Phillips electronics has been around as long as electricity has been used, but since then, the company has expanded greatly ...

Audio Cassette Recorders A huge variety of cassette players and recorders were made over the years, both desktop and portable. On the right, the blue-gray Radio Shack and silver Sony Walkman ...

Keith Richards recalls the effect of portable cassette recording on his music, part of a new tribute to the just-discontinued Walkman by my friend and historian of popular technology Phil Patton ...

Lou Ottens, the Dutch engineer credited with inventing the audio cassette tape, has died aged 94. ... In 1982, when Philips showed off a production CD player, Ottens said: ...

The Dutch inventor of the cassette tape, Ottens died March 6, 2021, at the age of 94, according to an announcement issued by the Philips company. (Philips Company Archives via AP) ...

The 1970s arrived ushering in the era of boom boxes – portable players – and the Sony Walkman, both personal and portable. Cassette players made their appearance in cars from 1968.

Dutch engineer and inventor Lou Ottens, best known for inventing the cassette tape, died on March 6. He was 94. Lodewijk Frederik Ottens was born on June 21, 1926, and exhibited an interest in ...