Social virtual reality comes to the Gear VR with AltspaceVR

AltspaceVR is a startup that’s all about building social virtual reality experiences and its app has finally been released for the Gear VR headset. The AltspaceVR app is now available for download via the Oculus store on the Gear VR. It allows users to meet fellow users in a virtual environment where they can take part in multiple activities like watching online videos or streaming Netflix, gaming...

Apple attempts to dissuade the US Supreme Court from hearing Samsung’s request for a review

The patent infringement lawsuit between Apple and Samsung has gone on for quite some time now and even though Samsung has announced that it would pay $548 million in damages to its rival it’s trying to get the United States Supreme Court to take up this matter and review an appeal of its patent dispute with Apple. Samsung wants the apex court to set aside all previous rulings particularly those related to design patents that it was found to have...

ZeroLemon releases 8500mAh battery case for the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 edge+

Samsung was heavily criticized for not offering a removable battery with its 2015 flagship handsets even though it compensated for that with Fast Charging and built-in wireless charging. This gave case makers the opportunity to release products with beefy external batteries. Two months ago ZeroLemon released a 3500mAh battery case for the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 edge+. It has now released...

Themes Thursday: 13 new themes stumble onto the Theme Store this week

Welcome back to Themes Thursday! If you happen to have missed all thirty-two previous editions of this column, you may be a little confused — so let me bring you up to speed. Every Thursday, we gather a handful of the best-looking overlays released in the Theme Store that particular week and deliver them to you in a simple, easy-to-read guide. This week, thirteen new themes made their way onto the...

2-4-2016 Firmware Updates: Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy S6 edge+, Galaxy Note 10.1 2014, and more

Samsung has a plethora of phones and tablets in its lineup, and regularly releases firmware updates for various devices. These can include major updates, which bring a newer version of the OS to a particular device, or minor ones that improve performance and stability and fix bugs. Software updates for Samsung devices roll out in various regions every day, and you can find out which firmware updates were pushed out by the company over the last...

Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge pass through the FCC

Unless you have been in a deep slumber the last couple of weeks, you are aware that the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge will soon be made official at Samsung’s Unpacked event on February 21st, with a feature set that could make them the most impressive flagships we’ve seen in a long time. Both devices are expected to go on sale in March, and Samsung has received one of the most important approvals it...

Source code of Unpacked teaser page hints at Gear 360 launch

Earlier this week we confirmed Samsung will launch a 360 degree camera named Gear 360. A teaser page for the upcoming Unpacked event now indirectly confirms this. Those of us nerdy enough to, you know, read the source code of web pages rather than the accessible rendered versions, will find one very interesting tidbit in the source of the freshly launched teaser page Samsung put up for its February...

Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro with 6-inch display imported to India for testing

We exclusively reported that Samsung is working on a Galaxy A9 Pro for the Chinese market, and we are today getting more confirmation that the device exists. The Galaxy A9 Pro (model number SM-A9100) was recently imported to India for testing; the device is listed with a 6-inch display, the same as the regular Galaxy A9 that was launched late last year. The price for a single unit is rather low (around...

Samsung launches the Galaxy A5 (2016) and Galaxy A7 (2016) in India

Two of Samsung’s new Galaxy A series phones, the Galaxy A5 (2016) and Galaxy A7 (2016), have been launched in India today. The original Galaxy A series was somewhat successful in the country (you could see more Galaxy A devices in the wild than the company’s flagships); the Galaxy A3 (2016) isn’t part of the launch, but that is likely because Indian consumers have an affinity for large displays. The...