Joint Venture: Sony Ericsson By: Upasana Banerjee On October 1st 2001, Sony, a Japanese electronics company, founded in 1946, joined Swedish-born Ericsson, 70 years its senior, in holy matrimony. Ericsson used to get chips from Philips, but in March, 2000, a fire destroyed the production facility of Philips. Facing an acute shortage of chips, Ericsson was prompted to form a joint venture with Sony. Since joining forces, both companies have stopped producing their own mobile phones. Originally,…
Executive Summary Polaroid Corporation was established in 1937 by Edwin H. Land which is the former founder of this corporation. Polaroid is an American international and eyewear consumer electronics company. It is very well known with its creation of instant film cameras, which starting to be launched in the market in 1948 and be the first company to introduce such product. By the late 1980, Polaroid was vulnerable for takeover due to certain reasons which are low profit of the company, carried…
Both Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are officially revealed. There will be many comparisons and reviews and you may change your mind a few times before you decide to buy one. Judging by the information gathered from both events, we decided to make our version of comparison. Hardware Both gaming consoles are using almost the same hardware specs inside their bodies. The only difference is in the RAM type. The PS4 uses GDDR5 8GB RAM and the Xbox One uses 8GB DDR3 RAM. The GPU on the PS4 could…
Bethesda Softworks is the creator of many of the greatest video games of all time. Bethesda has created every sort of video game on the market today, but they are most renowned for their role-playing games. Bethesda’s role-playing games give the player the power of choice in a huge open world. Bethesda’s two most successful franchises, Fallout and The Elder Scrolls, are also the two most popular role-playing franchises in the world. Bethesda’s two most successful games, which happen to come…
“Which should I get, the Xbox One or the PlayStation 4 for my birthday?” my friend asked. Glancing at my friend apathetically as I always do, “Did I not already told you which one to get?” I answered with a tiredness to my voice from working late on an extremely busy night yesterday. While thinking for a few moments, my friend finally replied. “Wasn’t it the PlayStation 4?” my friend asked. “Probably” I said. Besides they’re both very good choices; however, both consoles have their pros and cons…
Last of us is a dual protagonist game, a highly developed action/horror game focusing on a post apocalyptic society. Created by Naughty Dog. The Last of us along with its predecessors like Uncharted use detailed graphics, which resonates realism with every movement. The game is more cinematic in its elements like a Film. The use of colour and Mis-en-scene along with production aspects gives it a cinematic feel and look. The game was carefully edited to give a film like experience. The game was…
PS3 vs. PS4: A New Gaming Device What are the differences between PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 and which is better? Sony is slowly adding PS2 and PS3 games for purchase to play on PS4. I believe that PS3 is better because of its backwards compatibility. The main reason I think PS3 is better is because the more reliable and free backward compatibility, unlike the PS4 in which a purchase is necessary. On top of purchasing, only select games are chosen to be made downloadable.…
Although there are pros and cons of the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox I, the XBox 1 is what I would choose to purchase again because of its better physical features, brand name,and games. The Xbox one has many great features but few look at the size width or even the software that comes with the system. The xbox one dimensions is 274x79x333 (width,Height,length) While the PS4 has a quite smaller model then the Xbox one with (PS4) 275x53x305 (Width,height,Length) A Xbox One controller comes with…
Kelly scooted around the boulder, making sure her head was below than the ridge. As she peered around the edge of the colossal boulder and was quickly met with a spray of blue-white plasma. The Spartan Rabbit moved back behind the boulder and swore under her breath. With a shake of her head, she informed her team that there was trouble ahead. The rest of Blue Team was hidden in the forest about 50 meters from the female Spartan. The Master Chief was crouched behind a large bush and noted…
Bioinformatics coursework- report on IL2RG IL2RG (Interleukin 2 receptor, gamma) serves as a receptor for cytokines IL2, IL4, IL7, IL15 and IL21 (Brandt et al, 2007). The binding of IL2 regulates the activation, differentiation and proliferation of lymphatic cells through both positive and negative feedback loops. It prevents autoimmune diseases during the maturation of T cells, as well as playing a key role in cell-mediated immunity (Liao et al, 2011). The IL2RG gene is located on the…