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Warcraft, Overwatch and other Blizzard games will return to China this summer after company makes up with NetEase

TechSpot

Blizzard announced back in November 2022 that the agreement with NetEase allowing it to publish games in mainland China since 2008 would expire on January 23, 2023, the result of the two parties failing to reach a deal to renew the license. Blizzard at the time said it could not. Read Entire Article

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Microsoft faces new antitrust complaint over cloud software licensing in Europe

CIO Business Intelligence

Changes Microsoft made to its cloud licensing of Windows and application software to “make bringing workloads and licenses to partners’ clouds easier,” the company says, have drawn the ire of those cloud partners, some of whom have jointly filed an antitrust complaint in the European Union.

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What telco mobile money licenses mean for Nigeria’s financial services sector

CIO Business Intelligence

That may change as telecommunications companies such as Airtel and MTN jump into the mobile money market, after recently receiving licenses to do so. It was only late last year that Nigeria’s Central Bank (CBN), gave the green light for telcos to acquire mobile money licenses. Mobile money is not entirely new to Nigeria.

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Blizzard strikes new deal with NetEase to bring World of Warcraft and other games back to China

TechSpot

It was back in November when Blizzard announced its agreement with NetEase that allowed the former to publish games in mainland China since 2008 would expire on January 23, 2023, the result of the two parties failing to reach a deal to renew the license. Blizzard at the time said. Read Entire Article

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Blizzard takes most of its games offline in China

TechSpot

It was back in November when Blizzard announced its agreement with NetEase that allowed it to publish games in mainland China since 2008 would expire on January 23, 2023, after the two parties failed to reach a deal to renew the license. Blizzard at the time said it could not.

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Most Blizzard games, including World of Warcraft, are being suspended in China

TechSpot

It was those agreements with NetEase that have enabled Blizzard to publish its games in mainland China since 2008. But the company has announced that they will expire on January 23, 2023, and the two parties have been unable to reach a deal to renew the license. Blizzard said it.

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Fountainhead: Only in Silicon Valley: License Plate Sightings in the.

Fountainhead

Only in Silicon Valley: License Plate Sightings in the Field. Only in Silicon Valley: License Plate Sightings in. ► 2008. (79). ► 2008. (79). skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead. Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Wednesday, February 6, 2013. Blog Archive.

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