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Amazon completes its $8.45 billion takeover of MGM
The James Bond movies, 'RoboCop' and 'The Wizard of Oz' now belong to Amazon.
Sony reveals PlayStation Studios branding for its own PS5 games
The animated logo borrows a trick from the Marvel Studios playbook.
Docstoc lets you find business documents on the iPad
Docstoc is a document sharing site that offers users free and premium business documents. Though its main target is small business, the site can be a godsend to freelance professionals as well. Today the site has launched its official iPad app, which puts over 10,000 business and professional documents at your fingertips. Document categories include everything from Career Development to various legal documents and financial planning forms, plus many more. The app also lets you search and download over 20 million library documents. Of the 10,000 documents included in the app, about 2,000 are free, with access to the other 8,000 (and all of the site's other downloadable premium documents) costing only US$19.95 per month or $119.95 for an annual subscription. Docstoc for iPad is a free download. [via TechCrunch]
Peter Moore resigns from Microsoft, replaced by Don Mattrick [update 1]
Microsoft has announced that Peter Moore, Vice President of their Interactive Entertainment Business, Entertainment and Devices Division, has resigned from the company. Moore has decided to move his family back to California for "personal reasons" and has secured a new position in the games industry (rumored by 1UP to be EA Sports). He is to be replaced by former EA head, Don Mattrick, who joined Microsoft in February as a "strategic advisor." Mattrick will assume his new role at Microsoft beginning July 30.Joystiq has a call scheduled with Microsoft later today. Keep your eye on their front page for more updates as they become available. Update: Major Nelson has confirmed that Peter Moore will become the new president of EA's sports division.
