five hundred million dollars. Is the amount that Oculus will have to pay for violating a corresponding confidentiality agreement with ZeniMax. Specialists in virtual reality and the company that develops video games were collaborating for the realization of the viewer in the Rift before the acquisition by Facebook. Just after rising to the edge of the social network of Mark Zuckerber, had arrived with the summons. The reason: Oculus had improperly used the code developed by ZeniMax to build the headset Rift VR.
the winners
ZeniMax is the parent company of ID Software, who created video games such as “Doom” and “Quake”. Co-founder John Carmack is now the chief technology officer of Oculus. Still at ID Software, he and the Ceo of Oculus, Palmer Luckey, had exchanged e-mail, whose subject was the development of a prototype of the headphones, the company’s flagship. The vertices of the Oculus have stated that they will appeal against the decision. But for now, the winners will enjoy the judgment, considered to be a success in half. Oculus, in fact, was saved from a criminal charge the most serious, the violation of the industrial secret.
The boom of Facebook
The news came at the same time that Facebook has announced a jump of 51% of its revenue in the fourth quarter, thanks to the activities of mobile advertising, which represent 84% of the revenue. The revenues of the colossus are increased to 8,81 billion dollars, above analysts ‘ expectations betting on 8,51 billion dollars. The earnings per share amounted to 1,41 dollars, over and above the $ 1.31 expected by the market. The accounts above expectations, pushing the title Facebook in the trading after hours, where you get to earn 3,05%. Facebook confirms number two in the collection advertising for mobile apps, behind the Google. The number of active users per month has increased by 17% to 1.86 billion, of friends, of which 1,23 billion control on a daily basis and 1,74 billion are accessing Facebook from their mobile device.
February 2, 2017 (the edit on February 2, 2017 | 19:07)
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