Mergers and acquisitions helping Samsung boost business overseas

A new report by the Financial Supervisory Service shows that aggressive mergers and acquisitions are helping Samsung boost business overseas. The company has reportedly added eight new overseas subsidiaries in 2015 by either acquiring substantial stakes or setting up new companies. The total number of subsidiaries is said to have reached 159 last year with only six based in the United States and the rest across Asia. The expansion comes at a time...

Samsung may expand VR beyond smartphones

Samsung is already a major player in the VR arena due to the fact that it has one of the most affordable VR headsets on the market right now, granted that you need a compatible Samsung device for it to work, but the Gear VR has proven to be a differentiating factor for its smartphones. The company initially started pushing VR to increase the competitiveness of its smartphones but it doesn’t discount the possibility of expanding its VR technology...

Samsung’s latest ’7 Days of Unboxing’ video features an ice sculptor

Yesterday, we stumbled across two videos belonging to Samsung’s “7 Days of Unboxing” series, with each one being more peculiar than the other. Today’s video, however, brings us back to normality, as it includes an ice sculptor giving us his interpretation of what he saw inside that room with the Galaxy S7. The result is a beautifully sculpted structure, but sadly, it’s not enough to tell us much about the device itself. Needless to say, the...

NextVR and Fox Sports will live stream sports in VR to the Gear VR

NextVR has been a very good addition to the content sources available for the Gear VR headset. It has provided VR broadcasts of live sporting events enabling users to get the most out of their headset. NextVR has now inked a five-year deal with Fox Sports to live stream sporting events to the Gear VR through its service. The company says that it has worked with Fox Sports for over a year to test live VR programming across multiple sports. NextVR...

The Galaxy S7 rumored to have an always-on display

Rumor has it that the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge flagships could pack always-on displays. Eldar Murtazin has revealed this information while mentioning how the device would differentiate itself from the predecessor, the Galaxy S6. This could be a major breakthrough for Samsung as this feature is quickly turning out to be an industry standard. The LG G5 which is expected to be revealed on the same day as the Galaxy S7 (Feb 21)...

New app from Samsung and BBC micro:bit lets you push code to the phone over Bluetooth

Samsung has just released a new Android app for BBC micro:bit. Using this app, users can push code on their Android devices over Bluetooth. Pushing code previously required a computer, so this is a major breakthrough as far as convenience is concerned. For those unaware, BBC micro:bit is a small hardware programming kit that is offered to students of year 7 in the UK. This kit is given for free to all students fitting the criteria as part...

Wallpaper Wednesday: Material Design

Welcome to the third edition of our weekly Wallpaper Wednesday segment. If you happen to have missed the previous two posts, let me enlighten you. Every Wednesday, we’ll be bringing you a selection of our favourite backgrounds to download and install on your devices. All images are available in a QHD resolution, which is a perfect fit for the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge, Galaxy Note 5 and other flagships,...

2-17-2016 Firmware Updates: Galaxy Core Prime, Galaxy S6, Galaxy Note 3, 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 and Qualcomm team up to deliver products supporting LTE in Unlicensed spectrum

Samsung and Qualcomm announced today that they have teamed up to provide small cell technologies and products supporting LTE in Unlicensed spectrum designed to improve the speed and capacity of mobile networks, enabling mobile carriers to provide improved user experiences for their customers. As data services and smartphones put enormous strain on cellular networks the need for more spectrum is rising so that carriers can ensure a great user...

New fingerprint sensor by Synaptics can be placed underneath the volume rocker

Synaptics has announced its newest fingerprint scanner which is so small that it can even fit into the volume rocker. If we’re being specific, the sensor is just 3.5mm wide, paving the way for potentially innovative placements of the scanner. While it’s not guaranteed that this fingerprint scanner will be used under the volume rocker in future devices, we certainly like the idea. This is enough reason for excitement for Samsung fans as Synaptics...

Samsung will showcase technologies that pave the way towards a 5G future at MWC 2016

Samsung has announced today that at the Mobile World Congress 2016 later this week it’s going to showcase 4G LTE and advanced mobile technologies that pave a way toward a 5G future. The company will also introduce multilink connectivity technology, centralized radio, mmWave radio access solutions as well as Internet of Things to further provide reliable mobility and architectural flexibility. “5G technology will offer us a new level of experience,...

Samsung has pretty much confirmed that the Galaxy S7 will be water resistant

It has consistently been rumored that the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge will be water resistant. The existing flagships don’t play nice with water but it looks like the upcoming handsets will get along with it just fine. Soon after Samsung Indonesia posted a video online which more or less confirmed that the next flagship handsets will be water resistant, Samsung is teasing the same feature through its official Twitter account. “Change...

Samsung Pay now supports 15 more banks and credit unions in the US

Samsung has just updated its mobile payment gateway with support for fifteen new banks and credit unions in the United States. This brings the total of supported Visa and MasterCard issuers up to an astonishing 68. However, despite the South Korean company’s best efforts, the third-largest bank in America, Wells Fargo, is still missing from the list. A roundup of all of the newly-supported banks can be seen below: Affinity Federal Credit Union Central...

[Poll] Does Samsung’s update policy affect your decision to buy a new Galaxy smartphone?

Samsung announced earlier this week that Android 6.0 will be rolling out to the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge and other Galaxy devices in the coming weeks. It was a welcome announcement, but it also got us thinking: Why did the release of the newest version of Android for existing devices come just a week before Samsung’s latest flagships are set to be unveiled? The answer is pretty clear we guess, and it’s a tradition that the company has followed for...

Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) with a 3,300 mAh battery hits FCC

The Galaxy J7 (2016) has paid a visit to the FCC, leaving behind the documentation of its 3,300 mAh battery. Recently, the 2016 iteration of the Galaxy J7 surfaced on several occasions. Specifications of the device were revealed in GFXBench’s database, and certification at the Bluetooth SIG marked a major step towards its release. Now, with the appearance at the FCC, another hurdle seems to have...

Samsung Galaxy S7 leaks in new images and a short video

The Galaxy S7 was leaked in Dubai yesterday along with its box and box contents. Now, more images and a short video (fifteen seconds to be precise) of the device have been leaked that confirm some of its features. The leaked images show the black variant of the Galaxy S7 and its SIM card slot which also holds the microSD card, thereby confirming the return of the much requested microSD card slot...

Android 6.0 for Galaxy devices brings new Samsung browser, Cross App, and more

Samsung recently started updating the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge to Marshmallow globally, and most of the new features were revealed through the consumer consultant guide that we leaked last week. The Korean giant has now officially announced everything the update brings to its devices on its website, and it’s not just default Android 6.0 features that have come along for the ride. Android 6.0 brings...