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Samsung Galaxy S IV has eye tracking technology, will automatically scroll pages based on your eyes [Rumor]
As the Galaxy S IV release date gets closer and closer, a crop of rumors regarding the Galaxy S IV have appeared on the internet. One rumor leaked all the hardware specifications of the Galaxy S IV, which includes an 8-core processor. Now we have a rumor regarding the software [...]
Read More »Samsung Galaxy S IV just got all its specs leaked… it has an 8-core processor (!) [Rumor]
Were you excitedly waiting for Samsung’s Galaxy S IV launch event in New York? Then get a load of this: Someone in possession of the device (reportedly a prototype), has leaked the device’s specifications 2 weeks ahead of the announcement.
If this is indeed a Galaxy S IV, and if [...]
Read More »Samsung’s first teaser video for Galaxy S4 is really, really bad [Video]
You know who just showed off how do to do teasers, followed with an intense build-up to a successful event that was viewed live by millions online? Sony. They did it just over two weeks ago, so I don’t understand how Samsung could totally botch the first teaser video for [...]
Read More »Judge reduces damages awarded to Apple in Apple vs Samsung trial from $1.05 billion to $598 million, plus orders a new trial
Apple is having what can best be described as a crappy week. First they are forced to pay $368 million to a patent troll. Then they are taunted by Samsung vis-a-vis Samsung’s lawyers hiring the UK judge that ruled against Apple. Now they are at the receiving end of judge [...]
Read More »Samsung hires UK judge who ruled in Samsung’s favor against Apple
Last year Samsung brought preemptive legal war on Apple in the UK, trying to win an English ruling that Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 doesn’t infringe on Apple’s iPad. Samsung won that battle and Apple was forced to issue a public apology to Samsung. In typical corporate fashion, Apple issues a [...]
Read More »Now even Google feels threatened by Samsung’s massive growth and domination of smartphone market
What’s this? Google versus Samsung? Well, not quite. But in an indirect way, kind of. You see, Google loves that Samsung is so successful. They’re an Android phone manufacturer after all, and Google makes their money through mobile ads on their apps and services. But what if Samsung is getting [...]
Read More »This is what Samsung’s new $300 million campus in Silicon Valley will look like
First Apple was building a crazy spaceship campus in Silicon Valley, with NVIDIA most recently joining in. But now Samsung has revealed plans to do the same, and their design is definitely keeping up with the trend of being very different.
The campus is designed for Samsung’s semiconductor division and [...]
Read More »Samsung officially unveils Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet: 8-inch 1280×800 display, 1.6GHz quad-core processor, and the ability to use it as a comically large phone
After all the leaks and rumors, Samsung has finally officially shown off its latest addition to the Galaxy family: the Galaxy Note 8.0. The Note 8.0 slides right in nicely with Samsung’s current lineup, coming in between the smaller Galaxy Note II (5.5-inch) and the larger Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet.[...]
Read More »Samsung Galaxy S IV is confirmed to launch on March 14 in New York
Last year Samsung revealed their blockbuster Samsung Galaxy S III at Mobile World Congress. This year, Mobile World Congress has come and gone but no Galaxy S IV, the next iteration in the popular Android smartphone line. However, Samsung is not one to leave us hanging.
According to a statement [...]
Read More »Apple may have planted iWatch rumors “out of desperation” to show it’s still innovating
You have undoubtedly heard all those Apple smartwatch rumors lately — they were everywhere. Nigam Arora of Forbes has put forth a very interesting theory about those rumors: Apple is desperate to show that they are still going to innovate because nobody believes it when Tim Cook says they are.[...]
Read More »LG announces Optimus G Pro with unique curved glass, looks exactly like Samsung Galaxy Note II
LG has announced their oft-rumored Optimus G Pro along with its new and not-so-new specs. The device has a 5.5-inch 1080p display, and LG notes that they used a curved glass on the phone to give a sort of “2.5D” effect. Its CPU is the new Snapdragon 600 running at [...]
Read More »Samsung will “definitely” announce Galaxy S IV on March 14th, according to sources
Galaxy S IV rumors are starting to heat up, and it looks like we have a date to look forward to. March 14th is reportedly when Samsung will reveal their latest flagship handset — and it all started with this tweet:
Save the date for a big announcement – March
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Hey Apple, Samsung is building a smart watch too [Rumor]
Screenshots have been found by Slashgear of what appear to be a smart watch. This comes after constant rumors of their good friends at Apple working on the very same thing.
But while the rumored Apple smart watch consisted of what material the device would be made of, Samsung’s alleged [...]
Read More »Apple CEO Tim Cook never wanted to sue Samsung, but Steve Jobs insisted
Finally. I was beginning to feel like something was wrong with the tech world, due to the lack of Apple versus Samsung news. Turns out the war between the two tech juggernauts wouldn’t even be a thing today if Tim Cook had his way. A report from Reuters says that [...]
Read More »Apple and Samsung accounted for 103% of mobile phone profits in 2012
Before looking at any statistics, most people are aware that the current dominators of the handset market are Apple and Samsung. Just how dominant were the two rivals during 2012? According to Canaccord Genuity, Apple and Samsung accounted for 103% of handset profits for the entire year.
Apple had 69 [...]
Read More »Check out all of this year’s Super Bowl ads, including Samsung’s $15 million commercial and the return of BlackBerry
If you were somehow unaware of the Super Bowl going on today, well, it’s over now. And the Ravens won… Yeah. Anyway, what’s the Super Bowl without some pretty awesome ads! The commercials that air during the game have become a part of the culture, and they can get pretty [...]
Read More »Samsung worker died at semiconductor plant due to gas leak and Samsung is trying to hide it, according to Korean news agencies
A gas leak at one of Samsung’s semiconductor plants in Hwaseong, Korea has led to the death of a maintenance worker on the scene. Korean news agencies are reporting that Samsung is trying to “cover up” the whole incident. Let’s look at how everything went down.
At around 11pm local [...]
Read More »Samsung unveils the ‘world’s first’ curved OLED TV
It seems like Samsung is really into curving and bending displays these days. While the implementation of a curved screen on a phone has yet to prove its worth, benefits from a TV screen like this could be pretty nice to have.
Samsung describes it as having an ‘IMAX feel,’ [...]
Read More »Samsung shows off Youm, a flexible display (a screen that bends, rolls, and folds)
Ultra HD OLED TVs seem to be getting a lot of attention at CES, but what about bendable OLED displays? That’s what Samsung’s talking up now, as they’ve shown off a new flexible display technology that they’re calling Youm.
The company demoed the Youm display technology in their keynote presentation, [...]
Read More »Samsung announces Exynos 5, a 8-core processor for smartphones and tablets
During CES 2013, Samsung unveiled its successor to the company’s current Exynos 4 Quad. The new processor, which is designed to deliver twice the performance of its predecessor, is the Exynos 5 Octa.
The processor contains two sets of four cores each, making it an 8-core processor — for smartphones [...]
Read More »Samsung unveils Ultra HD TV with ‘revolutionary floating design’
Remember when Samsung was teasing us with a TV that has an ‘unprecedented shape and timeless design’? Well, it looks like Samsung has just shown us this timeless design and — it’s on an easel?
Samsung says that this ‘floating’ TV design can revolutionize home cinema. The screen can be [...]
Read More »Consumer Reports ranks iPhone 5 last among the top smartphones
With the iPhone 5 selling over 50 million units just in the last quarter alone, you’d think it was the top smartphone on the market, right? Consumer Reports doesn’t seem to think so.
The magazine has been bringing reviews for almost 80 years now, so their opinion carries a lot [...]
Read More »How to root Samsung Galaxy Camera [Guide]
So you own a brand new Samsung Galaxy Camera, one of the recent innovations by Samsung? Wait no more, to get your ‘camera’ rooted. Follow this guide to get the power of root now on your Galaxy Camera.
Disclaimer: This guide is intended as a helpful “how to”. dotTech and [...]
Read More »Samsung teases a TV with “unprecedented shape and timeless design” for CES 2013
Samsung’s going to be unveiling a new TV at this year’s CES, and it’s Samsung Tomorrow blog has posted this image in relation to that. Besides the vague image, Samsung says that, “A true innovation of TV design is coming up with a unprecedented new TV shape and timeless design.”[...]
Read More »Samsung rumored to release Linux-based Tizen phone in 2013
The Tizen OS has been around for quite some time but has never had its own official phone. That might change this year if rumors prove to be true, as Samsung is reportedly working on building a phone with the Linux-based operating system.
According to the Daily Yomiuri, Samsung [...]
Read More »Apple has withdrawn patent claim against Galaxy S III mini in the US
Apple has seemingly mirrored Samsung’s recent actions of dropping patent claims in the EU by withdrawing a patent claim against them in the US — the device in question, the Samsung Galaxy S III mini.
Have Apple and Samsung suddenly started exchanging pleasantries in the form of dropping patent claims? [...]
Read More »U.S. ITC judge recommends import and sales ban on Samsung products
A U.S. International Trade Commission judge Thomas Pender is recommending sanctions against Samsung in light of his preliminary finding that the company infringed four of Apple’s patents.
The recommended sanctions include an import and sales ban on products found to infringe Apple patents and the posting of a bond for [...]
Read More »New Year’s resolutions for 2013 by tech companies and CEOs [Comic]
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2013 is — quite literally — around the corner. Indeed, a few hours from now the world will slowly start to move from 2012 and rollover to 2013, starting in the East first and then eventually ending with the West. If you were a major tech company, or the CEO [...]
Read More »How to root Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G and install ClockworkMod recovery [Guide]
Installing ClockworkMod (CWM) recovery on your Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G and getting it rooted will not only help you to just install some apps that were alien to your device till now, but it also opens up a new window to tweaking your device to your needs. If you are [...]
Project Azalea – Apple replacing Samsung for TSMC US-based chip factory?
According to The EETimes, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is contemplating on building a new factory in either New York or Oregon with the project being called “Azalea.” Another report out of The Oregonian says that officials in New York and Oregon may be competing to attract a [...]
Read More »Samsung is suing Apple in South Korea over Notification Center
This one was just waiting to happen. Why? When Apple first introduced its “Notification Center” along with iOS 5, many longtime Android users noted that Apple outright copied Google’s implementation. Now that one of Google’s notification patents has been granted, it looks like Samsung is taking advantage of that opportunity.[...]
Read More »Samsung dethrones Nokia to become the world’s top selling phone brand, Apple is a distant third
After almost 14 years of being on top in the cellphone industry, Nokia has finally been unseated in 2012 by Samsung. Nokia has held the top spot in terms of cellphone shipments since the year 1998, but is now forced to be content with being number 2. (Note: This is [...]
Read More »Samsung is dropping patent lawsuits against Apple in Europe
Samsung had injunction requests against Apple for patent infringement in the UK, France, Germany Italy and the Netherlands. The keyword here is ‘had’, as Samsung has announced that it is dropping some lawsuits against Apple in Europe. The key thing to note is ‘some’ because Samsung has not thrown in [...]
Read More »Samsung Galaxy S III, Note II, and other devices are vulnerable to hackers due to Exynos 4 chip bug
A serious security flaw has been found in one of Samsung’s Exynos chipsets, news that no Galaxy device user wants to hear. The flaw affects the Samsung Exynos 4, which means that Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note, Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy 10.1 tablet users can all be potentially affected [...]
Read More »Apple is denied injunction against Samsung products
Even after winning a historic $1.05 billion patent and trademark verdict, Apple sought a court-ordered injunction against Samsung. If granted, we would have seen the infringing Samsung phones banned from the US market. Unfortunately for Apple, that won’t be happening anytime soon, if at all.
In post-trial motions, US District [...]
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