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January
February
2
015 started,as ever, withCES,and Sony
wentold schoolwitha $1,200high-end
Walkman(yes,really) whilesmartphones,
4K TVs and wearablesonceagain
dominatedproceedings.
Yahoo endedthe monthby announcingthat it
was to spin off its stakein Chinesee-commerce site
Alibabaand handthe businessto its stakeholders
(an announcementthat we’llcomebackto later).In
less investor-y news,a sealedNES cartridgeof the
gameStadiumEventsmanagedto sell on eBayfor
a ridiculous$35,100.Stickingwiththe gaming
theme,productionof the SpectrumVega beganin
earnestin January, givingretro fansthe lookand
feel of the old machine.It’s not the real thing,of
course,but a fine projectnonetheless.
And backto businessas, towards the end of
the month,O2 and Three announcedplansfor a
mightymerger, plansthat are still beingpicked
overas we writethis.T
he RaspberryPi has had a very productiveyear, one that
startedwith the launchof the RaspberryPi 2. Sellingfor
just $35,this modelwould,of course,go on to be highly
successfulin its own right,before the $5 RaspberryPi Zero
landed(to the luckyfew to get theirhandson one) in November.
More mergernewslandedin Februarywith the announcement
that BT was goingto acquire mobileoperatorEE for the not-
insubstantialsum of £12.5bn.The deal was also approvedlater in
the year by the Competitionand MarketsAuthority.
As for big occasionsin
February, YouTube celebrated
its tenthbirthdayon
Valentine’s Day. Has it really
beenten years?We feel old.
Finally, remember
Superfish?Lenovo’s pre-installedadware disasterbroughtthe
companyall the wrong attentionfor all the wrong reasons.
Superfish?More like, erm...Rubbishfish.Sorry.Micro Mart’s
News Review
Of 2015