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Sony Builds IoT Muscle With Altair Buy
Sony is building up its Internet of Things (IoT) muscle with the $212 million acquisition of Altair, an Israel-based chip maker focused on Internet-enabled devices. It also provides software relating to the LTE (Long Term Evolution) 4G cellular mobile phones standard.
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It's About Time: The Apple Watch is Here
Everyone has been wondering when Apple would unveil its smartwatch. Rumors about its entry into this niche of the wearable tech space have been swirling since the Sony SmartWatch hit the market in 2012, and they intensified after Samsung introduced the Galaxy Gear last year. Now the wait is over.
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Who Will Win the Battle Between Xbox One and PlayStation 4?
The holiday sales season is upon us, which means it's time for Wall Street and the electronics industry to start handicapping holiday sales.
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Broken, Bound, Gagged: Customers Silenced About Defective Products
Abusive relationships are hard to end, which may explain why so many customers run back again and again into the arms of companies that treat them with little respect. CMSWire.com spelled out the problem in a story last week on the risks of buying electronic devices on launch day.
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Xbox One Sells A Million, Microsoft Grapples with Social Media Backlash
Microsoft's new Xbox One console has been branded as the ultimate games and entertainment machine. The hard reality of those ambitious claims is now biting hard, as early buyers find poor gaming experiences, expensive in-game-content demands and issues with the TV and entertainment features.
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Buy Tech Products on Launch Day at Your Own Risk
Today's Microsoft Xbox launch comes with a required two-gigabyte update to access the most basic of the console's features. Owners are effectively left with an expensive lump of plastic and silicon without it. Similar mandatory or essential updates were needed for Sony's PlayStation 4 and the Nintendo Wii U.
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5 Major Differences Between Xbox One and PlayStation 4
The tech pages have been buzzing with gaming news in recent weeks, thanks to new consoles from Microsoft and Sony.
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Sony's PlayStation 4 Launch Signals a New Era of Connectivity
While new tablets and smartphones launch monthly, game consoles arrive once every six or so years.
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Game Consoles, 3D Printers Top Holiday Shopping Lists
With Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales looming, new super-powerful game consoles — the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One — appear to be the hot tickets this year.
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Pebble Skips On as Majors Stutter in the Smartwatch Battle
While Samsung and Sony make no noticeable impact on a nascent market with their smartwatch offerings, crowdsourced favorite Pebble continues to make headway.
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Social Media Engagement Fit for a King #SMWA
A birthday celebration for the King of Pop via social media requires, well, a king-like effort for those behind the campaign. It’s Michael Jackson. It has to be big. It has to have staying power -- staying power like the dance move from a 24-year-old up-and-comer during a Motown show
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Smartwatches and Consoles To Drive the Digital Ecosystem, Could Save Your Life
All the mobile players already have, or are working toward, a smartwatch as a companion for their phones, with potentially life-saving utility for users. It also seems that a games console will be the next desirable ecosystem-expanding object to keep users invested.
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Sony Goes Large and Fast With the New Waterproof Xperia Z Ultra
Trying to regain some relevance in the market, Sony is super-sizing its latest high-end Xperia Z, the dunkable Android, with a 6.4" full HD display.
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Are iRadio and iOS 7 Enough to Make iPhone Cool Again?
Pretty much confirmed for Apple's WWDC keynote later today, are a refresh of the iPhone's interface and a new streaming radio service enough to reinvigorate rapidly stagnating consumer excitement in smartphones? Seventh Heaven for Apple Fans? With the new features duly teased, Apple loyalists at WWDC might whoop and
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