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More AsiaD Speakers: Sony, Google+, Microsoft, Hollywood, Huawei and Hot SV...
After our grand tour of Asia last week — with stops in Korea and Japan — it seems like a perfect time to update the speaker list for our upcoming AsiaD conference in Hong Kong in October. As Walt...
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Even More AsiaD Speakers: Yahoo's Yang, HTC's Wang, Samsung's Hong and More!
With AsiaD just a little over a month away, Walt Mossberg and I are adding even more speakers to the list, for what we hope will be an awesome event in Hong Kong. Taking place from Oct. 19 to 21, the...
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Final AsiaD Speakers: Apple's Phil Schiller and Former VP Al Gore
And then there was Schiller and Gore. That would be Apple’s SVP of worldwide product marketing Phil Schiller and former Vice President Al Gore, who round out the stellar list of speakers at our...
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The Globalization of D: All Things Digital Begins Now
And so our international expansion of D: All Thing Digital starts and we could not be more proud that it begins here in Hong Kong, with AsiaD. So why Asia? It seemed the most obvious choice for us, as...
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Sony's Kazuo Hirai on 3-D, Phones and Tablets, at AsiaD
Sony, a pioneer in consumer electronics, is looking to regain lost ground with its latest generation of tablets and game players. One of the key players in that effort is Kazuo Hirai, a longtime game...
View ArticleKazuo Hirai: Highlights From AsiaD (Video)
With the PlayStation, Sony once dominated the console gaming market. With the Trinitron and the Walkman, it did the same to the TV and portable music player markets. These days, however, it’s...
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Sony to Buy Out Ericsson in Cellphone Joint Venture
Well, I’ll say this — Kazuo Hirai knows how to play poker. He flatly refused to tip his hand at last week’s AsiaD conference. But on Thursday, Sony announced that it is indeed buying out Ericsson in...
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Sony's Kazuo Hirai on Reviving the Iconic CE Brand and More: The Full AsiaD...
We are now posting the full videos from the recent AsiaD conference, which took place in Hong Kong in October. We’ve been following the schedule of the actual event. Up now: Sony’s Kazuo Hirai. Hirai...
View ArticleSony Promotes Hirai to President
Sony Corp. said Wednesday it tapped Kazuo Hirai, a veteran of its PlayStation videogame business, to be the company’s next president and chief executive officer, in a move expected to accelerate a...
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Meet the New Sony CEO, Kaz Hirai (Video)
Sony said today that it had promoted the long-expected heir apparent, Kazuo Hirai, to take over as president and CEO of the consumer electronics giant. The exec has most recently been leading Sony’s...
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Exclusive: Sony Has Quietly Cut 100 U.S. Jobs Over Last Several Weeks
Sony Electronics, the U.S. arm of the Japanese consumer products company, has cut around 100 workers from its ranks over the past several weeks, AllThingsD has learned. Although word of the cuts comes...
View ArticleSony to Cut Estimated 10,000 Jobs
Sony Corp. plans to reduce its work force by an estimated 10,000 jobs, or about 6 percent of its global staff, as part of new Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai’s restructuring plan, people familiar with the...
View ArticleAt Sony, Share Slide Underscores Test for CEO
Sony Corp.’s stock price hit a 32-year low Thursday after falling nearly 9 percent, underscoring the test facing the company’s new chief executive, Kazuo Hirai. The shares’ decline, along with threats...
View ArticleSony Sets Sights on Smartphone Market
Sony Corp. said it aims to establish itself as one of the world’s top-three smartphone manufacturers as part of its turnaround plan, but it doesn’t see the need to acquire another handset maker to...
View ArticleSony Surprises Optimists With Loss
Sony Corp. posted an unexpected quarterly loss on Wednesday, demonstrating the depth of the problems facing its electronics business and deflating a sense of optimism that was reflected in a recent...
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Let the D11 Speakers Begin: Sandberg, Silbermann, Costolo, Woodside, Immelt...
One of the best parts of planning the next D: All Things Digital conference — which is in its 11th iteration this year — is trying to figure out what group of top tech and media players will make the...
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D11: Welcome to the Post-PC World, for Real This Time
One of the great pleasures of producing D is that every year the discussion is different, because the technology, Internet and media businesses are so dynamic. But, as we convene this, the 11th...
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49ers' York and Sony's Hirai: Get Off the Couch and Into Our Connected Stadium
If you want 10 different angles on that last great touchdown pass, it’s probably better to watch the big game from your big screen at home. But San Francisco 49ers boss Jed York and Sony CEO Kaz Hirai...
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Sony's Kazuo Hirai and the 49ers' Jed York: The Full D11 Interview (Video)
San Francisco 49ers boss Jed York wants you to visit his new stadium, and he has enlisted Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai’s help to get you there. York and Hirai are building a connected stadium in Santa Clara,...
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What Happens When You Wear Your Computer? D11 Speakers Sound Off. (Video)
Your smartphone is an incredibly powerful computer that fits inside your pocket. So, what happens when you put that technology on even smaller devices, like glasses, watches and other stuff you wear?...
View ArticleLoeb Raises His Sony Stake, Drive for Entertainment IPO
Hedge-fund investor Daniel Loeb’s firm has boosted its stake in Sony Corp., ratcheting up a campaign to persuade the Japanese electronics company to launch an initial public offering of its...
View ArticleSony's New Board Considers Dan Loeb's IPO Proposal
Sony Corp. said its newly appointed board of directors will take its time to “appropriately” consider the proposal from U.S. hedge-fund investor Daniel Loeb to list part of its entertainment business...
View ArticleSony's Kazuo Hirai Says Third Point Campaign Was "A Good Thing"
Hedge-fund investor Dan Loeb’s campaign to persuade Sony to spin off part of its entertainment business was beneficial for the company, Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai said, making one of his first public...
View ArticleSony Struggles to Stay in the Game
In just three months, Sony Corp. went from a company on the mend to one whose recovery is now in serious doubt. Hidekazu Miyahara, an analyst at Marusan Securities, recalls the celebratory mood at...
View ArticleYahoo's Mayer, Cisco's Chambers Join Lineup of CES 2014 Keynote Speakers
The Consumer Electronics Association said Tuesday that Cisco CEO John Chambers and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer will be among the keynote speakers at CES 2014 in Las Vegas next January. Chambers and Mayer...
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