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New students, beginning in summer 2024 will have Microsoft emails instead of Google. - Graphics Editor / Julia Quennessen

Rowan moves new student email accounts from Google to Microsoft beginning this summer

Braijon Williams January 25, 2024

Editor's Note: This article has been changed since its initial publication. It was originally reported that new students would not have access to Google Drive. It has been corrected to clarify that students...

Although it's called the cloud, there are physical server banks that hold all the data. - Graphic / Julia Quennessen

Why are Rowan emails moving to the cloud?

Connor Brown March 29, 2023

Information Resources and Technology (IRT) announced that students and faculty using Rowan-managed Windows computers and emails ending in @rowan.edu would be moving to the Microsoft cloud-hosted service...

Activision Blizzard's gaming characters. / Photo via venturebeat.com

Microsoft Gaming Acquires Activision, Leaving Questions About the Future of Platform Exclusives

Luke Garcia January 25, 2022

Last week, Microsoft Corp. announced plans to acquire global video game giant, Activision Blizzard Inc., to accelerate their growth in the gaming business across mobile, PC and console platforms.  Activision...

TikTok logo / Photo by play.google.com

Oracle Wins Bid for TikTok Following Executive Order

Luke Garcia September 16, 2020

It was announced on Sunday that Oracle Corporation won the bidding for U.S. operations of the video sharing app TikTok. This does not mean that Oracle will have majority ownership of the app, but they...

Are gaming consoles becoming more like PCs?

Are gaming consoles becoming more like PCs?

Kevin Howard April 21, 2016

Console gaming has always been a simple affair: buy a console, connect it to the internet and download software updates. Currently, consoles do not have any kind of hardware upgrades but it seems that...

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