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Rovio teams up with Sony for the Angry Birds movie, coming July 2016

by Mike Schramm (May 15th, 2013)

Rovio has announced, via tweet and then by news release, that it has lined up a deal and a date with Sony Pictures to distribute the upcoming Angry Birds movie. Rovio's been working on putting the frustrated fowl into a motion picture for a while, but this announcement makes it more or less a ...

Sony waives its publishing fee; Would Apple ever do the same?

by Mike Schramm (May 8th, 2013)

Video-game maker Sony has been making a big push for independent developers lately, both on its handheld PS Vita system and on its upcoming PlayStation 4 console, and yesterday, the company took another big step. Sony has decided to waive its usual US$99 fee for PlayStation Mobile developers, ...

Sony releases a PlanetSide 2 app for iOS

by Mike Schramm (Apr 15th, 2013)

Sony has released PlanetSide 2 Mobile Uplink (free, universal), an iOS app that connects with the popular online game PlanetSide 2. The MMO has you traipsing around another world, trying to claim facilities and land for one of three factions. Now, PlanetSide 2 Mobile Uplink will help you track ...

iTunes exclusively streaming David Bowie's new album

by Matt Tinsley (Mar 1st, 2013)

As reported by Apple Insider, David Bowie's forthcoming album, The Next Day, is exclusively available to stream on iTunes in its entirety until March 12th, when the album is released. The Next Day, available for pre-order now, is Bowie's first album in 10 years and has come as somewhat of a ...

Apple's place in the next generation of gaming

by Mike Schramm (Feb 18th, 2013)

Sony is holding an event this Wednesday in New York, where the company is expected to announce the next version of its popular PlayStation console, essentially kicking off the next generation of video gaming (Nintendo actually did this last year with the launch of its Wii U console, but sales ...

Apple grabs more than 1,000 patents from Rockstar Consortium

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 16th, 2012)

Apple is beefing up its patent portfolio with the recent transfer of over 1,000 patents from Rockstar Consortium. The patent and patent application transfer was first reported by Yonhap News and confirmed by patent transfer records in the US Patent and Trademark Office database. Apple is a ...

Fourth generation iPad bests Playstation Vita in graphics power

by Mike Wehner (Nov 7th, 2012)

Portable gaming has come a long way in recent years, but in many ways the biggest push for gaming on the go has come from smartphone and tablet makers, rather than video game hardware manufacturers. Nowhere is this more apparent than a recent GPU throwdown test by AnandTech that shows the new ...

Sony reader for iOS now available

by Mike Wehner (Nov 5th, 2012)

If you own an iOS device and have for some reason been refusing to simply use iBooks for your e-book needs, Sony is swooping in just in the nick of time two-years-late with its own Reader app. The new app is rather basic in its feature set, with exciting bullet points like "Create your own ...

Free movies on iOS with Sony's Crackle app

by Mel Martin (Oct 14th, 2012)

Crackle, from Sony, is a free universal iOS app that's built to stream plenty of free-to-view movies and TV shows. If you don't mind ads at the beginning and more in the middle of the programs and you're OK with the app's limited selection, it's worth a look. Not surprisingly, a lot of the ...

Sony announces new pro audio suite for OS X

by Mel Martin (Sep 7th, 2012)

It's been a long time coming, but Sony is ready to give the Mac a significant pro boost with the imminent release of Sound Forge Pro Mac audio recording, editing and mastering software. Sony says the software is not a port of Sound Forge for Windows, but was built from the ground up to support ...

Sound Forge Pro apparently coming to the Mac

by Mike Schramm (Aug 22nd, 2012)

A series of teaser videos have revealed that Sony's popular audio editing and production app, Sound Forge Pro, is finally making its way over to the Mac. There's unfortunately no details on a release date or any other release information, but a site called FinallyOnTheMac.com has been teasing a ...

The Sony device Samsung claims inspired the iPhone is a Walkman

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 2nd, 2012)

Samsung is waging its legal battle against Apple in a California court and, in a move that angered Judge Lucy Koh, is sharing some of its rejected evidence with the media. Last week, the company went public with a brief that suggested Apple borrowed heavily from Sony when it designed the ...

Sony releases Music Unlimited for iPhone

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 22nd, 2012)

After launching its Music Unlimited service for Android and PlayStation Vita owners, Sony is now bringing the streaming music service to the iPhone and iPod touch. The free music app requires a US$4 monthly subscription and lets you stream music over 3G, 4G or WiFi connections. You can listen ...

Apple, Sony, others sued by Graphics Properties

by Mike Schramm (Mar 27th, 2012)

Apple and a few other big electronics companies are facing yet another lawsuit, this time from a company called Graphics Properties, formerly known as Silicon Graphics. These patents target a process that turns text and images into pixels for display on mobile screens, and Silicon Graphics is ...

Sony to bring Music Unlimited app to iOS

by Mel Martin (Mar 22nd, 2012)

That's the report from TechRadar today. The article quotes Shawn Layden, COO of the Sony Entertainment Network, who says "We will be launching our music service on iOS in the next few weeks." The Sony executive says the service will be healthy competition with Apple. Music Unlimited is Sony's ...