Canada’s first VR popup cinema uses the Gear VR

Samsung’s Gear VR headset has been installed in the first Virtual Reality popup cinema to be erected in North America. More specifically, the VIVID VR Cinema was constructed in Toronto, Canada, where a total of three different films were being shown — The Visitor, where a young couple prepares for the woman’s greatest fear to arrive; Imago, a title about a former dancer in a coma who’s aware of her surroundings; and Sonar, a movie about a drone that...

Young drivers taught about the horrors of a car crash with the Gear VR

The Gear VR is capable of providing an immersive virtual reality experience which makes the user feel as if they have been transported to another time and place. This technology is being put to use in movies, concerts, sporting events and more but Leicestershire Fire and Rescue have come up with another novel way of using virtual reality. They have created a VR experience for the Gear VR that teaches young drivers in Market Harborough about...

Not alone: the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge, along with the LG G5, have a notification shade shortcut

LG has for years let users add a fourth soft button (along with the standard set of three navigation buttons) to bring down the notification shade. Huawei’s P9 has that feature too. But you still can’t do this one [sic] a myriad of phones, from the HTC 10 to Samsung Galaxy S7. So if you’re on those phones and you want to check for any missed calls or Instagram likes, you have to use a second...

Galaxy Tab S3 launch reportedly set for September 1

Samsung is yet to release a proper next-generation tablet this year. Back in April it quietly released an updated version of its high-end Galaxy Tab S2 which featured a new processor but everything else remained the same, including the name. A new report by well-known Russian technology journalist Eldar Murtazin claims that Samsung has set the Galaxy Tab S3 launch for September 1. Murtazin has not leaked any proof at this point in time which...

T-Mobile to offer buy-one-get-one promotion for the Galaxy Note 7

Samsung confirmed about a week ago that it’s going to unveil the Galaxy Note 7 at an event in New York City on August 2. There have been rumors that perhaps the Galaxy Note 7 is going to be released on the same day in select markets. While that’s yet to be confirmed, it appears that T-Mobile might be preparing a bold promotion for what’s certainly going to be one of the hottest smartphones on the market this year. Serial leakster @evleaks...

Samsung Pay Rewards program reportedly launching soon

Samsung rolled out support for membership and loyalty cards to Samsung Pay two months ago and a new report suggests that the company is going to launch its own loyalty program for Samsung Pay users in the near future. It’s tentatively called Samsung Pay Rewards and this loyalty program is expected to be launched in the coming months. The company has been working hard to expand its mobile payment service to more markets across the globe. Samsung...

Carriers listing confirms 64GB base variant for the Galaxy Note 7

Internal storage on phones hasn’t grown as quickly as one would like. We have ultra-powerful SoCs, brilliant displays, amazing cameras and more on smartphones these days, but manufacturers have taken a long time getting around to offering even 32GB of internal storage on their flagships. Last year, Samsung took away expandable storage from its flagships and compensated for the fact...

Samsung’s standalone virtual reality headset might be called Odyssey

Samsung confirmed three months ago that it’s working on a standalone virtual reality headset which is going to feature positional tracking, a technology found in high-end handsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. This means that Samsung is developing a headset that’s going to compete against the Vive and the Rift. This also means that this standalone VR headset will not require one of Samsung’s...

Samsung’s rolling out the July 1 security patch and not the one dated July 5

As I’m sure you’re aware, every month Google publishes a new Security Maintenance Release (SMR) for the Android operating system. The SMRs are developed to keep as many smartphones as possible up-to-date with the latest security patches. Manufacturers, like Samsung, are provided with the firmware a couple of days before it’s revealed to the public; giving them a short turnaround time to adapt the code to work on their latest devices. However, this...