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Sony's Music Unlimited On Android Joins The Mobile Streaming Tunes Fray

Sony's not being held back by its recent woes. Instead, it's taking its new cloud-based music system mobile for the first time.READ»

Innovative Ideas Are Hiding in Internal Data

Great ideas often come from connecting things that have not been connected before. But as companies grow bigger and divide themselves into businesses and divisions, maintaining the cross-filtering of idea-sparking information becomes unwieldy.READ»

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The History of Personal, Portable Music: Home Taping Is Never Not Killing Music

At this year's Pop Conference, Tim Quirk delivered a speech on the history of the Walkman, and how it informed our personal listening behavior up to the modern day. Just remember: home taping is killing music.READ»

Just Say No To 'Innovation'

Promoted as the "in" word in design circles in recent years, 'innovation' has become a mantra devoid of meaning. Glorified by the likes of Bruce Nussbaum of BusinessWeek and David Kelly of IDEO, "innovation" ...READ»

Rumor: Sony Walkman to Rival iPod Touch

The iPod Touch (and iPhone) may have been deemed as "the best iPod ever" by Steve Jobs himself, and Apple clearly dominates the MP3 player market. But it seems Sony thinks enough is enough, and is due to release a new Walkman that...READ»

Sony Ericsson Releases Three New Walkman Phones

Woebegone Sony Ericsson [NYSE:SNE] isn't giving up the fight just yet. The company released three new phones in its Walkman line today to celebrate the 3rd anniversary of the Walkman phone. As usual, we'll have to navigate Sony's ...READ»

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Sony Releases Video of "Alicia" Walkman Phone

Sony [NYSE: SNE] has produced a little video detailing some of the features of its upcoming "Alicia" Walkman phone, and the interface looks to benefit from a whole littany of inputs. For starters, the Alicia is a flip phone ...READ»