Tag archive: Monopoly

While you may be patiently awaiting on Hasbro and Zynga to release the board game versions of Words With Friends or Farmville, there are new ways to enjoy classic games with a modern, technological twist. Games such as Monopoly, The Game of Life and Battleship are getting a zAPPed edition makeover which utilizes an iOS device as one of the digital gameplay elements. Let's start with the classic game of capitalization and world domination.… Read More

Back in 2002, software giant Microsoft signed a settlement agreement with the United States Justice Department after the company was found to have violated U.S. antitrust laws. Part of the consent decree included the Department of Justice monitoring Microsoft's compliance with the deal by way of a corporate compliance committee. That oversight period comes to an end today; in theory, Microsoft no longer has to demonstrate to the federal… Read More

AT&T has begun laying out its case to federal regulators as to why they should approve its proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA, filing an enormous public interest statement (PDF) with the Federal Trade Commission. Under the mantra “Mobilize Everything,” AT&T is positioning the acquisition as a significant benefit to the United States public and communities, and says the acquisition will enable the combined… Read More

Apple has requested that a federal judge dismiss an anticompetition lawsuit against the Cupertino, California-based company, which seeks to prove that Apple limited consumers' choice with the use of proprietary software placed on its downloads, reports Bloomberg. The lawsuit, started in 2005, claims that Apple stifled competition with an update made to its FairPlay DRM, a proprietary software, in July 2004, which prevented music… Read More

China’s largest government news provider, the Xinhua News Agency, has partnered with state-owned mobile carrier China Mobile to launch Panguso, a new search engine. Panguso will offer China’s notoriously censored version of the Internet and fall under government regulation. The collaboration between Xinhua and China Mobile has been in the works since Google withdrew its service from the country due to heavy government censorship and e-mail… Read More

If you thought the Google-Microsoft rift only extended to stolen search terms, you'd be wrong. Google spokesperson Adam Kovacevich, who deals specifically with anti-trust issues for the company, tells Politico.com that the search giant is taking an unprecedented amount of heat from lawmakers in Washington D.C. — and it's all Microsoft's fault. According to Kovacevich, Microsoft has helped establish an “anti-Google… Read More

In 2009, Netflix subscribers filed a lawsuit against the company and Walmart for their alleged attempts to illegally control the DVD industry. The two companies are being accused of violating antitrust laws by monopolizing the market back in 2005, when Wal-Mart agreed to stop renting DVDs online and Netflix promised to keep physical copies from hitting shelves. And it looks like they may have a case, since a federal judge granted class action… Read More

Google's insatiable appetite for expansion is well documented and increasingly worrisome to those who doubt the company's genuine commitment to its adopted motto “don't be evil.” In case you need reminding, Google currently has dozens of tech ventures that include an e-mail service, online advertising, a Web browser, an Internet mapping service, a mobile operating system, office software applications, and not to… Read More

Chipmakers AMD and Intel may come to a private agreement last month to end litigation between them, but that doesn't mean Intel is off the hook with the Feds: today the United States Federal Trade Commission announced it is suing Intel for abusing its position in the marketplace engage in anticompetitive behavior and stifle competition. “Intel has engaged in a deliberate campaign to hamstring competitive threats to its… Read More

Back in August, video game developer and publisher Electronic Artsstruck a deal with traditional game-maker Hasbro to bring versions of the company's classic games like “Monopoly” and “Littlest Pet Shop” to screens everywhereunder its newly-created casual gaming arm. Today, EA announced the first wave of games to be produced under the deal, including “Trivial Pursuit,” “Yahtzee,”… Read More