Tag: samsung

October 11, 2016

The U.S. Supreme Court is to hear arguments Tuesday in a closely-watched dispute between Samsung Electronics and Apple on the procedure for calculation of damages for the infringement of design patents. In general terms, a design patent protects the way […]

October 11, 2016

Following reports of more Galaxy Note7s bursting into flames, Samsung on Monday released a statement saying it has stopped sales of the phone and is no longer exchanging original Note7s for ostensibly safe replacement phones. The statement also encourages owners […]

October 10, 2016

A little over a month after issuing a recall of its high-end handset and at the end of weekend littered with multiple reports of malfunctioning replacement units, Samsung has reportedly suspended production on the Galaxy Note 7. In the wake […]

September 13, 2016

Canada has recalled over 21,900 Galaxy Note7 smartphones after receiving a report of the overheating of the battery of one phone. The Samsung Note7 smartphone battery has the potential to overheat and burn, posing a potential fire hazard, Health Canada, […]

September 5, 2016

After reports that some Galaxy Note 7s have caught on fire, Samsung said Friday it will stop all sales and replace all of those devices now owned by customers. But the South Korea-based company so far remains unclear in its […]

July 28, 2016

Earlier this month Samsung forecast its most profitable quarter for two years, and today it delivered on that promise with its Q2 2016 results. The Korean tech giant reported a 8.14 trillion won ($7.22 billion) operating profit on revenue of […]

July 7, 2016

Samsung has announced super-fast removable data storage cards that could one day replace the slower micro-SD cards in devices. The UFS card, based on the Universal Flash Storage 1.0 Card Extension standard, will come in capacities from 32GB to 256GB. […]

June 16, 2016

Samsung Electronics announced today that it has agreed to acquire cloud-computing company Joyent. In a statement, the Korean tech giant said that the transaction (its financial terms were undisclosed) will allow it to grow its cloud-based services for its smartphones […]

April 28, 2016

Samsung Electronics delivered strong results for the first quarter of 2016, thanks to sales of the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, its flagship smartphones. The company’s operating profit grew 12 percent from the same period last year to 6.68 trillion […]

April 7, 2016

Samsung Electronics’ flagship Galaxy S7 smartphones and sales of its mid-range devices in emerging markets have likely helped the company boost its operating profit in the first quarter. The South Korean company forecast Thursday that its operating profit for the […]

March 3, 2016

Samsung Electronics announced Wednesday that it is now shipping the industry’s highest-capacity solid-state drive (SSD), the 15.36TB PM1633a. Samsung revealed it was working on the drive last August, saying it would use the same form factor as for a laptop […]

February 29, 2016

Lost in the hubbub surrounding Apple’s legal wrangling with the FBI is the fact that Apple is currently involved in another high-profile court case—the company’s ongoing patent dispute with Samsung over various iPhone-related patents. On Friday, the US Court of […]

February 26, 2016

The actual phones get the most attention at Mobile World Congress every year—the Samsung Galaxy S7, LG G5, and Xiaomi’s Mi 5 all look promising in different ways—but component announcements can give us some insight into what to expect later […]

December 4, 2015

It feels like this dispute began ages ago, but after several failed appeals by Samsung, it seems that the two tech giants may be finally closing one chapter of their patent war. The South Korean company agreed to pay $548 […]

September 22, 2015

Sectra Communications is working with Samsung Electronics to integrate its Tiger/R end-to-end hardware encryption system with the phone maker’s Knox mobile security platform to create smartphones secure enough to carry government secrets. The market is a lucrative one: Another company, […]

July 27, 2015

Samsung Electronics thinks it can help unclutter your home with a monitor that can wirelessly charge smartphones and other mobile devices. The SE370 monitor will come in 23.6-inch and 27-inch formats and is the industry’s first to have an integrated […]

July 10, 2015

Samsung Electronics Co is bringing forward the launch of a key premium smartphone model, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday, as the South Korean tech giant seeks to revive sales after a sluggish second quarter. The […]

July 2, 2015

Today’s smartphone is more powerful than a supercomputer of just 20 years ago. It is an immensely complex device. In fact, more than one in six (16%) of all active U.S. patents are smartphone-related. Because of this complexity, smartphones for […]

June 24, 2015

Samsung is partnering with Red Hat to build mobile apps for business users, in a deal that recalls Apple’s tie-up with IBM this time last year. Red Hat and Samsung will build “enterprise-ready, industry-specific” apps in areas like business intelligence, […]

May 21, 2015

Apple’s iPhone and iPad long ago pushed out the BlackBerry as the corporate standard for mobile devices, in all but the highest-security environments. Google — whose Android platform reigns outside the corporate world — is now trying to push out […]