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Sony Slides to Loss on Quake, Cuts Guidance

in News on July 28, 2011 at 3:11 am PT

Sony Corp. said Thursday it slipped to a net loss in its fiscal first quarter, squeezed by the impact of the March 11 disasters, and lowered its earnings forecast for the fiscal year, citing weak sales of televisions as well as the yen’s strength versus the euro.

ComScore: Mobile Internet Traffic in Japan Spikes After Quake, Tsunami

in Mobile on March 16, 2011 at 1:57 pm PT

Japan, already known for its mobile Web use, has seen an increased reliance on cell phones in the days following the massive earthquake and tsunami, according to new data from comScore.

QOTD

The iPhone, as a device, is in the same generation power-wise as the PS2 or Xbox. The graphics are a little lower but the RAM is a lot higher. … You could easily spend $10 million on an iPhone game, but the market just can’t support that yet.”

– John Carmack, co-founder of id Software and creator of the “Doom,” “Quake” and “Wolfenstein” franchises, says iPhone users have a lot to look forward to.