Apple and Toshiba join to build device blending text, graphics, video and sound

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Apple and Toshiba Corp will develop a multimedia information device together that combines text, video, graphics and sound. Toshiba will supply the hardware and manufacture the device, while Apple will provide the software. The under $1,000 machine will be available by mid-1993 and will will use compact disks for storage and aim at multimedia applications. Apple and Toshiba are not revealing the full details of the easy-to-use device for competitive reasons. IBM may also be involved in the project, as it announced plans to cooperate with Toshiba on the development of a new type of semiconductor which may be used in the new device. Time Warner Inc, in which Toshiba has an investment stake, hopes to design games and informational products it. The Apple-Toshiba union follows Apple's announced alliance with Sharp Corp to put the Newton electronic organizer on the shelves by early 1993.

Prepackaged software, Toshiba Corp., Consumer electronics industry, Contracts, Multimedia systems, Cooperative Agreements, Multimedia Technology

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Apple Computer boosts efforts in Japan to increase sales and attract investors

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Apple Computer Inc is increasing efforts in Japan - trying to sell more microcomputers, looking for possible partners and seeking investors. According to Apple CEO John Sculley, the company is growing at more than a 100 percent rate annually in Japan, and Apple Japan will soon be Apple's largest subsidiary outside of the US. Apple Japan was founded in 1983. At a meeting of the company's board at Apple Japan's headquarters, Sculley will present his plan for increasing Japanese sales to $1 billion a year by the mid-1990s, four times the current figure. The Japanese microcomputer market is less developed than either the US or the European markets, but analysts believe that sales might take off in Japan, creating new opportunities for US companies.

Foreign operations, Japan, Microcomputers, Forecasts and trends, Marketing, Statistics, Growth (Physiology), Growth, Microcomputer, Computer Industry, Marketing Strategy, Sculley, John, Apple Japan Inc.

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