Two of the most promising game publishers are inches closer to completing the biggest merger of the industry. We can’t believe it’s really going to happen and we can’t wait for the games they will come up with in the future. Today, the European Commission (as part of the European Union), has approved the $9.8 billion merger between Activision and Vivendi Games. Just a brief history on the two companies: Activision is an American video game developer founded on October 1, 1979. It is the ... Read More

Industry experts believe that the cell phone will soon be a thing of the past.At Monday’s Smartphone Summit, panelists agree that smartphones will soon dominate the mobile market. Smartphones are mobile devices that run on open operating systems – the most famous example of which is the Apple iPhone. What makes them more marketable is their ability to run third party applications. These 3rd party apps can vary like PC software and the possibilities for their development are endless. Aside from the fairly recent ... Read More

[Reuters] The independent research by two statisticians from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business found buyers saved $7 billion that they might have otherwise been ready to pay in a study of eBay auction behavior in 2003. Applying the same analysis to 2004 buyer data, consumers saved $8.4 billion, said Wolfgang Jank, one author of the study. A linear projection of the research findings would mean consumers saved around $19 billion during 2007, Jank said. Online shopping has grown tremendously ... Read More