{"id":23561,"date":"2015-02-19T09:25:22","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T07:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=23561"},"modified":"2015-02-19T09:25:22","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T07:25:22","slug":"sony-is-no-longer-an-electronics-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2015\/02\/19\/sony-is-no-longer-an-electronics-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony is no longer an electronics company"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>An <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2015\/2\/18\/8063269\/sony-electronics-future-selling-off-pc-smartphone-tv\">interesting take on Sony&#8217;s recent activity<\/a> from the Verge. \u00a0It looks almost all electronics are gone from the company and the main focus now is on the PlayStation and entertainment. \u00a0A handy chart for the Q4 2014 financials too:<\/p>\n<p><a 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