Sony has bought full control of mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson from Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson, agreeing to buy 50% of the firm for 1.1bn euros to make the mobile handset business a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony. The transaction also includes a patent deal, patents seemingly extremely important and a lucrative source of revenue these days as well as …
LittleBigPlanet musician ‘disappointed’
The musician whose song is being removed from the Sony game LittleBigPlanet amidst concerns that it may offend Muslims, claims that the music is not blasphemous and is disappointed that it is being removed. Toumani Diabate, a Grammy winning musician from Mali, is himself a Muslim and states that it is quite normal and common for the people of Mali …
Sony recalls LittleBigPlanet
Sony has postponed the global release of the new and much-anticipated video game LittleBigPlanet due to concerns that it may offend Muslims. Copies of the game already in shops are being recalled after it was discovered that a background music track contained two phrases from the Koran. Sony has issued an apology for any offence that the use of the …