naive about the government scrutiny that comes with...
Microsoft Boosts Xbox With $7.5B Bethesda Softworks Buy
Microsoft announced a massive, $7.5 billion cash acquisition of Zenimax Media and its game publishing arm, Bethesda Softworks. The closure of the deal will...
Oracle Reportedly Wins TikTok After Microsoft’s Bid Rejected
Oracle will reportedly take over TikTok’s business in the US after China’s ByteDance rejected Microsoft’s offer.
The Wall Street Journal reported late Sunday that Oracle had been...
