Exploring the history of portable music, from the first reel-to-reel tapes and cassettes to the colossal influence of modern streaming services and smartphones.

It was called the Stowaway in the UK. Sweden’s version was called the Freestyle. And the first Canadian and US models were ...

By 1975, over 90% of Japanese households had a color TV. In 1979, Sony launched the first-generation Sony Walkman including lightweight headphones. The company marketed the Walkman in strategic ...

In the first iteration for example ... in handy if you ever want to perform other modifications on your MiniDisc Walkman.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The 1980s were a time of significant change in the tech world. The ...

First it was vinyl, and now it’s cassettes ... helped by the once ubiquitous Sony Walkman appearing in hit movies and tv series. Sales in both the U.S. and U.K. have hit new highs, with ...

Sony's pictures division reported quarterly profits that slipped on an annual basis, but which were better than the first ...

Sony has doggedly stuck to its guns with its Walkman range, persisting for four decades with personal music players that have tackled first tapes, then DATs, MiniDiscs, CDs, and finally mp3s (with an ...

Maybe like me you were only five, and so it’s probably the first year you remember being a conscious human ... in the early ...

Tiny Circuits made an impossibly smol retro-styled TV set, with fully functional knobs and a wee remote control.