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Samsung reportedly expanding workforce for autonomous driving solutions
With the smartphone market becoming increasingly saturated, many impacted companies are looking at other avenues of growth. Samsung has been aggressively pursuing opportunities in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet-of-Things (IoT), 5G solutions, and more. Autonomous driving is also supposed to be one such area of interest for the South Korean company, corroborated by the unveiling of […]
- By Naresh
- 6 years ago
Samsung decides to shut down the Tianjin phone plant in China
Samsung’s smartphone business has been facing an existential crisis in China with the company’s market share falling below 1% in recent quarters. Though the company has vowed to fight back on numerous occasions and undertook many measures, it has failed to make any perceptible gains so far in the world’s largest smartphone market. This decimation […]
- By Naresh
- 6 years ago
Galaxy A5 (2017) receives December 2018 security patch
Samsung may not be as fast as some other OEMs in pushing out Android version updates, but when it comes to monthly security patches, the company often does a good job. Thankfully, this is not limited just to the company’s flagship devices as it also updates many mid-range and budget devices to the latest security […]
- By Naresh
- 6 years ago
Samsung installs the world’s largest Onyx Cinema LED screen in China
Samsung has been pitching the Onyx Cinema LED screens to replace the old projection screens in theatres around the world. First unveiled in South Korea in July last year, these new generation theatre screens have gradually made their way into select theatres in the US, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Thailand, China, India, and other markets. Continuing its […]
- By Naresh
- 6 years ago
Samsung brings more artworks to the Frame TV
Focused on home-décor, Samsung’s Frame TV is designed to look like a work of art when not in use as a TV. First unveiled at CES 2017, the company launched a successor to the original Frame TV in July this year with design and feature improvements, including an expanded Art Store to access numerous iconic […]
- By Naresh
- 6 years ago
Data from Gartner shows massive decline in Samsung’s smartphone sales
Gartner has released the global smartphone sales data for Q3 2018 and, like other recent reports, it brings bad news for Samsung. Gartner says the South Korean company has seen the biggest decline in sales since it started tracking global smartphone sales data. Though Samsung has once again emerged as the largest smartphone vendor globally, […]
- By Naresh
- 6 years ago
Galaxy A6+ gets AR Emoji in the latest update
Samsung launched the Galaxy A6+ in May this year as a lower-midrange offering. Galaxy smartphones in this range typically don’t receive regular updates. Even when they do get an update, it is usually a bump in the security patch rather than new features. The latest Galaxy A6+ update, however, seems to be an exception as […]
- By Naresh
- 6 years ago
Samsung Electronics beats P&G to emerge as the world’s largest advertiser
According to a new report from Ad Age, Samsung Electronics beats consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble (P&G) to emerge as the world’s largest advertiser in 2017. The rankings which are based on reported and estimated spending by companies on various forms of advertising, including sales promotions, placed Samsung’s spending at a whopping $11.2 billion […]
- By Naresh
- 6 years ago
Samsung is reportedly reviewing its PR agency amid concerns over growth
Samsung has been facing daunting challenges in the mobile industry in the last couple of years. The company’s dominance in the smartphone market has been threatened by the aggressive expansion of many Chinese brands. Though Samsung is still the largest smartphone vendor in the world, growth has either stagnated or facing a decline in many […]
- By Naresh
- 6 years ago
Netherlands’ Air Force picks Galaxy S9 Enterprise Edition for its employees
The update model and openness of the ecosystem make Android smartphones less appealing for deployment in many enterprises and government institutions. Samsung tried to address some of the challenges by launching Enterprise Editions of its high-end devices and creating enterprise-deployment and management tools like Samsung Knox. The Galaxy S9 and A8 Enterprise Edition models, launched […]
- By Naresh
- 6 years ago
Samsung Electronics was the fourth-largest R&D spender globally, says PwC
According to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Samsung Electronics was the fourth-largest R&D spender globally during the one-year period beginning H2 last year. The report, which looked into the R&D spending of the world's 1,000 largest public companies, placed Samsung’s R&D spending at $15.3 billion, netting it the 4th rank for the second year in […]
- By Naresh
- 6 years ago
Samsung is reportedly investing $40 million in Niantic for Galaxy-exclusive games
According to a report in The Inquirer, Samsung is reportedly investing £31 million (~$40 million) in Niantic, creator of Ingress and Pokémon Go, for Galaxy-exclusive games. The deal supposedly involves pre-loading Niantic’s games on Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones and may be announced in the next few weeks according to a source quoted in the report. The […]
- By Naresh
- 6 years ago
Samsung hosts Bixby Developer Day in Seoul to attract developers
Since the launch of Bixby, Samsung has been striving to make its AI platform more intelligent, integrated, and useful to its customers across product categories. Continuing its efforts, the company hosted the first Bixby Developer Day in Seoul to attract more third-party developers to expand the reach and capabilities of its AI platform. Samsung showcased […]
- By Naresh
- 6 years ago
Samsung’s mobile chief pins hope on the Galaxy S10 and the foldable phone
Even as Samsung continues to post impressive earnings quarter after quarter, the company’s smartphone business remains a cause of worry. Cut-throat competition from Chinese brands and Apple’s continued domination in the premium segment has left Samsung struggling to retain its market share and profits. The company has undertaken many measures in the recent past to address […]
- By Naresh
- 6 years ago
Samsung Flow now supports clipboard sharing between connected devices
Samsung has quietly pushed out an update to the Samsung Flow apps on Windows 10 and Android with some noteworthy features. The update, which bumps the version number to 3.5.04 on Android and 3.5.10 on Windows 10, brings three new features according to the changelog: clipboard sharing between connected devices, drag and drop files in […]
- By Naresh
- 6 years ago
