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PS Vita sales crash in post holiday slump

PS Vita sales crash in post holiday slump

NEWS Trails the handheld pack
Sony's PS Vita hasn't been out in Japan very long, launching in December 2011, however after a promising start its sales have plummeted, dropping to 18,361 in week five. Although you'd expect a steady decline in sales after any big launch the week five …
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  • Facebook IPO plans released along with Zuckerberg's wages and details of how it earns its cash. Online, Facebook, Social networking, Biz, Zynga 0

    Facebook IPO plans released along with Zuckerberg's wages and details of how it earns its cash

    Social Networked 1 February 2012 23:04 GMT

    Facebook has announced its IPO plans on Wednesday and with it open the doors for the first time for the general public to see how the social networking site works, and revealing some of the juicier stats it has been hiding up until now.

    Those...

  • Kodak files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

    Kodak files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

    131-year-old company on the ropes 19 January 2012 9:28 GMT

    As was speculated earlier this month, the Eastman Kodak Company has filed voluntary petitions for chapter 11 business reorganisation with a bankruptcy court in the US.

    The move, which essentially sees Kodak entering a protected period...

  • PS Vita sales crash in post holiday slump

    PS Vita sales crash in post holiday slump

    Trails the handheld pack 19 January 2012 8:44 GMT

    Sony's PS Vita hasn't been out in Japan very long, launching in December 2011, however after a promising start its sales have plummeted, dropping to 18,361 in week five.

    Although you'd expect a steady decline in sales after any big launch the...

  • Jerry Yang resigns from Yahoo: A positive move for the Internet giant?. Online, Yahoo, Jerry Yang, Biz 0

    Jerry Yang resigns from Yahoo: A positive move for the Internet giant?

    After 17 years at the helm 18 January 2012 10:02 GMT

    After 17 years building up one of the largest web-based companies, co-founder of Yahoo, Jerry Yang is resigning from the board.

    Yahoo was founded 1995 by Yang and David Filo, and for years saw huge growth as it came to dominate the web, however...

  • Apple reveals supplier details to quell worker mistreatment allegations. Biz, Apple 0

    Apple reveals supplier details to quell worker mistreatment allegations

    With increased factory inspections 16 January 2012 11:12 GMT

    Apple has revealed its list of suppliers in a bid to address criticism over the way it treats workers; there have also been moves made to increase the level and frequency of inspections carried out.

    Previous criticism was levelled at Apple...

  • Samsung smartphones pave way to record Q4 results. Phones, Samsung, Results, Biz 0

    Samsung smartphones pave way to record Q4 results

    The battle rages on 6 January 2012 10:59 GMT

    Samsung has reported record Q4 2012 profits largely thanks to very strong sales of its smartphone range, which cements its position as the number one mobile manufacturer in the world.

    Only this year Samsung surpassed Apple as the biggest provider...

  • Gibson and Onkyo form strategic partnership

    Gibson and Onkyo form strategic partnership

    Guitar giant buys majority stake in US arm 5 January 2012 12:01 GMT

    Sonny and Cher. Lennon and McCartney. John and Taupin. Slijngaard and Doth. Just some of the famous musical duos that will be remembered throughout history.

    And now, possibly, you can add Gibson and Onkyo to that list after the guitar giant...

  • Apple TV said to be struggling for top-tier content as 50-inch set rumoured. Apple, Rumours, Televisions, Home Cinema, Biz 0

    Apple TV said to be struggling for top-tier content as 50-inch set rumoured

    Problems with deals 5 January 2012 8:35 GMT

    Apple is said to be struggling to come up with top-tier content for its Apple TV project, if a report from USA Today is to believed, the article citing an anonymous Apple employee and two television industry sources who claim to have the inside knowledge.

    The...

  • Kodak bankruptcy planned as last ditch patent sell off begins. Cameras, Biz, Kodak 0

    Kodak bankruptcy planned as last ditch patent sell off begins

    Company on the rocks 5 January 2012 7:48 GMT

    Kodak is preparing for bankruptcy in the US, even though it is attempting to sell off a large amount of digital patents in order to survive.

    The camera and printer company, established in 1896, has been in trouble for a number of years, and...

  • Microsoft CES 2012: Last major appearance. Microsoft, CES2012, Biz 0

    Microsoft CES 2012: Last major appearance

    Not helpful to its launch schedule 22 December 2011 8:07 GMT

    Microsoft is taking a leaf out of Apple's book in that it will no longer be attending or making a keynote at the consumer electronics show (CES) in Las Vegas.

    The show, that launches at the beginning of January, is a way for companies to show...

  • Nokia, Amazon and Microsoft circle RIM - is a takeover on the cards?

    Nokia, Amazon and Microsoft circle RIM - is a takeover on the cards?

    The sharks smell blood 21 December 2011 11:40 GMT

    With RIM's stock at an all time low, it is no surprise that sharks look to be circling the mobile phone and tablet maker. However the interest, it seems, is coming from those you wouldn't, perhaps, expect. They're some of the biggest fish around.

    According...

  • BB10 smartphones delayed until late 2012, RIM details tough times ahead. Phones, Tablets, RIM, BlackBerry, Results, Biz 0

    BB10 smartphones delayed until late 2012, RIM details tough times ahead

    Q3 results prove disappointing 16 December 2011 0:01 GMT

    Research In Motion, the company behind the BlackBerry smartphones, has confirmed that its next generation of smartphones running the new recently announced BB10 operating system, won't be with us until the end of 2012. 

    Blaming availability...

  • Apple's founding documents sell at auction for $1.6 million. Apple, Biz, shopping, Steve Jobs 0

    Apple's founding documents sell at auction for $1.6 million

    Tops the estimated 150 grand 14 December 2011 8:42 GMT

    Apple's founding documents have been sold at auction reaching a whopping $1.6 million and blowing away the $150,000 price the contract was estimated to fetch.

    The three-document bundle consisted of a legal paper that saw Apple become a registered...

  • Best Buy UK to cease trading 15 January 2012: Closing down sale begins. Online, shopping, Best Buy, Biz 0

    Best Buy UK to cease trading 15 January 2012: Closing down sale begins

    US retailer shutting UK doors 28 November 2011 8:50 GMT

    We brought you news on the imminent closure of UK Best Buy at the beginning of November and now the company has posted a letter saying that Best Buy UK stores and website will close on 15 January 2012.

    The UK venture was a teamup between Best...

  • Cyber Monday infographic details rise of online shopping. Online, infographics, shopping, Biz 0

    Cyber Monday infographic details rise of online shopping

    US-centric online event 28 November 2011 8:20 GMT

    Cyber Monday, the online shopping fest that comes after the Black Friday sales in the US, is becoming ever more present in the UK; similar to our boxing day sales this is, in part, thanks to big-name companies like Amazon.co.uk and Apple.

    However,...

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