Samsung registered 5,000 patents in the US last year

Samsung has been involved in a series of patent lawsuits over the past few years. After its patent wars with Apple and Nvidia, the South Korean electronics giant has been accused by Huawei for patent infringement. Samsung has been registering a number of patents over the past few years to prepare for such patent lawsuits. Samsung said earlier this week that the company owns over 11,145 patents, and the company filed 23,385 patents last...

New Good Lock update showcases Samsung’s ability to learn and customize

Good Lock is Samsung’s latest experiment in mobile, and it has come a long way since its initial release. When we first reviewed the app, we thought it had some major problems such as a constant location settings popup, major battery drain, and bland pastel colors. Samsung then took to fixing the auto update bug, home button bug, SD card issues, and added charging recognition so that users would start...

The Gear 360 is now up for pre-order in Germany for €349

Residents in Germany can now pre-order Samsung’s first 360-degree camera, the Gear 360. The unit is listed on the company’s online website with a relatively low price tag of €349 ($390) and is expected to start shipping to customers on Friday, June 10. This news comes just two weeks after the Gear 360 went up for pre-order in the UK, and a month after it debuted in South Korea, so it certainly looks like Samsung is on target to have the device successfully...

Samsung Pay Mini to launch for Android and iOS next month

According to a new report published by ET News, Samsung will launch a new version of its mobile payment platform next month that will be available for use on all Android-powered smartphones operating on Marshmallow and iPhones running iOS 8+. The service has been dubbed Samsung Pay Mini and will not take advantage of the Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST) technology that put Samsung Pay ahead of the competition. Instead, it will be used...

Samsung and LG fighting it out regarding 4K standards

Global TV giants Samsung and LG are locking their horns once again, this time regarding 4K standards. These South Korean electronic giants are busy in disregarding each others display technologies as the International Committee for Display Metrology (ICDM) has changed its policy to require labeling a separate contrast modulation in TV definitions. ICDM, a committee which establishes display standards, has decided to require marking contrast modulation...

Samsung shares all the juicy secrets surrounding the development of its Charm fitness tracker

Three months ago, Samsung took the wraps off its Charm wearable fitness tracker, which it claimed had been designed from the ground up to look like a fashionable bracelet as opposed to a smartwatch. To achieve this appearance, the firm opted for small LED panel to alert users of notifications instead of a fully-fledged LCD display. It also decided to push all basic fitness data directly to the S Health application on a paired smartphone via Bluetooth...

5-27-2016 Firmware Updates: Galaxy S4, Galaxy J5, 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...