Sony reported a 98 percent drop in profit for the first quarter of its fiscal year as sales declined in key areas, reports AP. Sony said Thursday it earned 1.1 billion yen (US$9 million) in the April-June quarter, down from 57.2 billion yen for the same period last year. Sales fell 6.9 percent to 1.6 trillion yen ($13.5 billion) from 1.7 trillion yen.
Read MoreJeremiah Cohick, the 19-year old star of an Apple “Switch” ad, has posted his thoughts on why the campaign is indeed working. “Apple’s former hardware tradition of being overpriced and underpowered was broken last year,” writes Cohick. “The current product matrix is competitively priced when compared to Dell and Hewlett-Packard systems… Switch has not failed. Switch is part of an overall growth plan.
Read MoreExperCom of Utah has announced it is opening a new Apple authorized sales and service location to serve the Salt Lake area. The new ExperCom store in Murray, Utah, will feature a full line of Apple hardware and software, as well as a variety of printers, scanners, cameras, camcorders and third-party software. ExperCom is also a full-service Apple Authorized Service Provider. The store is located at 256 East 6400 South, just south of the Fashion Place Mall.
Read MoreNetomat has announced a beta release of its new personal multimedia communication service for both Mac and PC.
Read MoreFujifilm today announced that it will be shipping a new USB 2.0 flash drive next month with capacities up to 1GB. The pocket-sized personal storage device offers a maximum read-speed rate of 4MB per second and write-speed of up to 3MB per second. Both speeds are nearly four times faster than the previous generation of flash memory storage products, according to the company.
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