San Francisco, Jan 12 :
Microsoft Corp bought start-up id8 Group R2 Studios Inc as it looks to expand
further in technology focused on the home and entertainment, a person familiar
with the situation said.
id8 Group R2 Studios was started in 2011 by
Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor Blake Krikorian. It recently launched a
Google Android application to allow users to control home heating and lighting
systems from smartphones.
Krikorian's Sling Media - which was sold to
EchoStar Communications in 2007 - made the "Slingbox" for watching TV on
computers.
Krikorian will join Microsoft with a small team, according to
the Wall Street Journal, which reported the acquisition. Microsoft also
purchased some patents owned by the start-up related to controlling electronic
devices, the newspaper added.
Krikorian and a Microsoft spokesman
declined to comment.
Krikorian resigned from Amazon.com Inc's board in
late December after about a year and a half as a director at the company, the
Internet's largest retailer.
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