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A giant wins face another giant Amazon has officially announced Monday night takeover of Twitch, specializing in the delivery of video games streaming (no download stream) over the Internet, to the tune of 970 million dollars, 736 million euros and the largest ever acquisition by Amazon. The information circulating in the specialized media, but Amazon has confirmed a release. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2014
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Twitch, who claims his website “more than 55 million visitors per month” , was coveted. Google was especially the running, we murmured. The company, launched in 2011 and based in San Francisco, advertises online games for an Xbox (Microsoft) or PlayStation 4 (Sony), and watch and comment on the performance of other players. Twitch also retransmits video game competitions.
As for the giant online retailer, initially turned to the books, he gradually diversified its activities, particularly in the digital content (eBooks, videos and music online) the devices (Kindle e-readers and tablets, smartphone FirePhone) or dematerialization services (“cloud”).
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