Sony to Boost Research Spending on Cloud Computing, Displays
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Sony Corp., Japan’s biggest exporter of consumer electronics, plans to boost research-and-development spending on cloud computing and display panels as it tries to rebound from four straight losses spurred by slumping TV sales.
The company’s research efforts should focus more on customer needs and not be so inward-looking, Shoji Nemoto, an executive vice president in charge of technology strategy and corporate research and development, said in a group interview in Tokyo today. Sony also “won’t hesitate” to buy outside technologies, including those that could benefit mobile devices, Nemoto said.