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Sony’s first-quarter figures for 2012 show that despite the company’s optimism three months ago, it’s made a net loss of $312 million. It pulled in a whopping $19.2 billion in sales for the three months ending June 30th, partly credited to bringing Sony Mobile fully into the family. However, the cost of restructuring the Mobile Continue Reading →

The PlayStation Network will undergo scheduled maintenance today from 8AM until 11PM Pacific. The maintenance affects both North America and Europe. So, that’s 11AM until 2AM Eastern and 16:00 until 07:00 Friday in the UK. According to Sony, as long as you have signed in to PSN within five days prior to the maintenance, you Continue Reading →

Despite already being a massive success story on the Android and iOS platforms, Rovio’s clearly not planning on slowing down its Angry Birds adventure any time soon. Speaking to IGN earlier today, the company’s Executive Vice President of Games, Petri Järvilehto, told the site that the Angry Birds Trilogy is headed — in physical form, Continue Reading →

The Sony PS3 has added an Amazon Instant app to its suite of streaming-video services, letting you stream purchased and rented content, as well as letting Amazon Prime subscribers stream free Prime TV shows and movies. Read the full story at CNET   Read more Top Stories Continue Reading →

Originally Posted at New York Videogame Critics Circle I am walking along one of two creeks that cut through the city of Austin, Texas. The grackle birds are cawing loudly, proudly singing. It is early morning, and some of the homeless people who live along the trail are sleeping or just rising. In the water, Continue Reading →

Sony announced that Kazuo Hirai would take over for Howard Stringer as the company’s new chief executive. Hirai is a veteran of Sony and worked to turn around the company’s videogame business. Sony hopes that Hirai’s success with the PlayStation can translate to its other ailing departments. Read the full article at NYTimes.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120202_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Facebook filed its initial public offering for $5 billion. What makes the company worth so much money? In 2011, Facebook reported having over 845 million active users and raked in revenue of over $3.7 billion. 85% of Facebook’s earnings came from advertisements. In other news, Microsoft launched Continue Reading →

Nintendo announced that it would soon launch an online gaming platform similar to Xbox Live and PlayStation Network. The Nintendo Network will let 3DS and future Wii U users play against each other online and download digital content, including full games. Read the full article at Mashable.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120130_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Facebook is expected to file for its initial public offering as early as Wednesday. The social network could be valued as high as $100 billion, putting it among the likes of McDonald’s and Citigroup. No tech company’s IPO has been valued so high since Google’s in 2004. Continue Reading →

After much speculation, Sony announced it wouldn’t unveil the PlayStation 4 at this year’s E3 Expo. The PlayStation 3 was built to have a 10-year shelf life and Sony won’t rush out a new console any time soon. PS3 is still wildly popular, selling millions of units worldwide. Read the full article at WSJ.com Continue Reading →