In an act of unparalleled greed, a newly hired Activision-Blizzard executive was paid millions of dollars last month despite the fact that the company is preparing to announce a huge round of layoffs. Though it’s far from uncommon in the gaming industry to “trim the fat” like this when times are tough (i.e., when shareholders are disappointed with sales) and downright commonplace for corporations to award absurdly large signing bonuses to executives, Activision-Blizzard’s most recent gaffe is particularly egregious....

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The purchased assets will be integrated with Accenture’s Cloud First offerings, a catalogue of cloud-based solutions that includes cloud migration, infrastructure, and application services, as well as built-in partnerships with a variety of third-party vendors. The product group launched in 2020 with $3 billion in funding and a collection of 70,000 cloud professionals to fulfill its goal of speeding enterprise cloud migrations over the subsequent three years. Accenture has been on something of an acquisition world tour in 2021, adding a Brazilian customer experience firm, a German engineering firm, a French cybersecurity business, a Japanese e-commerce company, and a US-based change management consulting firm, with most of these acquisitions having at least some additive impact on its Cloud First assets....

We’ve teamed up with OWC this month for our biggest giveaway yet: Apple’s brand new Mac Pro Rack worth $6499 USD. Not only are we giving away Apple’s most expensive desktop machine to date, OWC is also including 384GB of its new memory and its Accelsior 4M2 4TB SSD made for the new Mac Pro (normally worth around $3000 USD combined!). Head below to enter the giveaway and more on OWC’s new Mac Pro products:...

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Keep up with the best gear and deals on the web by signing up for the 9to5Toys Newsletter. Also, be sure to check us out on: Twitter, RSS Feed, Facebook, Google+ and Safari push notifications. TODAY’S CAN’T MISS DEALS: Last Call Updates: Affinity Photo and Designer apps drop to $40 ea. on the Mac App Store (20% off) Apple TV 4th Gen. 64GB now $120 as a Geek Squad Cert. Refurb at Best Buy Sonos launches big sale w/ discounts on PLAY:1, SUB, PLAYBASE, and more Anker’s new PowerCore MFi iPhone 7 Battery Case 20% off: $45 shipped Apple 9....

Keep up with the best gear and deals on the web by signing up for the 9to5Toys Newsletter. Also, be sure to check us out on: Twitter, RSS Feed, Facebook, Google+ and Safari push notifications. TODAY’S CAN’T MISS DEALS: Last Call Updates: Apple’s Pay Once & Play 50% off iOS game sale: Transistor, Brothers, Rules!, Implosion, Radiation Island, more Green Deals: Philips hue LED Starter Bundle w/ HomeKit Bridge $170, more Epson’s latest ‘Small-in-One’ printer weighs in at a fraction of the competition Twelve South introduces new TimePorter capsule for Apple Watch and charger Logitech Ultrathin Bluetooth Keyboard Case for iPad mini 1/2/3: $17 (Orig....

Be sure to follow 9to5Toys to keep up with the best gear and deals on the web: Twitter, RSS Feed, Facebook, Google+ Today’s can’t miss deals: Best Buy & Walmart Black Friday ads bring the year’s best Apple deals Giveaway: 2-Pack Spigen iPhone 5/5s cases, make your iPhone gold! ZAGGkeys PRO Bluetooth iPad keyboard $50 shipped (Reg. $100) Other great deals from today: Breaking Bad – The Fifth Season on Blu-ray for $20 ($8 below DVD price) http://t....

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With much heated debate on Apple’s decision to go all-out on USB-C ports on the new MacBook Pro, removing everything else bar the headphone socket, we thought it was time to get some hard data on whether there was a consensus view on the issue. Our poll, attracting more than 25,000 votes, showed that there isn’t. There was close to an even split, though those who consider it a positive development did narrowly outweigh those who think it a bad move …...

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Keep up with the best gear and deals on the web by signing up for the 9to5Toys Newsletter. Also, be sure to check us out on: Twitter, RSS Feed, Facebook, Google+ and Safari push notifications. Today’s can’t miss deals: Last Call Updates: Save $100 on Apple’s all-new 12-inch MacBook + extra $50 for students/faculty: 256GB model $1,150 w/ .edu (Reg. $1,299) Apple is handing out free downloads of Super Hexagon for iPhone and iPad ($3 value) Devon and Nixon reveal new luxury Dark Side-inspired Star Wars watches Kickstarter veteran launches new HiddenHUB smart omnidirectional whole home audio system Home: Hoover vacs/carpet cleaners from $128 (Orig....

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Keep up with the best gear and deals on the web by signing up for the 9to5Toys Newsletter. Also, be sure to check us out on: Twitter, RSS Feed, Facebook, Google+ and Safari push notifications. TODAY’S CAN’T MISS DEALS: Last Call Updates: Grab a 3-pack of Anker PowerLine Apple MFi-Certified Lightning Cables in varying lengths for $20 Prime shipped (Reg. $30) Bang & Olufsen brings AirPlay and Chromecast connectivity to its new Beoplay M5 speaker Razor’s new Blade Pro is the “world’s first portable laptop with three built-in monitors” The OjO Commuter Scooter is a zero-emissions electric two-wheeler with 20 miles of range UBTECH introduces new robots at CES including the smart Alexa-enabled Lynx Humanoid, more Take a look at Dell’s new Canvas workstation display and Totem radial controllers Green Deals: 16-pack Philips A19 60W LED Light Bulbs $25 (Reg....

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Investment advisors Motley Fool have suggested that the AAPL dividend could be doubled as a way of rewarding investors … The company has an excellent reputation for offering personal finance advice, in addition to its subscription-based investment tips service. It named Apple alongside Oracle and Accenture as potential candidates for more generous share dividend payments. I’m not personally persuaded Apple would see any reason to do this. The gains in the share price this year would have dwarfed any dividend increase....