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Samsung’s former head of Bixby has left the company
Some of you might have heard about Rhee In-jong. He was Samsung's chief technology officer and in charge of developing Bixby. He led the development of both the Korean and English versions of Bixby. Samsung confirmed today that Rhee In-jong has now left the company. Samsung announced Bixby 2.0 a couple of months back. A […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 6 years ago
Google paid Samsung $8 billion to make its apps default on Galaxy devices
A few days ago, it was revealed that Google shares the advertisement revenue it gets from Google Search with smartphone brands to make them release more software updates and better maintain smartphones. However, it has now been revealed that the company also pays brands, including Samsung, to make some apps as default apps on Android […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 5 months ago
Google stopped Samsung from making it easier to change search engine on Galaxy phones
Google is the default search engine on most modern smartphones, including Android and iOS. It has been in the dominant position for many years, but it started to see some competition from Microsoft Bing earlier this year after it launched ChatGPT-powered conversational search. There were rumors that Samsung might switch to Bing as the default […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 7 months ago
Google reportedly focusing on its own hardware as Samsung declines in key markets
Over the past couple of years, Google has significantly improved its hardware efforts. Apart from smartphones, the company has also unveiled high-end wireless earbuds, smart speakers, a smartwatch, a tablet, media streaming sticks, and even Wi-Fi routers. And it looks like Google is doing this because it's afraid of Apple's grip on the market and […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 1 year ago
Latest “patent troll” lawsuit faced by Samsung was filed by a former exec
Samsung is one of the biggest targets for patent-related lawsuits filed by NPEs (non-practicing entities), the latter of which you may know by the colloquial term “patent trolls.” These companies acquire and hold patents but don't manufacture any products. Their only goal is to profit off licensing deals and, more importantly, from patent-related lawsuits. Samsung […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 2 years ago
Apple wants LG stores in South Korea to sell iPhones around Unpacked
It looks like LG's retirement from the mobile industry will spell bad news for Samsung on its home turf. It turns out that Apple could end up selling iPhones and other fruit-labeled products in South Korea through LG's expansive retail infrastructure, after all, and thus becoming a much more significant threat to Samsung in the […]
- By Mihai Matei
- 3 years ago
Volkswagen’s new cars are using Samsung’s Exynos Auto chips
All modern cars use semiconductor chips for various functions, including vehicle controls, internet connectivity, in-vehicle entertainment, navigation, and safety. A few years ago, Samsung expanded into the growing automobile industry with its Exynos Auto chipset, and the company has been supplying chips to Audi since then. It is now being reported that even Volkswagen, the world's biggest auto […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 3 years ago
Samsung’s new long-term AI strategy is all about humans, not machines
Samsung's new artificial intelligence strategy announced earlier today, during the first day of the company's online-only AI Forum 2020, has surprisingly little to do with computers, machine learning, and all that stuff that first comes to mind when we think about modern AI apps and technologies. Instead, the vision Samsung just outlined for the development […]
- By Dominik Bosnjak
- 3 years ago
Samsung, Hyundai discuss deeper cooperation in mobility business
Two months ago, Samsung's Lee Jae-Yong and Hyundai's Chung Euisun met to discuss a possible collaboration in the electric vehicles segment. Soon, it was revealed that Samsung will provide batteries for Hyundai's electric vehicles and Exynos chipsets for the South Korean firm's connected cars. Today, the two leaders met once again to discuss a deeper collaboration in the […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 4 years ago
BTS fans shatter Samsung’s all-time Twitter records
No one can deny the power of the K-Pop phenomenon – not even the world's leading manufacturer of smartphones, TVs, and many other types of consumer electronics. It's been almost a full decade since Samsung Mobile joined Twitter, but a couple of weeks is all it took for K-Pop fans to completely overshadow everything else […]
- By Dominik Bosnjak
- 4 years ago
Samsung says foldable and 5G phones will improve its fortunes this year
Samsung released its financial results for Q4 2018 today and they're in line with expectations. Its operating profit is down 29 percent compared to a year ago. It blames that on declining demand for memory, display and mobile products. The company has already warned investors that it will see an annual earnings decline in 2019. […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 5 years ago
Samsung’s $44 billion capital expenditure dwarfed all public companies last year
According to a piece in the WSJ, Samsung spent a total of $44 billion last year to emerge as the biggest spender of all public limited companies last year. It is extremely improbable that any privately held company spent more than that sum, which makes Samsung probably the biggest spender of all companies last year. […]
- By Naresh
- 6 years ago
Samsung acquired Viv Labs for around $215 million
Back in October 2016, Samsung announced that it had acquired artificial intelligence startup Viv Labs. Unfortunately, at the time, the financial terms of the deal weren't revealed. The firm has now, however, disclosed that it inked the contract for 238.93 billion won on Friday, October 8, when the Korean won was equal to $0.0009 — […]
- By Josh L.
- 7 years ago
Samsung looking to spend $1 billion to buy artificial intelligence companies
Local media reports out of South Korea today suggest that Samsung is thinking about setting up a new fund to acquire companies working in the field of artificial intelligence. The company is reportedly thinking about setting aside $1 billion for this purpose. An unnamed Samsung Electronics US official cited in the report claims that Samsung […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 7 years ago
Samsung invests in a company that’s working on AI to rival Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant
After a decade's worth of research and development, SoundHound launched its voice assistant platform Houndify for iOS and Android in March last year. The company is constantly working to improve its artificial intelligence assistant so that it can better compete with the likes of Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant. It develops what it calls “Collective […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 7 years ago
