Forty years later and Walkmans aren’t exactly popular to use anymore (outside of things like Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy films, anyway), but the sea change that the Walkman caused in our lives is ...

For many small business owners and operators who use MP3 players in the workplace, a Sony Walkman can be as necessary as the man Friday was to Robinson Crusoe … no matter if it is used for continuing ...

Today, billions of people have access to portable music, mostly thanks to smartphones. The world's music catalog is at our fingertips thanks to Spotify, Apple and Amazon's online store, but it's not ...

WASHINGTON — “Music to go” was revolutionized, 35 years ago today. Long before music fans carried music on mobile phones or iPods, the first Sony Walkman — model TPS-L2 — went on sale in Japan, July 1 ...

Recall that Sony S2 Sports Walkman we wrote about 3 weeks ago, you know, the shiny one that’s good for running? Well it turns out the S2 will use an internal “G-Sensor” to automatically switch to ...

The Walkman, introduced by Sony in 1979, transformed portable music with its mobility and convenience. Despite initial variations in global branding, the term “Walkman” became synonymous with personal ...

Back in 1979, Sony cofounder Masaru Ibuka was looking for a way to listen to classical music on long-haul flights. In response, his company’s engineers dreamed up the Walkman, ordering 30,000 units ...