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- Sony, B&N's Kindle-Challengers Could Be Scarce Come Christmas
- Sony and Barnes & Noble may be launching two of the most high-profile challengers to Amazon’s Kindle, but supply chain challenges could keep both companies from denting Kindle’s popularity this holiday season. (Then again, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has had its own problems shipping Kindles over the holidays last year).Sony...
- External links 2009-11-20
- Why Sony's Planned Music Store Won't Start Out As A Serious iTunes Challenger
- Sony keeps flip-flopping over adding music downloads to the PlayStation Network PSN. After scrapping plans to add a music store to the gaming network—complete with the ability for gamers to port tracks to the handheld PSP—comes news that the company will indeed expand the PSN into a full digital...
- External links 2009-11-20
- Wikia Buys Lyric Wiki As Part Of Music Expansion
- Wikia, the for-profit wiki company led by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, has made a small purchase: It has picked up Lyric Wiki, a wiki site that features nearly one million user-uploaded song lyrics. Wikia says it has also reached a licensing deal with Sony (NYSE: SNE) subsidiary Gracenote so...
- External links 2009-10-14
- Report: Sony Aims For iPhone Crowd With PSP Game Pricing
- *Sony* launched its new PSPgo handheld amid a ton of hype at E3, but most of the buzz swirled around how expensive it was. (Its $250 price tag is almost $100 higher than the best-selling Nintendo DSi). But Sony (NYSE: SNE) is trying rectify that by luring gamers—and more...
- External links 2009-08-14
- Can Sony's 'DigiDads' Blog Plan Avoid Scrutiny From The Feds?
- Enough of the mommy-bloggers. Sony (NYSE: SNE) Electronics has launched a social media marketing campaign around blogging dads, according to AdAge. Dubbed the DigiDad Project, the dads, which include marketing execs like Clickable’s Max Kalehoff and New Marketing Labs’ Chris Brogan, will get various gadgets and devices on loan...
- External links 2009-08-21
- Sony Unveils New 'Reader Digital Books'?Pocket, Touch and Now, 3G Wireless
- [In progress] Sony (NYSE: SNE) is ramping up its challenge to Amazon’s Kindle with two versions of its eReader: two new Reader Digital Books, which it unveiled at a press conference at the main branch of the New York Public Library. The choice of venue was, in part meant...
- External links 2009-08-25
- AT&T Gets Readies Its 3G Network For Sony eBooks Device
- The big news Sony’s press conference for its new line of eReaders was the deal with AT&T (NYSE: T) to provide its 3G wireless connection to the Daily Edition, Sony’s first wireless reader. Neither Sony (NYSE: SNE) nor AT&T would say what the revenue split is. But it’s probably...
- External links 2009-08-25
- DRM Provider Intertrust's Patent Push Sparks Added Concerns Among Rivals
- DRM provider Intertrust has had a tough enough time making inroads into the U.S. market with its promises to guard content providers’ content from piracy. On top of the marketing issues—aside from the resentment DRM provokes from consumers, many digital device manufacturers are reluctant to spend additional capital on...
- External links 2009-08-26
- Sony To Distribute Google Chrome On New Vaio PCs
- Sony (NYSE: SNE) has agreed to put Google’s Chrome browser on new Vaio PCs in the first of what is likely to be several distribution deals that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is counting on to boost the market share of its internet browser. The FT, which first reported on the...
- External links 2009-08-31
- YouTube Inches Closer To Renting Movies But Nothing Imminent
- YouTube’s move into content that people might pay for—instead of click on enough to make advertisers happy—is inching toward the next step: joining the online rental movies crowd. The Wall Street Journal is reporting, and paidContent has confirmed, that discussions are underway with Lionsgate, Warner Bros. and Sony (NYSE:...
- External links 2009-09-02
- No Way To Go Mass Market With $199 E-Readers
- Never mind all the digits and ink being expended on e-readers—until the price comes down to $150 and below, the number of devices sold won’t be close to creating a mass market. Heck, despite all the attention to Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN), Sony (NYSE: SNE) and other efforts, only 6...
- External links 2009-09-04
- PS3, Xbox 360 Price Cuts Drive Sales?Will Nintendo Cave And Slash Wii Pricing, Too?
- Back-to-back $100 price drops from Sony and Microsoft for the PS3 and Xbox, respectively, pumped up sales of both consoles in just over a week. Sony (NYSE: SNE) sold just over 75,900 PS3s—more than double the number of units it sold the previous week—and up 16 percent vs....
- External links 2009-09-04
- Can Sony's Hobbled PSP Mini Games Compete With iPhone Apps?
- With the launch of the handheld PSPgo, Sony rolled out a platform called PSP Minis—essentially quick, casual games like you might find on an iPhone—with the explicit goal of attracting iPhone game players and developers. Problem is, Sony (NYSE: SNE) has removed many of the features that would make...
- External links 2009-09-21
- Report: Sony's New E-Readers Come With Discounts?But Still No WiFi
- *Sony* plans to launch two new e-readers tomorrow—one with a touch screen, priced at just $299—to better compete in an e-book market that has grown increasingly crowded with rivals like Plastic Logic, Samsung, and of course, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN). The Sony (NYSE: SNE) readers will hit stores later this...
- External links 2009-08-04
- Sony (Finally) Lets Us Play In Home
- PlayStation Home, Sony's PS3-based virtual world is finally live. The free service lets gamers plug into the PlayStation Network and create avatars, living spaces and socialize. Of course, there are casual games like bowling to play, movie trailers (and eventually original series or full-length shows) to watch, and brands...
- External links 2008-12-11
- Sony gets first advertiser for PS3 virtual world
- Soft drink company Red Bull will be the first brand to advertise in Sony's Playstation 3 virtual world, Home. The company is reportedly builing a tropical island in the game, where users can race a branded Red Bull aeroplane. The promotion ties in with a series real-life air races...
- Articles 2008-12-04
- Broadband Content Bits: XBox-Sky; Sony-Vidzone; Sky IPTV; Radio Website
- —XBox-Sky: BSkyB’s Sky Player service has finally gone live on Microsoft’s XBox 360 console offering Sky channels on a live and on-demand basis. You don’t need a satellite dish—but you do need a gold XBox Live membership worth £40 a year in order to buy Sky subscription packages. Via...
- External links 2009-10-27
- @ Google's Discover Music: MySpace Will Power Google's Music Search Results
- At the famed Capitol Records building in Hollywood, Google officially unveiled its OneBox music search service. First news tidbit to emerge is that MySpace will be powering the streaming music, videos and track purchases—not it’s new acquisition iLike. Google’s Marissa Mayer demoed what the new music search results would...
- External links 2009-10-28
- As Netflix/Wii Talks Heat Up, Sony Adds More Video To PlayStation Network
- More TV shows, movies and online series coming to the PlayStation Network, as talks between Nintendo and Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) reportedly heat up ... Sony Computer Entertainment America SCEA has inked deals with six new content providers—including Lucasfilm Ltd.—that will add to its growing lineup of video content accessible...
- External links 2009-11-02
- Sony Prepping A Pay-To-Play Service For The PlayStation Network
- Functionality aside, one of the biggest differences between Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE gamer network, and Sony’s PlayStation Network PSN has been the cost: If you want to play against other gamers on Xbox LIVE, you need to pay around $50 annually for Gold service though various retailers offer discount cards;...
- External links 2009-11-19
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