News Mash-up: Social Media Posted May 7, 2021 Twitter exploring ‘undo send’ feature Twitter Inc. is testing an “undo send” function that would give users a short time …
UK makes formal request to join 11-country trans-Pacific trade deal Posted April 28, 2021 Britain made a formal request to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) on Feb. 1, seeking membership of the 11-co…
Business Spotlight: Square Enix Holdings Part 2 Posted April 25, 2021 Continued from Part 1… Luckily, following the success of Final Fantasy X (2001) and Kingdom Hearts (2002), Square was performing better than ever. Despite some initial…
Business Spotlight: Square Enix Holdings Part 1 Posted April 24, 2021 Many people’s first contact with Japan is through video games, and many of those games were released by Square Enix Holdings Co. Ltd., the creator of successful franchises like Fi…
10-year-old boy in Texas sells his GameStop stocks for a 5,000% profit Posted April 20, 2021 A 10-year-old boy in San Antonio, Texas, made a killing by selling GameStop stock on Jan. 27. Jaydyn Carr sold his 10 shares of the stock for more than 50 times t…
News Mash-up: Japanese Exports Posted April 1, 2021 Japan’s record-breaking anime film Demon Slayer lands in US cinemas The record-breaking Japanese anime film …
Google to Shut Down Its Game Development Studios Posted March 26, 2021 Google announced that it is shutting down its game development studios for Stadia, the tech giant's cloud-based video game platform. Launched in 2019, the gami…
Game Developer Experiences Stock Price Boost after Tweet from Elon Musk Posted March 18, 2021 CD Projekt Red, the company that developed the role-playing video game Cyberpunk 2077, experienced a massive stock boost after Tesla founder Elon Musk tweeted tha…
Coca-Cola with Coffee Now Available in US Market Posted March 14, 2021 Coca-Cola has launched a coffee-infused drink in the United States. The new product called Coca-Cola with Coffee uses the advertising tagline …
Department of Justice Stops Visa’s Deal with Startup Posted March 8, 2021 Visa’s plans to acquire Plaid, a US-based financial technology startup, have fallen through after the Department of Justice (DoJ) objected to the…