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Samsung Ventures pours money into Nanosys, a Quantum Dot display manufacturer
Nanosys, a manufacturer of Quantum Dot displays, has confirmed that it has received an investment from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation. SVIC is the venture capital arm of the Samsung Group and this latest round of funding is a follow-up on the investment made back in 2010. Nanosys is going to use the new funds for […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
US Cellular rolls out Android 5.0.2 for the Galaxy Tab S 10.5
It was only a couple of weeks ago that the Lollipop roll out by carriers in the United States started for the Galaxy Tab S 10.5, the four major carriers have got the update out of their system by now and only US cellular remained. Today it too has followed through, Galaxy Tab S 10.5 […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
06-01-2015 Firmware Updates: Galaxy S5, Galaxy Note Edge, Galaxy Note 3 LTE, and more
Samsung has a plethora of phones and tablets in its lineup, and regularly releases firmware updates for various devices. These can include major updates, which bring a newer version of the OS to a particular device, or minor ones that improve performance and stability and fix bugs. Software updates for Samsung devices roll out in various […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 9 years ago
Newest Samsung Galaxy S6 commercial gives artistic take on “The New Phone Feeling”
Samsung’s commercials have been a strength of the company for some time now, but that statement doesn’t override the weird moments we’ve all witnessed when Samsung botches up a product. The Broadway performance of the Galaxy S4 presentation, for example, left a weird taste in the mouths of CNET’s own Molly Wood as well as […]
- By Deidre R.
- 9 years ago
Get a sneak peek at exclusive Jurassic World content on Samsung SUHD TVs at Best Buy
The latest addition to the hugely popular Jurassic franchise will hit theaters in the very near future but fans are certainly finding it hard to contain their excitement since they have had to wait for a very long time for the new movie. One can watch the trailers only so many times before the craving to see […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Galaxy Tab S 8.4 LTE gets Lollipop on Verizon
It has only been a couple of weeks since Verizon released the Android 5.0.2 update for the Galaxy Tab S 10.5 and now it's following through with Lollipop for the Galaxy Tab S 8.4. Samsung has confirmed that Verizon is releasing said update for the Galaxy Tab S 8.4 today, users in the United States […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Samsung official says the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge are selling well
Is Samsung's business really imploding? If we go by the sales of the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, then that might not be the case. An unnamed Samsung executive has told The Korea Times that the two Galaxy S6 flagships are selling well and that the sales are meeting the company's internal target. According to the official, 305,000 […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 9 years ago
“Okay, Google” command is back and working on the Galaxy S6 and the S6 edge
Did you try to activate the “Okay, Google” command on your Galaxy S6 or Galaxy S6 edge, but never found a way to do it? Well, Google accepted that there was indeed a problem, but they have now verified that the hotword is working again. The hotword detection was broken for weeks, and the option […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 9 years ago
Galaxy S5 Android 5.0.2 update will arrive later this month
A few weeks back it was reported that Samsung will release micro-updates for some of its devices that faced various issues following the update to Lollipop. Information made public on the website of Optus, the Australian carrier, reveals that the Galaxy S5 is going to receive one of those micro-updates later this month. Android 5.0.2 has […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 9 years ago
Samsung successfully demonstrates world’s first Public Safety LTE network
Today, Samsung successfully demonstrated world's first Public Safety solution over LTE technology that is based on the newly released 3GPP Rel.12 standard. The technology was demonstrated live at the company's Digital City in Suwon, South Korea. The company showcased how its PS-LTE solution could be used for connectivity during an emergency situations such as a huge […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 9 years ago
Samsung SM-G9198 (Philipe) might actually be a flip phone for Chinese market
The Samsung SM-G9198 that leaked last was suspected to be the Galaxy S6 Mini, but looks like it might a different device altogether. If you remember (well, we don't actually hope that many would), Samsung released the SM-G9098 – a clamshell Android smartphone with dual displays – in China last year. It is completely possible that the recently […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 9 years ago
Exclusive: Samsung to start rolling out Android 5.1.1 Lollipop update to Galaxy Note 4 by the end of July
Google revealed the developer preview of the next big version of its mobile device operating system – Android M – last week during Google I/O 2015, and the release of its final version is due in Q3 2015. Now, you must be thinking if Samsung is too slow in updating its existing smartphones and tablets to […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 9 years ago
Investment bank analyst claims that Samsung’s business is imploding
An Oppenheimer analyst has claimed in the investment bank's letter to its client that Samsung's current-generation flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge, have turned out to be failures. The letter also mentioned that the South Korean smartphone giant's business is “imploding“. Samsung managed to ship about 10 million Galaxy S6 devices till now, a million […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 9 years ago
Samsung starts reviewing and selecting third-party designers for Galaxy Theme Store
About two months ago, Samsung called third-party designers to develop themes for its new and upcoming smartphones and tablets. A month later, the company revealed more details about how to proceed with partnering with the company on building themes. Now, Samsung has started reviewing and selecting third-party designers for its Galaxy Theme Store. As you can see […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 9 years ago
Android M is bringing extensive SD card support at a very ironic time
The lack of expandable storage on the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge is among the few major gripes consumers have with Samsung's latest flagships. But while Samsung only rejected microSD cards here in 2015, Google has always been against the notion of having expandable storage on its Nexus devices. Android has never properly supported external […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 9 years ago
Samsung SM-G9198 with Snapdragon 808 appears on GFXBench
Samsung is the only major Android manufacturer that has chosen to ignore the Snapdragon 810 and opt for a different flagship chip (one it's making all by its lonesome), thanks to the 810's heating issues and the fact that the Korean giant's Exynos chip is considerably superior. But Samsung has said that it chooses processors […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 9 years ago
Android M could introduce Multi Window to Android later this year
Google officially announced Android M, the next major version of the world-dominating mobile OS, at Google I/O yesterday. While not being as big an update as Android 5.0 Lollipop, Android M will bring a lot of new features, such as native support for fingerprint sensors, Android Pay, better volume control, a new battery saving feature […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 9 years ago
Samsung completes Lollipop rollout for Galaxy A lineup with the Galaxy A5
This week is turning out to be a good one for owners of Samsung's full metal Galaxy A devices. The Galaxy A7 recently started receiving the Lollipop update, and it is now hitting the Galaxy A5. The Galaxy A3 was the first A series device to get the update, and today marks the day when it […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 9 years ago
Exclusive: Samsung Project Valley is a dual screen, possibly foldable, smartphone
The number of patents surrounding folding and dual screen smartphones that we have come across from Samsung would suggest that such devices would already be available in the market for consumers, but the reality is that such technologies take a long time in coming to the commercial arena from their prototype stages. But with the […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 9 years ago
How to transfer content using Wi-Fi Direct on a Galaxy S6 or Galaxy S6 edge
Wi-Fi Direct support was introduced in Android way back in 2011 with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, but to this day, Google hasn't added a direct (pun intended) option for sending content using the protocol on stock Android, leaving it to third-party apps to make up for the OS' shortcoming. Wi-Fi Direct is a technology that […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 9 years ago
