What kind of music does your dog like to listen to or a cat? dr. Anna Wilkinson, researcher of behavior and perception in animals, together with Sony or to his new home music system GTK-XB7 discovered the musical taste of cats and dogs. With a special research, they found that dogs and cats start wagging their tails faster when listening to songs with a faster tempo than during calm classical concerts. As many as 62 percent of the participating Kosmatin residents preferred a popular hit with a fast rhythm to the sounds of a classical symphony by musical virtuosos a la Beethoven and Mozart. Now we know where the term "party animals" comes from!
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The Sony Xperia XA Ultra smartphone is a big benevolent giant. Big because it really is big. It boasts a 6-inch screen and measures 164.2 x 79.4 x 8.4 millimeters and weighs 190 grams. Good-natured because it is decorated with a pleasant appearance and a hand-friendly design. In contrast to Roald Dahl's giant, it was conceived by Sony's engineers, who really outdid themselves this time.
Wondering what the most influential tech gadgets of all time are? Time magazine recently published a list of 50 products that have forever changed the way we communicate, work and live in general. Today, we can no longer imagine a day without the many technological gadgets from the list, but there was only room at the top for one. The most influential technological gadget of all time is…
Take a look at the winning photos from the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards, the world's biggest photography competition, which for the ninth time has taken a look at the photography output of the past 12 months worldwide. Among the winners is the Slovenian Andrej Tarfila, who took home the title of the winner of the national competition and the world winner of the travel category in the open competition. In the competition of a record 230,103 submitted works, the jury recognized Asghar Khamseh and his series of shocking portraits "Fire of Hate" as the best photographer, thus also awarding him the honorary photographic title L'Iris d'Or at a ceremony in London.
Sony has introduced a "shrunk" version of the popular Sony Cyber-shot RX10 II super zoom camera, the Cyber-shot Sony RX10 III, which has packed more zoom than a telescope into a compact body! It is the ideal camera for capturing images from all distances, as it boasts a 25x super telephoto lens with a range from 24 to 600 mm.
The most popular gaming console Playstation is taking on new virtual dimensions, but only in October 2016, when they will officially start selling Playstation VR. The price is also known, which will be around 360 euros for the basic "head" unit. The price for the base seems very reasonable, but of course it won't work without accessories.
Spice up your style this winter with the new Sony h.ear headphones, which promise a stylishly refined musical experience with striking colors and a sophisticated design with a touch of timeless elegance. Which color of h.ear headphones best reflects your style and personality?
The Sony RX1R II compact camera is the smallest full-frame compact camera. This represents the newest member of Sony's full-frame RX family of cameras and the first rise since 2013. It's even more impressive than its predecessors, which is quite an achievement given how the previous models shook up the photography world. Despite its pocket-sized 35mm lens, the RX1R II is the first camera with an optical low-pass filter that can be turned on or off.
At Berlin's IFA, the world's largest consumer electronics and home appliance trade fair, Sony has unveiled three new premium smartphones under the Xperia Z5 label. The flagship of the family is the Xperia Z5 Premium, the world's first 4K smartphone, which boasts four times the resolution of full HD (most high-end phones have either a Full HD or Quad HD screen) and a two-day battery life.
The Sony Xperia M5 is the first smartphone to boast hybrid focus. The 142-gram mid-range phone is the spiritual successor of the Xperia M4 Aqua model and has a digital camera with a resolution of 21.5 pixels (2160p video recording), which also makes it stand out from the competition.
Music and light are a tried and tested system and David Bowie already found out that they go well together in the song Sound and Vision. Now Sony has also come to this realization, offering them both under the same roof. The Japanese brand announced the arrival of an LED lamp and a Bluetooth speaker in one, with a thread that fits into a classic bulb socket. Because why would a light bulb only fill a room with light, when it can also fill it with music.
Sony introduced the Touchless Shutter app for automatic camera activation. We trigger this by waving our hand in front of the viewfinder, i.e. the small window where we see what will be captured in the photo. As we know that taking photos in low light conditions can be a real nightmare, often resulting in blurry photos (even when using a tripod or a steady hand), this is a more than welcome addition.