Oculus VR says ZeniMax suit aims to cash in on Facebook acquisition

Oculus VR has accused game publisher ZeniMax Media of attempting to cash in on Facebook’s pending acquisition of the wearable virtual reality technology company.In a court filing challenging ZeniMax’s ownership claims in its virtual reality technology, Oculus also cited mail from a former employee of ZeniMax, which said he was concerned that he would be confused as the developer of the Rift virtual reality headset from Oculus.ZeniMax filed in May a lawsuit against Oculus in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas division for exploiting commercially intellectual property that the games publisher allegedly shared under a non-disclosure agreement with Oculus, which enabled it to improve on its “crude prototype” of a virtual reality headset.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Continue reading at 'PC World'

[ PC World | 2014-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon takes aim at Shutterfly with photo printing service

Photo printing is the latest addition to Amazon's slate of services and that's not great news for the likes of Shutterfly. Amazon Prints outputs snapshots for as little as 9 cents each and offers photo books starting at $20. What's more, options like... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lizzie Skurnick Books Suspends Acquisitions

Ig Publishing announced that, due to what its editor-in-chief Robert Lasner described as "very disappointing" sales, the Brooklyn press is no longer making acquisitions or publishing frontlist under its three-year-old Lizzie Skurnick YA fiction imprint. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Josh Topolsky on his new startup: ‘There’s a new generation that is not that interested in Facebook’

Chasing scale has overwhelmingly driven digital publishing, but veteran tech journalist Josh Topolsky believes there's a sustainable digital model for thoughtful journalism that doesn’t require joining the race for scale or doing Facebook’s bidding. For his forthcoming site The Outline, he wants... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers: Facebook is still a frenemy

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Odedina makes first acquisitions for Pushkin

Sarah Odedina has acquired her first three titles for Pushkin Children’s Books, buying titles by Celia Rees, Marcella Pixley and Emily Murphy. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ICYMI: How Facebook is wresting control from publishers and agencies alike

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Digital Trends found a highly profitable niche among tech review sites without relying on Facebook

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The Sun’s Facebook chatbot drove nearly half users back to its site

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[ Advertising Age | 2016-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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