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Sony plans online service to be up next year, connect gadgets, build brand loyalty

05:43:41 AM (ET), Friday, November 20, 2009

(AP Photo) Byline: Shizuo Kambayashi

Sony's new online service connecting the whole range of its gadgets to downloadable content like movies and games should help build brand loyalty, a top executive said Friday.Executive Vice President Kazuo Hirai said the service, set for launch next year, highlights an advantage that Sony has over rivals like Samsung Electronics Co. and other manufacturers that don't produce their own content. Sony's business empire spans gaming, electronics, movies and music.

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investor group that includes co-founders On the Call: Michael Dell discusses computer maker's pricing strategy AOL plans to cut a third of staff after split from Time Warner, buyouts offered to 2,500 Google expects new operating system to be running low-cost computers by 2010 holiday season Shareholders approve DirecTV spinoff but sale to phone company uncertain Yahoo adds Twitter twist to news results in latest attempt to upgrade search engine Google adding automatic captioning service on YouTube to aid the deaf and hearing-impaired Federal judge rejects AT&T's bid to pull Verizon 'map for that' ads Media mogul Malone, chair of Comcast rival, says it would gain too much power with NBC Wednesday, November 18, 2009 NetEase 3rd-quarter profit rises on online game sales but misses views, shares tumble Semtech reports 3rd-qtr loss due to tax charge related to Sierra Monolithics purchase Marvell Technology Group names H&Q Asia Pacific founder Ta-lin Hsu to board It's never game over for 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