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Google acquires video and special-effects startup Zync

August 26, 20141 min read
Google acquires video and special-effects startup Zync
So I’ll start off by saying that this will be the first of may technology updates and neat articles that I’ve come across. This time Google has purchased yet another startup in hopes to push out their competition, Amazon. Google said on Tuesday that is has acquired video and special effects startup Zync. The terms of the deal were not disclosed to the public. Zync offers video and special-effects rendering services that have been used in movies including “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” and “Star Trek into Darkness”.

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