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Vimeo Samsung Smart TV app set to land in a few weeks
Earlier this year, Samsung introduced its Made For Samsung Program that would bring the best and most popular app brands to its mobile devices (including its Tizen-powered Smart TVs). Now at year's end, the Korean giant is still doing that, with a new HTML5-based Vimeo Smart TV app for its Tizen-powered TVs in the works. […]
- By Deidre R.
- 7 years ago
Oukitel U15S draws inspiration from Samsung’s Scroll Capture
With the arrival of the Galaxy Note 5, Samsung introduced a feature called Scroll Capture that lets you take a screenshot of what's on your page and then scroll to capture the rest of the page. It's a feature that finally eliminated taking multiple screenshots of the same page. Well, a new mid-range smartphone announced back in October draws […]
- By Deidre R.
- 7 years ago
Exclusive: Samsung Pay could be launched in India in the first half of 2017
Samsung is trying to launch its mobile payments solution in as many markets as possible. Samsung Pay is currently available in Australia, Brazil, Canada (currently limited to CIBC customers), China, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, and the US. Now, the company is working on its way to launch Samsung Pay in India. We've received information that Samsung is […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 7 years ago
Daily Deal: Save $29 on SmartThings Home Monitoring Kit from Amazon
Samsung offers a wide range of smart home products under its SmartThings brand. If you want to get started with equipping your home with some smart home products, you can have a look at the Home Monitoring Kit from SmartThings. It is currently being sold for $219.99 through Amazon, which is a discount of $29 over […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 7 years ago
Samsung explains all the features of its Level series headsets in a new infographic
Samsung has launched quite a few headphones in its Level series, and there is something for everyone. Whether you want a wired headphone or wireless, with active noise cancellation or without one, in-ear or over-the-ear, you can get Level headphones that suit your needs. Now, Samsung has released an infographic which showcases the features of […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 7 years ago
Samsung Display’s flexible OLED sales top $1 billion
Samsung Display saw its flexible OLED panel sales cross $1 billion for the first time in its history in the third quarter of this year. The conglomerate's display-making affiliate supplied panels not only to Samsung Electronics which accounts for a big chunk of its business but also to top Chinese manufacturers like Huawei, Oppo, and […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 7 years ago
WSJ: Samsung’s $8 billion bid to acquire Harman may not be enough
Samsung's $8 billion all-cash bid to acquire car tech manufacturer Harman may be approaching its first hurdle. The Wall Street Journal‘s reported that Atlantic Investment Managment, which has a 2.3% stake in the firm, plans to vote against the deal, saying that it's worth a lot more than the $112 per share the South Korean company […]
- By Josh L.
- 7 years ago
Samsung’s mobile chief calls for tightened security ahead of the Galaxy S8’s release
Samsung's mobile business chief Koh Dong-jin has urged employees to “tighten security” ahead the release of its next flagship smartphone, reveals The Korea Herald. It's believed that the call for improvement comes as speculation about the upcoming Galaxy S8‘s design is becoming increasingly accurate. “I feel deeply regretful to hear news of the recent attempts […]
- By Josh L.
- 7 years ago
Android 7.0 for Galaxy devices could bring fingerprint gesture functionality
Samsung has been promising a lot of features for the final version of Android 7.0 Nougat based on customer feedback and requests that it has been receiving during the beta program, and it looks like the company could be making the fingerprint sensor on its devices more useful by adding gesture functionality with Nougat. A beta […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 7 years ago
Galaxy S8 fingerprint scanner might be placed on the back
There have been countless rumors so far suggesting that the Galaxy S8 is going to be the first smartphone to feature optical fingerprint recognition. This means that the display would incorporate fingerprint scanning technology. One of Samsung's suppliers recently launched a component that makes that happen and it's believed that Samsung might source it for […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 7 years ago
Samsung reveals details about two new virtual reality headsets
Samsung's Gear VR is a relatively affordable way to experience virtual reality and the company has improved the headset over the past couple of years to provide an even better experience. Speaking at the Virtual Reality Summit in San Diego on Thursday, Samsung Electronics vice president Dr. Sung-Hoon Hong revealed that the company is working […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 7 years ago
Indian Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge get December security update
The security fixes for the month of November are making their way to the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge in India today, in the form of updates that are nearly 300 MB in size. The changelog doesn't note any specific changes or new features, so it's unclear why this month's security update is so big, […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 7 years ago
Verizon reverses course, sets Galaxy Note 7 death update for January 5th
Verizon said a week ago that it would not agree to release the Galaxy Note 7 death update that would render the device useless for the sake of customers who choose to continue using the device during the holiday season, but Big Red is now having a change of heart (or, as some would say, […]
- By Deidre R.
- 7 years ago
Samsung Gear S3 classic review: The smartwatch we’ve all been waiting for
Samsung launched two variants of the Gear S3 this year — the Gear S3 classic and Gear S3 frontier — as successors to last year's Gear S2 classic and Gear S2. However, instead of releasing slightly updated models, the firm took what we knew and completely revamped it, adding a flurry of new features and bolstering […]
- By Josh L.
- 7 years ago
Daily Deal: Pick up a pair of Level On Wireless headphones for just $127.06
If you're in the market for a pair of comfortable noise canceling headphones, then you'll be pleased to hear that you can currently pick up a pair of Samsung's Level On Wireless headphones for a mere $127.06, which happens to be almost half off their recommended retail price of $249.99. Best of all, if you […]
- By Josh L.
- 7 years ago
Samsung updates its Gear Watch Designer software with support for more complex AOD watch faces
Samsung has updated its Gear Watch Designer beta application for Mac and Windows. The upgrade, which is available to download from the firm's website, brings users the tools to not only create more complex AOD watch faces, but also the facility to import renders from a PSD and group layers for easy editing. To install […]
- By Josh L.
- 7 years ago
Themes Thursday: Six new themes you should have a look at
Welcome back to Themes Thursday, our initiative to find out and showcase the best themes released each week in Samsung's Theme Store for Galaxy devices. We've picked six themes this week, and we think that you should at least check them out. The [PIXOME] Crisp Combination (Live!) is the most good looking theme released this […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 7 years ago
Samsung Galaxy C7 Pro receives Wi-Fi certification
We exclusively reported three months ago that Samsung is working on the Galaxy C7 Pro, a higher mid-range Android smartphone. The device was supposed to be unveiled this month, but its launch was allegedly delayed until January 2017. Specifications and images of the Galaxy C7 Pro surfaced yesterday, courtesy of TENAA. Now, the device has received […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 7 years ago
Samsung Pay will be available by default on almost all Samsung phones starting next year
Samsung has been working hard this year to expand Samsung Pay to additional markets across the globe. However, only a limited number of its smartphones have support for the mobile payments system. That's going to change in the near future. A new report out of South Korea suggests that Samsung is going to pre-install Samsung […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 7 years ago
This new phone highlights Samsung’s growing photography prowess
Samsung is a giant in the mobile market, known for its AMOLED displays, RAM, and NAND flash storage, but the Korean giant's camera imaging sensors are becoming just as popular – with a new flagship arriving with one of the largest selfie camera sensors Samsung has ever created. You've likely heard about the OnePlus 3T by now. Unveiled last […]
- By Deidre R.
- 7 years ago
