środa, 26 marca 2014

Facebook takes page out of Google playbook with Oculus deal

File photo of Software designer Kantor, who created "The Recital", taking a picture of Feng using the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset during E3 in Los Angeles By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Does Facebook Inc have Google envy? The social networking company's $2 billion acquisition of Oculus VR, a maker of virtual reality goggles, took Wall Street and technology observers by surprise, not least because of the hefty price for a company with no real revenue and untested technology. But Facebook's desire to bet on "the platforms of tomorrow," as Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg described the deal on Tuesday, also marks a broadening of ambition for a company that has until now focused mainly on bolstering its existing service or defending its turf from immediate threats. It's a strategy more often associated with Facebook's arch-rival Google Inc, which has established a track record of making early bets on the next big thing.








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