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...Productivity-hype bubbles are usually separated by at least 25 years and usually form at the end of a secular bull market, when aggregate profits are coming under pressure, say Garthwaite et al....
...Last month, Sony reported a 15 per cent drop in PlayStation engagement year-on-year....
...Sony: tech and entertainment conglomerate Founded: 1946 Business: Electronics Headquarters: Tokyo Employees: 110,000 Market value: ¥12.9tn ($89bn) 6-10 per cent Price rise for PlayStation 5 consoles...
...Rival Sony could be the next to make the leap....
...A 34 per cent stake in another healthcare business M3 Inc, worth $4.9bn, is what Sony should put on the selling block next....
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...Electronic Arts recorded stronger sales than expected as it cashed in on the popularity of “battle royale” games, allaying investors’ worries over Fortnite competition....
...“This is typical of Japan Inc....
...LG Display also logged improved results last year after its flagship OLED screens were adopted by major TV manufacturers, such as parent LG Electronics and Sony....
...Facebook v YouTube: contrasting approaches The music business has been intermittently at odds with technology platforms for decades, since digital piracy ravaged the sector’s traditional business model....
...It was not a proud moment for LG Electronics....
...“We think it’s a positive first step, the announcement ticks all the right boxes, but obviously implementation is now all important,” Mark Dummett, a researcher at Amnesty said....
...Sony, the Japanese electronics and entertainment group, was the first company to roll out a commercial lithium-ion battery in 1991....
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...“People focus on hardware way too much — it’s a content business, not a technology business,” he continues. “You can’t put Grand Theft Auto V on an iPhone, it’s not the same experience....
...Smaller than a conventional battery, yet with higher capacity, lithium-ion batteries revolutionised the consumer electronics market, allowing Sony and others to produce handheld video cameras, laptops and...
...— Recent research by Gorton et . al about the form and role of banks as maturity transformers and creators of “private money” is very relevant to this discussion....
...In the Netflix world, Comcast et al still deliver the content, but they need to find a new way of getting paid....
...That trend is regarded as a positive change, but regulators say it also means the clearing houses have to do more to improve their risk management, resilience, and ability to bounce back from a failure....
...Ask IWC, Breitling, Montblanc, Bulgari, Gucci, Frédérique Constant et al why they have made “connected” watches this year and they will all say smartwatches are the next big thing....
...Sony unplugs from Walkman division It was an iconic moment for Japan’s best-known consumer electronics brand when Sony this week announced the spin-off of its Walkman as part of its turnround plan, writes...
...Freemium v paid: Streaming competition swells YouTube is one of several Spotify competitors bringing streaming services to the market this year....
...The Syrian Electronic Army, supporters of President Bashar al-Assad, has claimed responsibility for several attacks over the past year, in particular targeting media websites including the New York Times...
...In modern cars, fuel management is governed by electronic systems that are easily changed....
...The latest case, Google v Joffe et al, involves a class action suit stemming from the company’s illicit collection of snippets of information from WiFi networks in homes that its StreetView cars were passing...
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