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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he is a big fan of Samsung smartphones

Samsung and Facebook have been partners on various projects for a long time. The Gear VR used Facebook’s Oculus technology and Galaxy devices come preloaded with Facebook services. Now, Facebook CEO has revealed that he is a big fan of Samsung’s smartphones and has been using them for a few years. In a discussion with […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
2 years ago

Samsung and Facebook ramp up efforts to digitalize India’s economy

Samsung and Facebook today announced a new partnership meant to further accelerate efforts to digitalize India's economy.

By Dominik Bosnjak
3 years ago

Facebook being pre-installed on Galaxy phones is neither new nor a major problem

Every now and then, you come across news reports on the internet that makes you wonder: How is this even news? Or why is this being highlighted now? The Bloomberg report and the related articles in other publications about many Galaxy users not being allowed to completely remove the Facebook app from their smartphones falls […]

By Naresh
4 years ago

Facebook integration in Gallery and other apps ending June 30 for old Samsung devices

Starting June 30, users of Samsung’s Android smartphones launched between 2012 and 2014 will no longer be able to access their Facebook pictures and information in apps such as Gallery, Calendar, and the Briefing widget for the home screen. We’re told the affected devices are mostly those that ran Android KitKat, Lollipop, or Marshmallow. Devices […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
5 years ago

Facebook’s new Video app will soon be launched for Samsung’s Smart TVs

Samsung has constantly been working with a lot of brands to bring their apps and services to its smart TVs. Essential apps like Spotify, PlayStation Now, and Vimeo are already available for Samsung’s smart TVs. Now, Facebook has announced that it will bring its new Video App to the South Korean electronics giant’s smart TVs […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
6 years ago

Samsung teams up with Google, HTC, Oculus, Sony, and Acer to form the Global Virtual Reality Association

Virtual reality is booming. Ever since Oculus started working on its VR headset, many companies, big and small, have jumped onto the VR bandwagon. VR has the potential to be the next big computing and entertainment platform. Now, these companies joining hands to form a focus group to promote VR. Samsung has announced on its […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
6 years ago

Facebook Messenger will soon be launched for the LTE variant of the Samsung Gear S3

The app catalog for Samsung’s smartwatches has been rising slowly and steadily. Twitter and Uber apps were available since the release of the Gear S2 last year, and Spotify’s smartwatch app was launched alongside the Gear S3. Now, the company might be planning to release the Facebook Messenger app for the Gear S3. This might be a […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
6 years ago

Oculus Social brings social features to Samsung Gear VR, Facebook tie-in coming soon

Oculus has announced that it is bringing social networking features to Samsung’s virtual reality headset, the Gear VR. Starting tomorrow, Gear VR owners will be able to create profiles and connect with friends using their real or usernames. Considering that Oculus is owned by Facebook, this move wasn’t unexpected. With ‘Oculus Social‘, Gear VR users […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
7 years ago

Facebook orders 8000 Gear VR headsets from Samsung

Facebook has made it pretty clear that it wants to be a major player in the VR arena. It acquired Oculus for precisely this purpose and the company will soon release its own virtual reality headset. Oculus also has a relationship with Samsung and has helped it out with the Gear VR. Facebook is going […]

By Adnan Farooqui
7 years ago

Facebook working on richer 360-degrees videos for Gear VR headsets

Facebook is working on supporting immersive ads and 360-degrees video for VR headsets and other platforms including the web and iOS. It’s also rolling out 360-degree video uploading tools to Facebook pages which allows companies, artists and the like to deliver better content to people around the world. If you’re having trouble uploading these sort […]

By Octav G.
7 years ago

Tizen gets native Facebook app, available on the Samsung Z3

Samsung’s Tizen phones come with a Facebook app out of the box, but this app simply loads the web version of the social network. The web version of Facebook is rather limited, so it hasn’t been a good experience for Tizen smartphone users. Well, until now that is, as an update to the Facebook app for […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
7 years ago

Silicon Valley companies take Samsung’s side in Apple lawsuit

A new development in the Samsung-Apple patent battle now involves the biggest companies of Silicon Valley. Facebook, Google, Dell, HP & eBay are all taking Samsung’s side in this lawsuit with a petition to the federal appeals court. The petition is meant to spare Samsung from paying the patent infringements caused by the Galaxy devices. […]

By Octav G.
8 years ago

Report: Samsung might build Facebook’s next phone

Facebook’s first phone, the HTC First may have failed but its failure isn’t stopping them in planning its successor. Apparently, Facebook is strengthening its partnership with Samsung and the next Facebook phone might be on the cards. According to the Korean media, Mark Zuckerberg met with Samsung’s Vice Chairman, Lee Jay-Yong at Samsung’s headquarters in Korea. The latest meeting […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
8 years ago

Samsung, Facebook, and others join forces to lower barriers to internet access

In this connected world, there’s still around 5 billion people who do not have internet access. As saturation arrives in already connected markets, these unconnected people are who technology companies will focus on next to keep their business running, and in an effort to foster internet adoption in developing countries, Facebook, Samsung and a few […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
9 years ago