Ouch: Samsung beats out Apple in customer loyalty for the first time … and so does Amazon

"It's not terrible to be number two," Passikof said. "But in both cases I think consumers are looking for higher degrees of innovation. It was only after Samsung and other companies came out with smaller tablets that Apple brought out the iPad mini. It was only in reaction."

Technology 2012: The year’s winners and losers

In every year, there are winners and losers: companies, devices, operating systems. Here's our look at some of the biggest successes and failures of 2012.

The PlayStation 3, not Xbox or Apple TV, is the top device for Netflix streaming to living room TVs

Playstation has trailed Microsoft's Xbox 360 in the gaming console market for a long time. But not in everything.

Panasonic cutting 10K jobs as only half its 88 business units make significant profits

Japanese electronics companies are fighting surging Korean electronics companies such as LG and Samsung -- and losing.

Fourth-generation iPad smashes PlayStation Vita in raw graphics power

The new iPad has overtaken the PlayStation Vita as the portable device with the most powerful graphics processor.

James Bond’s new phone: not an iPhone 5 or Samsung Galaxy S III

James Bond cannot possibly use the same gadgets, tools, or automobiles as you and I. It's just a law of nature.

GamesBeat Giveaways: You could win a signed copy of The Art of Journey

Enter for your chance to win a copy of The Art of Journey signed by thatgamecompany's Jenova Chen and artist Matt Nava!

See The Art of Journey with the game’s artwork, score, and augmented reality

The Art of Journey will provide owners with tons of unseen art, the full musical score, and augmented reality from the acclaimed PSN title

Wikipad: The company (and tablet) that is bringing console gaming to Android part 2 (exclusive)

In part two of our interview with Wikipad's James Bower and Fraser Townley, we learn more about this new Android tablet/game console and how they view the market, Windows 8, and Ouya.

Wikipad: The company (and tablet) that’s bringing console gaming to Android (exclusive)

There are tablets, and then there’s a gaming tablet. The Wikipad, an Android handheld that promised to be the first mobile device with a gamepad built specifically for the device, is set to launch later this year. Venturebeat recently sat …

Left out? Sony franchises we may miss in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale

PlayStation All-Stars celebrates popular Sony franchises like God of War and Uncharted, but obscure properties like Jumping Flash and Blasto may be left out in the cold.

Sony’s E3 2012: Analysis shows Last of Us “shotgun blast” won big, Wonderbook lost (graph)

We analyzed over 16,000 comments on the NeoGAF forums to see how gamers reacted to Sony's E3 2012 press conference.

Sony E3 2012 press conference recap … in limerick form

The lights have been turned down, the speakers silenced, and the journalists are still complaining. E3 has come and gone. What better way to celebrate the end of the “Superbowl of Video Games” than with bad poetry? And seriously, let’s …

Sony patent application shows control method that resembles Wii U

 Sony filed for an interesting patent in 2010 that shows it has technology that resembles Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U game console. Titled Position-Dependent Gaming 3-D controller, and Handheld as a Remote, the patent shows that the game company is at …

PlayStation Network to be down for maintenance most of Thursday

Sony has announced on its European PlayStation forums that PlayStation Network (PSN) will be down for maintenance through most of Thursday, Feb. 2. Based on the announcement, it seems the outage will only affect European PSN users, but we’ve reached …

Sony officially denies reports of Kazuo Hirai’s appointment as company president

Sony has officially denied a report by respected Japanese newspaper The Nikkei claiming Kazuo Hirai was set to take over as company president.

“Certain media reports were published on January 7, 2012 (JST) regarding Sony Corporation’s executive officers’ appointments. Sony …

Japanese PSP-to-Vita transfer program has limited support from major game publishers

Sony today revealed an initial list of retail PSP titles that will be transferable to Japanese Vita systems for a fee via a download program. However, the list covers less than half of the former Sony portable’s library of games, …

Sony’s PlayStation Home generated half a million visits during E3

Sony’s PlayStation Home virtual world drew more than 500,000 gamers to the company’s virtual E3 booth during the video game industry’s E3 trade show last week. That compares to the 46,800 people who officially attended the event in person.

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