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World War 2 : A Young Man By The Name Of Masaru Ibuka

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In 1946, When World War 2 was over; a young man by the name of Masaru Ibuka left the Japanese Navy and started his own business which was a radio repair shop. After one year of his business, his colleague Akio Morita founded the company Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo a.k.a. Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation. The company built the country’s first tape recorder known as the Type-G. The name "Sony" was named after the word in Latin “Sonus", meaning sonic and sound, and the American name to call a boy “Sonny”, thus giving the company a name that is easy to say and pronounce better. Firstly, Sony’s type of business is for the public and they fall under the Audio/Video Equipment Industry. Today, Sony Corporation develops and manufactures consumer and industrial electronic equipment. The Company 's products include audio and video equipment, televisions, displays, electronic components, computers and computer peripherals, and telecommunication equipment. The Company is also active in the worldwide music and image-based software markets. Since the 1980’s, Sony had converted itself from an electronics company to a global entertainment company with such products. Some of this company’s major competitors include Matsushita, Philips, and Sanyo. The world’s first CD player was fashioned in October 1982. Sony entered the imaging market with their first digital camera, the Cyber Shot Digital Still Camera in 1996. With production and success, Sony started making electronic products

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