Compact disc
Digital optical disc data storage format
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| July 2024 |
CD single
Wink Music Service planned to release 'To Rome with Love' as a mini CD single.
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| 2023 |
CD single
CD single sales increased to 186 units, showing a significant rise in sales compared to the previous year, potentially suggesting a small resurgence of interest in physical CD singles.
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| 2022 |
CD single
CD single sales recorded 34 units, indicating continued niche market presence despite declining physical music media popularity.
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| 2021 | Collaborated with Xiaomi to provide dual speaker tuning for the Xiaomi Mi 11 series smartphones. |
| 2020 |
ISO 9660
ISO published Amendment 2, adding minor clarifying matters without technical changes to the standard.
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| 2020 |
ISO 9660
Fourth amendment to the ISO 9660 standard was published.
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| 2019 |
ISO 9660
ECMA published a 4th version of ECMA-119, integrating the Joliet text as 'Annex C'.
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| 2019 |
ISO 9660
Third amendment to the ISO 9660 standard was published.
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| May 2019 |
CD single
Nippon Columbia reissued Hibari Misora's 1989 single 'Kawa no Nagare no Yoni' in its original long tanzaku form.
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| August 2018 | Announced the Citation 500, a $600 smart speaker running the Google Assistant. |
| 2017 |
ISO 9660
Second amendment to the ISO 9660 standard was published.
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| 2017 | Released the Invoke smart speaker, powered by Microsoft Cortana virtual assistant. |
| December 2017 |
ISO 9660
Third Edition of ECMA-119 was published, technically identical to ISO 9660, Amendment 1.
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| March 11 2017 | Samsung Electronics announced the acquisition of Harman for a reported US$8 billion. |
| 2013 |
ISO 9660
ISO 9660/Amendment 1 was formalized to harmonize ISO 9660 with the widely used Joliet Specification.
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| 2013 |
ISO 9660
First subsequent amendment to the ISO 9660 standard was published.
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| March 2011 |
CD single
Mercury Records announced they would stop manufacturing CD singles due to lack of demand and financial losses in 2010.
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