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Apple Recalled AC Adapter in Europe

January 29, 2016 By Germaine Hicks Leave a Comment

"Apple faulty adapter for wall plugs"

The faulty adapters have a serial number of 4 or 5 digits written on the slot.

All Mac and iOS users since 2003 were asked to visit the store for replacement parts because Apple recalled AC adapter in Europe, New Zealand, Argentina, Australia, Brazil and Korea. It seems that the reason for the recall was that the devices could malfunction and electrocute the user.
According to the Apple site in “very rare cases” the AC adapter with two prongs malfunctioned and created the risk of electrical shock upon touching. Due to this problem that was not observed until recently, the manufacturer decided to issue a voluntary recall of all the devices in order to avoid any situation in which the adapters actually hurt somebody.
The devices that were recalled voluntarily by Apple were issued between 2003 and 2015 and they accompanied Mac products and some iOS devices. They were also in the Apple Adapter Kit for World Travelers.
The company mentions on its official site that the adapters for wall plugs that were designed for use in Japan, China, the U.K. and the U.S. were not affected by the manufacturing problem. The same stands for the USB adapter from Apple.
Apple recalled the adapters for wall plugs made for the use in Europe, New Zealand, Argentina, Australia, Brazil and Korea after a test showed there might be a danger of malfunction that could lead to an electrical shock being applied to the user.
The company describes on its official website the four types of adapters for wall plugs that may be affected by the manufacturing issue. The devices in question are those that feature two round pins that are a bit thin and leaned inward made for the use in Continental Europe, those with thick round pins issued for Korea, the Australian angled blades that are a bit flat, also used in Argentina and New Zealand.
In order to identify them easier, Apple stated that the recalled devices have a serial number of 4 or 5 characters on the inside slot, where the power adapter attaches itself. The new models will feature an inscription of BRA, AUS, ARG or EUR on them.
There were no incidents involving the adapter reported, but the company decided to voluntarily issue the recall in order to prevent any incident from happening. Apple always put the client and his needs first, and since the company wants to maintain a high standard when it comes to customer service it will exchange all of the adapters free of charge.
For more additional information on how to exchange the power adapter, you can check out their official site.

Image source: www.apple.com

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: AC Adapter, apple, faulty adapter, ios, Mac, recall for the Apple adapters

Microsoft Wants to Bring Word Flow to other Platforms

January 16, 2016 By Chen Lai Leave a Comment

"Microsoft Wants to Bring Word Flow to other Platforms "

Word Flow pack word prediction functions and swipe-like movements for word composition.

It is pretty obvious Microsoft’s intention on bringing its products to other platforms. Of course, it’s not only profitable, but it also feeds the tech giant’s intention of seeing every device hanging out a sign saying “Thank you, Microsoft.” It would seem that the company is on the move again. According to recent rumors, Microsoft wants to bring Word Flow to other platforms.

So, what’s Word Flow and when did all these rumors start? According to the definition provided on Microsoft’s official web page, it would seem that Word Flow is a nifty instrument capable of helping you compose messages at a faster speed.

Still doesn’t ring a bell? Then let give you more details about the gadget. The complete name of the instrument is Microsoft Word Flow virtual keyboard, and, according to the tech giant, the option was made available for phones running Windows 8.1.

Furthermore, the instrument relies on word prediction and swipe-like movements. Yes, you guessed it! Word Flow, Microsoft’s newest addition to Windows 8.1, bears a striking similarity to Android’s Swype keyboard application.

So, what’s so special about Word Flow, apart from its name? From what we can guess, the application is capable of doing basically the same things as Swype. But there is one particular difference between the two applications.

It would seem that Word Flow packs a better word recognition engine than Swype. Furthermore, back in 2014, there was a dude who actually manage to break the world record for the fastest text written with a virtual keyboard, using Microsoft’s application.

Now, coming back to our initial subject, it would seem that those rumors appeared to be quite true. Microsoft is indeed planning of expanding its operations, and it seems that the first platform which will receive this application will be iOS. Probably Microsoft will want to move ahead with its plans to bring the app to other platforms, but for now, the tech giant is concentrating on iOS.

Unfortunately, the tech company did not disclose a timetable for the application, meaning that we do not know when the application will be available for iOS compatible devices.

Microsoft wants to bring Word Flow to other platforms and it plans to start with iOS. If all goes according to plan, we might witness the dissemination of the app to other platforms as well.

The tech giant’s move is also confirmed by a mail received by Windows Insider user, in which Microsoft extended its invitation to a beta testing session of the application.

Here’s a video clip to get familiar with Word Flow.

Photo credits:www.wikipedia.org

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: application, ios, message, microsoft, text, Typing Speed, word flow

Twitter Will Spy Users’ Smartphones Through “App Graph”

November 27, 2014 By Rebecca McGhee Leave a Comment

App Graph of Twitter

Twitter plans to peek into the smartphones of its users.

Recently, Twitter released a new update which will permit its social network to keep an eye on the apps users download on their phones. The company launched the new app update for iOS users on Wednesday. However, twitter intends to launch the new update app for Android users as well.

The worst part is that through this latest update the company can gather all your personal data from your phones.

On the other hand, Twitter stated that the major goal behind this update is to inform Twitter engineers about the kind of content users are interested in. It will make easier for company design new apps and Twitter updates in the future. Twitter named this new feature as “app graph”.

Moreover, the new feature will let users personalize the content which emerge on their timeline from other accounts. Earlier, the social network announced that soon users of Twitter will view tweets on their timeline from other accounts as well.  The firm used an algorithm for this particular purpose. The algorithm determine the interest of users through their older tweets.

Business of twitter is entirely rely on advertisement which requires a large amount of users’ data. Unfortunately, the social networking service provider hold relatively less information as compared to the other social networking sites such as Facebook. Therefore, this step will offer a big help to Twitter for the improvement of content recommendations.

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: "app graph", Android, Apps, content recommendation, facebook, ios, samrtphones, spy app, track

Whatsapp Announced End-To-End Encryption For Millions Of Android Users

November 18, 2014 By Rebecca McGhee Leave a Comment

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After experiencing childhood in Soviet Ukraine in the 1980s, Jan Koum, founder of Whatsapp figured out how to mistrust the government and despise its reconnaissance. After he moved to the United States and made ultra-popular messaging framework decades later, he pledged that Whatsapp would never make snooping simple for anybody. Presently, Whatsapp is following through on that anti-snooping pledge at a phenomenal scale.

Whatsapp reported on Tuesday that it’s incorporating end-to-end encryption, a move up to its privacy assurances that makes it almost unthinkable for anybody to peruse clients’ messages—even the organization itself. Whatsapp will incorporate the open-source programming Textsecure, made by security concentrated non-profit Open Whisper Systems, which scrambles messages with a cryptographic key that just the client can get to and never leaves his or her gadget. The result is for all intents and purpose un-crackable encryption for countless phones and tablets that have Whatsapp installed — by a few measures the world’s biggest ever implementation of this standard of encryption in a messaging service.

Moxie Marlinspike, Open Whisper System’s inventor and a well known software developer in the cryptography group said, “Whatsapp is incorporating Textsecure into the most prominent messaging application on the planet, where folks exchange billions of messages a day. I believe this is the biggest end-to-end encryption deployment ever.”

Textsecure has already been silently encrypting Whatsapp messages between Android gadgets for a week. The new encryption plan implies Whatsapp messages will now fly out the distance to the beneficiaries’ gadget before being decrypted, instead of simply being encoded between the client’s gadget and Whatsapp’s server. The change is almost undetectable, however Marlinspike says Whatsapp will soon add a peculiarity to permit clients to check each others’ identities on the basis of their cryptographic key, a resistance against man-in-the-center attacks that interrupt conversations. Marlinspike said, “Regular clients won’t spot the difference. It’s completely frictionless.”

In its beginning stage, however, Whatsapp’s messaging encryption is constrained to Android, and doesn’t yet apply to group messages, images or video messages. Marlinspike says that Whatsapp intends to expand its Textsecure rollout into other gimmicks and other platforms, including Apple’s iOS, soon. He wouldn’t point out a particular time period, and Whatsapp staff members declined to remark on the new encryption characteristics. Marlinspike says, the Textsecure execution has been in the works for 6 months, since soon after Whatsapp was acquired by Facebook last February.

So, for now, just Whatsapp’s Android users alone symbolize a huge new client base for end-to-end encrypted messages: Whatsapp’s page in the Google Play store records more than 500 million downloads. Formerly, Textsecure had been installed on just around 10 million devices running the Cyanogen mod variant of Android and around 500,000 different gadgets.

The only encrypted messaging framework that analyzes in size is Apple’s iMessage, which likewise claims of using a rendition of end-to-end encryption. As compared to Textsecure, nonetheless, Apple’s iMessage security has a few genuine weaknesses. iMessage doesn’t track which gadgets’ cryptographic keys are connected with a certain client, so Apple could basically make another key the client wasn’t known of to begin interrupting his or her messages. Also, numerous clients innocently back up their stored iMessages to Apple’s iCloud, which renders any end-to-end encryption debatable. Furthermore, dissimilar to Textsecure, iMessage doesn’t utilize an element known as “forward secrecy” that makes a new encryption key for each message sent. This implies that any individual who gathers a client’s encoded messages and effectively breaks a client’s key can unscramble all their conversations, not only the one message that uses that key.

Whatsapp’s rollout of such solid encryption to countless clients may be a disliked move among governments around the globe, whose scrutiny it could make significantly more troublesome. No doubt, Whatsapp’s client base is global, with extensive populaces of clients in Europe and India. In any case Whatsapp organizer Jan Koum has been vocal about his resistance to chipping in with government snooping. “I grew up in a society where all that you did was snooping on, recorded, squealed on,” he told Wired UK recently. “No one ought to have the right to listen snoop, or you turn into a totalitarian state — the sort of state I fled as a kid to come to this country where you have democracy and opportunity of discourse. Our objective is to secure it.”

 

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: Android, apple, Cyanogen mod variant, end-to-end encryption, Europe, facebook, Forward secrecy, Google Play, icloud, iMessage, India, ios, Jan Koum, Marlinspike, messaging service, Textsecure, WhatsApp

Amazon’s Echo: A Voice-Driven Home Assistant in $199

November 7, 2014 By Germaine Hicks Leave a Comment

Amazon-Echo-a-voice-driven-home-assistant

According to the recent reports revealed, Amazon announced Echo, a voice-driven home assistant on Thursday. It’s a tube-shaped device, which is especially designed to work as a voice-driven home assistant. The price of the device is $199 and presently requires an invite to buy. The Amazon Echo is equipped with 7 microphones, a downward-facing array of speakers, and a constant connection to the cloud so that it can listen to and respond to users’ spoken questions and requests.

If you see the device’s video demonstration, it shows a lively suburban mom-dad-and-two-kids family. The actors in the video use the Echo to do things like turn on music, tell the time, spell words, play morning news clips from NPR, set a timer, or add items to a shopping list — in essence, the kinds of commands users of Apple’s Siri are already familiar with.

Moreover, users need to to say a ‘trigger’ word to enable Amazon Echo’s listening. As if to commence privacy concerns, the ad persisted that the Echo only starts listening and recording audio when it hears that word (word ‘Alexa’ is used in the ad, however the product description didn’t clarify whether users can pick their own trigger word or not; for now, we hope nobody in your family is named Alexa). Although the advertisement clearly showed that the always-on Echo device have the ability to hear user at any volume level. The ad also demonstrated that the Echo being moved and plugged into many different rooms in the actors’ home, as if to show that users need to be close to the Echo for maximum effectiveness.

Echo will need a Bluetooth connection to a compatible media device for music playback. However, it’s not obvious in the ad whether it’s compulsory to connect through the official Amazon Echo app that will launch on Amazon Fire OS and Android. The official page of the device also mentioned the compatibility with the desktop and iOS Web browser interface, although it doesn’t obvious whether it will limit the ways that users interact with it.

With the launch of latest Fire devices having voice-search utility, Amazon stimulated its push into personal-assistant territory. Though, the Echo device launch doesn’t hint at an impartial app that smartphone and tablet users might use in place of this always-on, wall-plugged device. We have reached out to Amazon about product availability, and looking forward to test everything else advertised about the Amazon Echo, including its ability to hear the words at almost any volume in a nearby environs, its response speed, and its intelligence.

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: $199, 7 microphones, Alexa, amazon, Amazon Fire OS, Android, Echo, ios, Music playback, Voice-driven-home-assistant, voice-search, wall-plugged device, Web browser interface

WireLuker Hitting Apple’s Mobile Users: Malware Patches Releasing

November 6, 2014 By Rebecca McGhee Leave a Comment

New-malware-attacked-Apple-users

Recently, an online security researcher has warned that a new malware targeting Apple products is mostly affecting Chinese users.

WireLurker, a new malware, which is affecting Apple’s desktop and mobile operating systems seems to have originated in China and is mostly affecting devices there, US-based Palo Alto Networks said.

The malware spreads through apps uploaded from a third-party store and can steal information.

US-based Palo Alto Networks said, more than 400 infected apps have been downloaded over 350,000 times.

Ryan Olson, the company’s intelligence director, said “WireLurker is unlike anything we have ever seen in terms of Apple iOS and OS X malware.”

“When it comes to exploiting some of the world’s best-known desktop and mobile platforms, the techniques in use suggest that bad actors are getting more sophisticated,” he added.

WireLurker has the ability to transfer from Apple’s Mac computer to mobile devices through a USB cable. The malware was capable of stealing “a variety of information” from mobile devices, it infects and regularly requested updates from the attacker’s control server, the security firm said.

“This malware is under active development and its creator’s ultimate goal is not yet clear,” the firm added.

Right after the incident, Apple has issued a brief statement, “We are aware of malicious software available from a download site aimed at users in China, and we’ve blocked the identified apps to prevent them from launching.”

“As always, we recommend that users download and install software from trusted sources,” Apple added.

Work Apps

Palo Alto Networks revealed that the WireLurker was first noticed in June when a Chinese firm Tencent’s developer realized there were apprehensive files and processes happening on his Mac and iPhone.

Further inquiries revealed a total of 467 Mac programs listed on the Maiyadi App Store had been compromised to include the malware, which in turn had been downloaded 356,104 times as of 16th Oct.

Infected software included popular games including Angry Birds, The Sims 3, Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

Once the malware was on the Mac, it communicated with a command-and-control server to check if it needed to update its code, and then waited until an iPhone, iPad or iPod was connected.

The security firm officials reveal that, when an iOS device connects with the malware, it would check if the device was jailbroken — a process used by some to remove some of Apple’s restrictions.

If it was jailbroken, WireLurker backed up the device’s apps to the Mac, where it repackaged them with malware, and then installed the infected versions back on to the iOS machine. However, if the device was not jailbroken – that is the case for most iOS devices – WireLurker took advantage of a technique created by Apple to enable businesses to install special software on their staff’s handsets and tablets.

Now the malware place infected apps on the device that had been signed with a mock “enterprise certificate” – code added to a product that is supposed to prove it comes from a trustworthy source.

Now, a permission request pops up the targeted iOS device on the user’s first attempt to run an infected app, to ensure the certificate acceptance by the device.

It simply asked for permission to run the app, but if the user clicked continue’ it installed code called a ‘provisioning profile’, which told the iOS device it could trust any other app that had the same enterprise certificate.

While this malware technique was not a new concept, it was the only known example of it being used to target non-jailbroken iOS devices in the wild, Palo Alto Networks said.

Once installed, the malware provide information about the iOS device to the hackers, including phone numbers from its Contacts app, and the user’s Apple ID.

Different versions of WireLurker also automatically installed new apps on the devices – including a video game and a comic book reader. Though, they are harmless; experts warn they could represent a test run for other more damaging software.

Prof Alan Woodward, from the University of Surrey said, “People have got very used to iOS being secure and there is a danger they may be complacent about the risk this presents.”

Under Attack

News of the attack comes after Apple’s iCloud storage service in China was attacked by hackers trying to steal user information last month.

Greatfire.org, Chinese web monitoring group said, “Hackers seized data and potentially gained access to passwords, messages, photos and contacts. They believed the Beijing government was behind the move.”

Although, the Chinese government denied the claims and was backed by China Telecom — state-owned internet provider, which said the claim was “false and baseless”.

China, which is the world’s biggest smartphone market and Apple saw its iPhone sales there jump 50% in the April to June quarter from a year earlier.

Palo Alto Networks has recommended some precautions for the users in order to minimize the risk of attack;

  • Do not download Mac apps from third-party stores
  • Do not jailbreak iOS devices
  • Do not connect their iOS devices to untrusted computers and accessories, either to copy information or charge the machines
  • Do not accept requests for a new “enterprise provisioning profile” unless it comes from an authorized party, for example the employer’s IT department

 

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: Angry Birds, apple, Battlefield, china, China Telecom, Chinese government, Greatfire.org, icloud, imac, ios, ipad, iPhone, iPod, Jailbreak, malware, OS X malware, Palo Alto Networks, Pro Evolution Soccer 2014, Prof Alan Woodward, Tencent, The Sims 3, USB cable, WireLurker

Lenovo Enters Smartband Market- Unveils New Wearable Fitness Smartband

October 27, 2014 By Brian Galloway Leave a Comment

Lenovo Smartband

Lenovo plans  enter the market of health related smart devices.

Lately , Lenovo posted images of a new wearable smartband. The picture indicates that the company intends to release a new product soon.

It appears like the Chinese PC maker love to design innovative things. It has already launched a new Yoga laptop, built in projectors and several other groundbreaking things.

Lenovo has also released a special page for the upcoming “Smartband SW-B100”.  In that page it unveils some significant details related to the new fitness tracker. It stated that the new smartband would be able to  note the calories, heart rate, sleep durations, daily steps and numerous other fitness features.

Moreover, it will sync with smartphones to offer a wide variety of apps. It will offer support for Windows Phone, iOS and Android (4.3 and up) devices. It will also provide a few of the smartwatch apps such as text messages, calls and appointment alert.

The smartband will come in two different colors orange and blue.  The most remarkable thing is that it would not ask users to enter the password manually in order to unlock the device.

Thus Far,the company has not listed the price and official release date of the new smartband.

The tech giant has not officially declared the arrival of Smartband. People are trying to judge the release of the device through the documentation process.

Recently, the upcoming item of Lenovo passed through the FCC (federal Communication Commission) filing.

Yang Yuanqing, the CEO of Lenovo has already announced that company is presently working on a few new wearable products in the month of January.

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: Android, FCC filing, fitness tracker, free from password, heart rate, ios, picture, price, release date, Smartband, Windows Phone, Yoga Laptop

Hong Kong Protestors Targeted By Spy Apps, Security Firms Revealed!

October 2, 2014 By Rebecca McGhee Leave a Comment

Hong Kong

Recent reports revealed by U.S. security firms that the Chinese government may possibly use the smartphone apps in order to scout pro democracy protestors in Hong Kong.

Lacoon Mobile Security said, “These apps are veiled as tools formed by activists for protests. When you download this app, you might give access to an outsider to access the phone’s address book, call logs and other relevant information.”

According to the insights of Lacoon security firm, the victim identities along with the server details used forced us to believe that Chinese government is behind this attack.

No doubt, China along with the United States and Russia believes to be a leader in the cyber warfare research. China is a key source of hacking attacks planned at foreign governments and the China’s computer companies.

On the other hand, Chinese government has denies involving in cyber spying attacks and claimed that we are amongst the biggest victims of hacking attacks.

According to the Lacoon Security firm, there are two similar ‘malicious fake apps’ that seemed to be related. The targeted phones are especially those which run Apple’s OS; and the other app is developed for phones using Google Inc.’s Android system.

Moreover, the company told that this advanced app, known as mRAT (multidimensional requirements analysis tool) is surely backed by a strong nation. It was calling the software Xsser, Lancoon says.

Furthermore the company told, the Xsser mRAT symbolizes a deep move by nation-state cyber criminals conciliating conventional PC systems to hitting mobile devices.”

Lancoon said that, up till now, such cross- platform attacks are quite rare, which simultaneously target both Apple and Android phones and this is a major sign of the involving the government. This app may be the first spyware for iOS developed by Chinese government so far.

Way back in May, U.S. government have charged 5 Chinese military officers with cyber-spying and pilfering trade secrets from major American companies. Last year, we traced attacks on American and other companies to a military unit in Shanghai, Mandiant (Security Company) told.

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: Android, apple, china, cyber crimes, Hong Kong, ios, Lacoon Mobile Security, Lancoon, mRAT, multidimensional requirements analysis tool, Spy, u.s, warfare, Xsser mRAT

Microsoft Deals for ‘Minecraft’ Now Apparently of $2.5 Billion: Will the Venture Payoff?

September 14, 2014 By Germaine Hicks 2 Comments

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Have you heard of the Mojang’s Minecraft yet? Actually, it’s on the PC, PlayStation, Xbox, iPhone, iPad, and Android devices for beginners. In total, it has sold over 54 million copies. Previous week, signifies that Microsoft wanted to purchase the developer studio and the game for $2 billion, a report stated.

According to the most recent report published in Saturday claims that the purchase amount is truly higher than $500 million. Most of us are speculating why Microsoft would use up such huge amount of money for just a sole game franchise.

It has been reported by the sources with Reuters, the Microsoft will declares a $2.5 billion purchase of Mojang on Monday. Moreover, it seems to be the deal larger than Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus Rift for $2 billion held in July.

But the questions arising with this deal is why would Microsoft spend such a large amount of money on a single game? Some suppose this has less to do with the Xbox platforms and more to do with its mobile strategy for Windows Phone and Windows 8 tablets like the Microsoft Surface.

The Mobile Market

Dave Bisceglia, Chief Executive of independent game studio Tap Lab said, “It seems like Microsoft is looking at Mojang and Minecraft as a way to tap into this enormous cultural phenomenon. If you look at iOS, ‘Minecraft’ has been a top-grossing game for quite some time, if Microsoft could on Windows phones give players a unique and compelling experience that you can’t get on the other platforms, that could be a driver to sell devices to existing ‘Minecraft’ fans.”

Nomura analyst Rick Sherlund in a note to clients this week, “We don’t view this acquisition as a signal of Microsoft’s intent to double down on Xbox but consider it an attempt to better address mobile on a cross-platform basis. This also appears to be consistent with (Microsoft) CEO Satya Nadella’s mobile and cloud strategy.”

The mobile segment is Minecraft’s greatest growing base. Mojang’s Jens “Jeb” Bergensten discovered that the Pocket Edition passed the 21 million sold mark back in April.

The PocketEdition of Minecraft has been sold more than either the PC version or the console version. Though, that’s a fall in the bucket compared to the total number of smartphone and tablet users worldwide. 1.75 billion People worldwide are expected to use a smartphone in 2014, according to the report from research firm eMarketer. According to Tab-Times, in the meantime, the total number of tablet users reached an expected 285 million.

It seems that the potential for Minecraft in the mobile space is hefty; however it’s vague how the game will help out Windows mobile devices. Windows smartphones from Nokia and HTC are just as prevailing and packed with features as its Android and Apple competition. Yet, the devices have required both the “cool” factor of the other devices, the large marketplace of apps and app developers, and broad support from all the major carriers. Windows Phones sit in a very far third with less than 3% of the smartphone market as a result, and its market share is in fact contracting, as Phone Arena mentions. Minecraft on Windows devices could help, but it won’t solve these issues on its own.

A Platform and a Brand

Microsoft may actually get with Minecraft as it does seem to be a popular platform that can span the PC, Xbox, and mobile devices. Moreover, it will own the brand that can expand into toys, books, and possibly even movies.

On the toy front alone, the LEGO Cuusoo Minecraft Micro World Sets have been so admired that LEGO is converting them into full-grown usual size sets. Six LEGOMinecraft sets will strike stores this November; as LEGO declares just this past Thursday.

It looks dodgy that Microsoft would be able to compel the support of Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition, PlayStation 3 Edition, and PS Vita Edition. This doesn’t mean that future versions of Minecraft will be available on its competitor’s consoles though.

Any deal for Minecraft will likely not include Notch, The Inquisitr previously reported. The maker of the huge hit has not dynamically been implicated in its development since 2011 and will supposedly head off once the possession of Mojang and Minecraft transitions to Microsoft.

Microsoft is perhaps looking at Minecraft as a franchise most likely in the same way that Nintendo seems at Super Mario as a franchise. Though, it is a game with an apparently unlimited amount of growth and attraction to both children and adults. On the other hand, it’s shocking that Microsoft didn’t go for such deal earlier to Minecraft launching on the PlayStation platforms, although now the question is will the $2.5 billion venture payoff.

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: $2 billion, $2.5 billion, $500 million, Dave Bisc, Inquisitr, ios, Jens “Jeb” Bergensten, LEGO Cuusoo Minecraft, microsoft, minecraft, mojang minecraft, nomura, oculus rift, rick sherlund, satya nadella, super mario

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