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June 27, 2006
US Giants Buy Two Euro Photo Software Startups in Past 2 Days
Microsoft has bought the London's iView Multimedia. The purchase brings both consumer and professional-level digital media asset management products to Microsoft, products that could position Microsoft to more closely compete with Apple's iLife, and Google's Picasa as well as Adobe.
iView sells software for Mac and Windows and all are centered around the management and viewing of digital image, sound, and movie libraries. Yesterday, we reported that Adobe had bought an iView competitor - Denmark's Pixmantec.
Posted on June 27, 2006 10:37 PM | Posted to Specialized Software | Permalink
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