Microsoft (MSFT) Said to Have Acquired Interactive Design Company Perceptive Pixel
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Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) shares are lower amid the company holding its Digital Worldwide Partner Conference today, as the company made an M&A announcement.
According to CEO Steve Ballmer, Microsoft will acquire the interactive design company Perceptive Pixel. Ballmer said, "Microsoft will utilise its research, development and production of multi-touch technologies to further upcoming software and hardware."
The plucky CEO also showed off an 82-inch tablet at the event.
Perceptive Pixel founder Jefferson Han will join Microsoft. Terms of the deal weren't announced.
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According to CEO Steve Ballmer, Microsoft will acquire the interactive design company Perceptive Pixel. Ballmer said, "Microsoft will utilise its research, development and production of multi-touch technologies to further upcoming software and hardware."
The plucky CEO also showed off an 82-inch tablet at the event.
Perceptive Pixel founder Jefferson Han will join Microsoft. Terms of the deal weren't announced.
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Thank you Steve Ballmer
Michael Curry on Jul 9, 2012 11:56 AMMark as Spam | Reply to this comment
The folks over at WorkSpace hosted Lync can’t wait to get our hands on Perceptive Pixel to integrate into our Lync Help-Desk outsourcing services. This will be a valuable tool for our command center personnel and our cloud customers on WorkSpace Lync.