According to
paidContent.org Sony is closing its Connect service to concentrate on the Playstation brand.
Quote:
In an all-hands meeting yesterday in Sony's offices in Los Angeles, employees were told that about 20-plus jobs are being phased out during this winding-down phase as a result of this closure. The eBooks division will remain however, as it will be servicing Sony Reader product.
Steve Banfield, the head of the Sony Connect division, will be leaving in the next few weeks, and Tim Schaaff and Fumi Kanagwa from Sony corporate will now run what's left of Connect engineering team. The remaining team of around 80 will be devoted support Playstation.
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Luckily for us the eBooks division component of Connect will be kept on to support the Reader device.
This is a worrying turn of events.