Samsung wants to speed up app development on Tizen

Apps are essential to a mobile platform’s survival now, one of the reasons why BlackBerry and Windows Phone have had such a hard time is because they just don’t have the kind of apps that people can get on iOS and Android. For Tizen to succeed Samsung needs to have a robust app ecosystem and the company is certainly working hard to ensure that there are more than enough apps available for the nascent platform. Samsung has reportedly been in touch...

Samsung and Apple now account for 64% of the U.S. smartphone market

Kantar Worldpanel, an analytics firm, has just published the latest data regarding the technology market share, and it appears that Samsung and Apple are dominating the U.S. smartphone market with a notable majority. The two tech companies, Samsung and Apple, make up for 64 percent of the smartphone market share in the U.S., and it doesn’t look like they’ll lose any ground anytime soon. These two...

Samsung is reportedly working with Xiaomi, others on a $470 laptop

It looks like Samsung might be collaborating with Xiaomi and other brands on a laptop that is supposed to be released next year. This is pretty surprising considering the fact that Samsung is competing with Xiaomi for the top spot in the Asian smartphone market. Xiaomi has some big plans for this laptop, and according to Bloomberg, Samsung will supply memory chips and display panels to Xiaomi for this laptop. A separate report from DigiTimes...

Samsung will launch the Galaxy Note 5 in India on September 7

There has been a lot of concern among fans of the Galaxy Note series after Samsung stated that the Galaxy Note 5 will only be released in select markets, at least initially. We have already reported on the markets where the Galaxy Note 5 will be released, but it’s not like Samsung won’t add more countries to the list as it goes along. India is the latest to join the list, because Samsung is gearing up to launch the Galaxy Note...

Samsung has lost billions in market value this year, $12 billion just last month

When Samsung released the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge earlier this year many thought that the new devices will revitalize growth for the company’s high-end handsets but unfortunately Samsung wasn’t able to capitalize on the momentum. It got bogged down with supply and demand issues particularly for the Galaxy S6 edge so it missed that opportunity, the company decided to make amends by launching the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 edge+ earlier...

Samsung’s SLEEPsense is an IoT-enabled sleep tracker

Ever since Samsung started working on the Internet of Things they’ve been coming up with some really good ideas for your home, all of which are interconnected. Now they’ve come up with a fitness tracker of sorts called SLEEPsense, which is a 1cm thick device that goes right under your mattress, allowing it to monitor your sleep movements and sleep pattern. The interesting thing about this new device...

Judge wants Apple and Samsung to get done with their second damages retrial quickly

This patent infringement lawsuit between Apple and Samsung has gone on for a couple of years now, Apple initially won a substantial damages award which was appealed by Samsung and reduced in subsequent proceedings. However the matter is far from over, Apple and Samsung are about to head to the second retrial in this damages case and the judge wants both companies to sort out the matter quickly. Judge Lucy Koh is going to preside over the second Apple...

Samsung will show off its transparent OLED display at IFA 2015

We know that Samsung has been working on transparent OLED displays for some time now and the company is ready to demonstrate its technology at the IFA 2015 consumer electronics show in Berlin this week. The company will show off its big-screen OLED transparent display at the event, the display is meant to be used for commercial displays in stores, it measures 55-inches and is not intended to be used for consumer TVs. Alongside this display the company...

Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 will be available from Sprint starting tomorrow

Sprint has confirmed today that the latest tablet from Samsung, the Galaxy Tab S2, will be available from select stores as well as the carrier’s online store from tomorrow. Interested customers can pick one up for $648 without a conventional service contract, the tablet will also be available on the Sprint Easy Pay Plan which allows qualified buyers to purchase the tablet for no money down and 24 equal monthly payments of $27. Customers...

FCC listing reveals alleged Samsung Z3 smartphone

A new device with a model number of SM-Z300H has just passed through FCC, and we suspect that it could be the Samsung Z3 due to the fact that the Z1′s model name was SM-Z130H. It seems a bit out of place since there was never a Samsung Z2 despite all those rumors. The SM-Z300H is passing the FCC certification indicates that we could see its official announcement soon, so we have something else to look out for in the...

Samsung launches the Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 in India

Starting today, residents in India can pick up the latest high-end tablet from Samsung, the Galaxy Tab S2 9.7. The tablet is available for purchase exclusively from Samsung’s online retail store in either Black, Gold or White for INR 39,400 ($595). For those in need of a specification refresher for the Galaxy Tab S2 9.7, it features a 9.7-inch QXGA Super AMOLED display, a 64-bit Exynos 5433 octa-core processor with...