Brand Bytes: 5 coolest facts about SONY

The Company was founded by Akio Morita and Masaru Iuka in 1946 as TTK (Tokyo Tsushin Kenkyujo).

The uniform of Sony employees is designed by the same Japanese fashion designer behind Steve Job’s iconic black turtleneck – “Issey Miyake“

In 1975, Sony introduced the first color video cassette recorder (VCR).

Sony introduced the ‘Walkman’, in 1979, that revolutionized the music industry the same way as the iPod did later in the 2000s.

Walkman was sold as “Soundabout” in the US, “Stowaway” in the United Kingdom, and “Freestyle” in Australia.

Sony was the first to make a gaming console like PlayStation in 1994. As a result, it dominated the gaming industry for years.