Sony's biopic of late Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs is shaping up to be quite a film — much better than the indie flick that Ashton Kutcher is starring in.
Not only does the studio own the rights to Jobs' widely-popular biography, but Variety is reporting that it has just tapped Aaron Sorkin to write the script for the movie...
Spotify, Rdio, Rhapsody, and even iTunes itself could be set to get some new competition later this quarter, according to Venturebeat, with the news that Sony is set to join the already burgeoning music streaming market with a new iOS app in the works.
Sony's "Music Unlimited" service offers music lovers a way to listen to tracks using a subscription model, with streaming music being the order of the day. The iOS app that is expected to be released during the next three months will support offline playback via caching, just as the competition does, negating the need for a constant internet connection.
The Music Unlimited service currently comes in two monthly flavors: a $3.99 basic option and a $9.99 premium one, with the latter offering unlimited playback and more advanced features...
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According to new research by Flurry, a mobile analytics firm, both Sony and Nintendo's battle to own the portable gaming market may well be over sooner rather than later, and the winner might not be either of the two gaming behemoths.
See, Flurry believes that the combined pair will generate $1.4 billion in gaming revenue for the year 2011. While that's not a number to be sneezed at, it is considerably lower than the last two years. It's also lower than the revenue Flurry expects the real competition to generate, with iOS and Android gaming combined expected to rake in $1.9 billion...
In the midst of dozens of last-minute iPhone rumors flying about today, TUAW points to an interesting article from The Wall Street Journal. The Journal recently spoke to Sony Ericsson CEO Bert Nordberg about the company's mobile strategy.
During the conversation, Nordberg mentions Apple's popular smartphone in a comment that seemingly sums up the feelings of all of the other handset manufacturers in the industry: "We should have taken the iPhone more seriously..."
If you have an Apple TV, chances are you've played with AirPlay. The feature allows you to sling media content like music from your iDevice to your TV set, with almost no setup.
What if you don't have an Apple TV, but you'd still like an easy way to wirelessly play tunes off of your iDevice? It just so happens there's an easy solution, provided you're jailbroken and own a PS3...
Whether you're a PlayStation user or not, you've most likely heard about the problems Sony has been having maintaining its online gaming network up lately. The company has repeatedly been the target of hackers for the past couple months, and things are still not looking up for the electronics giant.
Adding insult to injury, a developer created an iPhone app that checks the status of the PSN, reporting whether it's up or down...
When Sony is not suing Geohot or trying to get their network back on its feet, their marketing department is hard at work trying to get Apple users to check out what Sony has to offer. As a matter of fact Sony wants Apple users to check them out so bad, that it kinda pretends it is Apple.
Don't believe me? Look at this ad in the image above. It's an ad served by Google for Sony. The title of the ad: "Apple". The description of the ad does mention it's for Sony, but it is still very confusing, and I even doubt Google authorizes those misleading ads...
For those who who don't live for Call of Duty: Black Ops, or other popular PS3 titles, you may not have noticed how much trouble Sony has been having lately. Their free online service, PSN (Playstation Network) has been down since late Wednesday night.
We're not talking about a a minor inconvenience here, we're talking about millions of people being blocked from Sony's version of Xbox live for 4 days now. Netflix, Hulu, and several major online games are feeling the effects of Sony's crippled network...
If you missed out on the Sony vs. GeoHot saga, let me quickly fill you in. GeoHot (real name George Hotz) was one of the first people to jailbreak the iPhone years ago. He's been in and out of the jailbreak scene since then, but had recently turned his attention to Sony's PS3.
After hacking the console, GeoHot released the code to the internet. Sony caught wind of this and took the infamous computer wiz to court. Hotz hopped online and asked for donations to help him in litigation, and received overwhelming support. He told supporters that he had received more than enough help to survive the first round of legal fees...
Well, that didn't exactly resemble a grand finale at a fireworks show, but it provided some good water cooler discussion during its peak.
The George Hotz aka GeoHot Versus Sony litigation is done. It's over folks, it's time to take your ball and go home.
This afternoon, Sony -- no doubt grinning ear to ear from their "win" -- posted an update on their blog that outlined some of the settlement terms...
The details keep coming together for Apple's next-generation smartphone. The device that is set to sell over 100 million units is certainly one of the most popular topics for tech blogs for several reasons. Apple products in general tend to garner more attention; both for their secrecy, and their history of changing the industry.
It's hard to separate rumors from facts. To be honest, until somebody like a Steve Jobs or a Tim Cook makes the announcement, nothing should be considered fact. It gets even tougher to tell the difference when you have major corporations dishing out the gossip.
9to5 Mac is reporting that Sony's CEO, Howard Stringer, just dropped a major bombshell during an interview with Walt Mossberg yesterday...
I know this is not directly related to anything iPhone but I thought the news was important enough to report here on iDB. According to The Escapist, Geohot fled the country and is currently in South America.
In case you didn't know, Geohot is currently being sued by Sony for jailbreaking the PlayStation 3, and even though he pretends to be confident about the situation, he is clearly feeling the heat coming from the Japanese electronics giant...