T-Mobile releases July security patch for the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge

T-Mobile is in the midst of pushing out this month’s security patch to its carrier-branded variants of the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge located in the United States. The upgrade weighs in at approximately 340MB, and brings the security level to July 1, and not July 5 like the firmware Vodafone started distributing for the handsets in Germany earlier today. As usual, the update is being rollout out in stages. If you’d like to see if its ready for...

Samsung Galaxy J2 (2016) with Smart Glow notification ring goes official in India

Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy J2 (2016), its latest offering in the Galaxy J lineup, in India. The company has revealed that the original Galaxy J2 is its best-selling budget smartphone (and the Galaxy J series its best-selling lineup), and the new J2 builds on that popularity with improved specifications across the board and a couple of exclusive software features. We have...

Samsung dishes out hefty bonuses to employees in its mobile business division

According to a new report published by The Korea Herald, Samsung has issued a hefty bonus to employees in its mobile business division to celebrate the success of its latest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge, which generated around 49% of the firm’s net profit for Q2 of 2016. Samsung often distributes bonuses to its employees as it uses them as a form of motivation to encourage them to churn out more fantastic products each year....

AnTuTu: Samsung smartphones took the popularity crown in H1 2016

The Galaxy S7 and S7 edge have helped Samsung in achieving its highest profit in two years, and the company is on the right path to reclaiming the glory it once had. Now, AnTuTu has revealed a list of the world’s most popular smartphones in the first half of 2016. According to AnTuTu, Samsung dominates the list of world’s most popular smartphones (during H1 2016). Top four slots are acquired...

Exclusive: Samsung Gear S2 to get an update with new features, UX improvements

We love the Gear S2, and we think it is the best smartwatch currently available in the market (the lack of apps compared to Android Wear or the Apple Watch notwithstanding). Right out of the box the Gear S2 offers an excellent user experience, and we have received information on a major new update that will be released in the near future with a slew of improvements to how the smartwatch works. The update will be the biggest yet, and the headline...

Samsung takes the wraps of the Galaxy J Max in India

Yesterday, we reported that Samsung was working on a 7-inch smartphone called the Galaxy J Max, and, lo and behold, 24-hours later it has announced the device in India. Judging by the renders, the handset follows the same design language as the Galaxy J1, Galaxy J2, Galaxy J3, Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7 , with a flash, camera module and loudspeaker positioned in a row on the...

Vodafone starts pushing out the July SMR for the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge in Germany

Vodafone is the first carrier in Europe to start pushing out this month’s Security Maintenance Release (SMR) to the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge. It’s kicking off the rollout in Germany where Samsung is expected to follow suit and start distributing an identical firmware for the handsets sometime over the course of the next couple of days. As you’d expect, this update doesn’t bring any new functionality to the devices. It just transports all...

Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Edition goes up for pre-order in Germany for €879

Yesterday, Samsung took the wraps off the Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Edition. However, it failed to provide any detailed pricing and availability information for the handset, other than that it would go on sale in Brazil, China, Germany, Korea and the United States on Monday, July 18. Rather unexpectedly, the company has just launched a pre-order page for the device in Germany. Those interested in getting their hands on a unit can reserve one starting...

Save yourself $484.99 on the ultimate Android development course!

How many times have you been looking through the Play Store in search of a specific application that you know would make your life a little easier, only to find that it doesn’t exist? I’ve been in that exact situation twice, and both times I’ve wished that I had the skills to design and develop it for myself, but I’m just not good enough at programming to do so. I think it’s because I struggle to learn things by reading. Instead, I need...

Samsung launches ARTIK Cloud application for the Gear S2

Samsung has released an ARTIK Cloud companion application for the Gear S2 on the Play Store. The integration of the smartwatch into the ARTIK Cloud network enables users to control all of their IoT devices from their wrist, including Samsung SmartThings appliances. Unfortunately, the application has to be connected to the wearable via Bluetooth to function, which means that they’ll need to have their smartphone nearby at all times. The...