Anyone around in the '80s will remember people walking around with giant boom boxes on their shoulders blasting music to everyone in a massive radius. But there was also a much more discrete way to ...

Joining the headphones Sony introduced today is its new Walkman NW-A100TPS, a modern streaming device offered with a retro-style soft case and package inspired by the TPS-L2, the first portable ...

The iconic Walkman name didn't fade into the history books with the massively popular cassette players that made it famous; it's still hanging round, slapped on Sony's latest digital music players.

But Walkman units that play cassette tapes…are not. Sony has decided to lay to rest their portable cassette player line, and what's incredible is that it lasted all the way until 2010. The only time ...

When I was a youngster, albums were most often heard in order. 8-track tapes were the only technology that could jump from channel to channel; LPs and cassette tapes were strictly sequential-listening ...

The cassette-playing Walkman is no more after Sony decided to stop manufacturing the ground-breaking device in Japan after more than 30 years. The move comes just months after Sony scrapped production ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Ledsom is a France-based contributor who covers travel. The cassette tape was created in the 1960s and became a household ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Walkman, the Sony cassette device that forever changed music listening before becoming outdated by digital MP3 players and iPods, has died. It was 31 years old. Sony announced on ...

The internet is having a retro romance with “the world’s first cassette player with Bluetooth 5.0 capability.” Dubbed “IT’S OK,” the fresh take on the classic tech has already exponentially surpassed ...

After 30 years, Sony has announced that they will stop manufacturing and selling the venerable cassette Walkman. In a poetic twist, the official death of the Walkman lands on the iPod’s 9th ...

Sony has announced the return of its iconic Walkman music player, although nostalgic music enthusiasts may be displeased to hear the device will cost £949. The Sony Walkman ZX2 The Japanese firm ...

The term "Walkman" initially referred to a Sony brand of portable media players and personal audio systems debuted in 1979. The Walkman was groundbreaking at the time because it allowed users to ...