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Sony today claimed victory in NPD’s monthly market research console figures. The PlayStation 4 beat out Microsoft’s Xbox One in the US for the seventh month in a row. On the software side, the remastered PS4 version of The Last of Us took the top spot for US retail sales. Earlier this week, Sony announced that it has sold more than 10 million PS4 consoles since launch. The platform has also seen more than 30 million copies of games sold globally, across retail and digital. Here’s Sony’s complete statement: §  PlayStation 4 was #1 in sales for the seventh consecutive…

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Samsung is investing heavily in the Internet of Things with the purchase of SmartThings. The acquisition kickstarts any IoT hardware plans the South Korean company may currently have. SmartThings will continue to act as an independent company working under Samsung’s Open Innovation Center Group in Palo Alto. SmartThings CEO Alex Hawkinson will continue to run the company and in a post stated, “We believe that there is an enormous opportunity to leverage Samsung’s global scale to help us realize our long-term vision.” The IoT company currently sells motion sensors, a plug in power control unit, a hub and other pieces of hardware to control…

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