Samsung will ‘carefully consider’ major hedge fund’s proposal to split up

Yesterday, a major US hedge fund called Elliott Associates sent a proposal to Samsung explaining why it thinks that the company should be split up and listed on the Nasdaq to create greater shareholder value. Investors appear to like what the hedge fund has proposed as Samsung Electronics shares rose almost 5 percent from the previous day buoyed by the news. Elliott’s affiliate companies Blake Capital and Potter Capital have a combined...

Samsung obtains hazardous materials permit to ship faulty Galaxy Note 7 units back

Soon after the Galaxy Note 7 recall was confirmed the handset was banned by airlines across the globe. Passengers were asked to power it down and keep it off as long as they were on the plane. Samsung suspended sales of the handset and over the past couple of weeks it has been involved in the massive exercise of replacing all existing Galaxy Note 7 units with new, safe units. It now has a huge pile of unsafe Galaxy Note 7 units on its hands which...

The CPSC will investigate latest incident involving a safe Galaxy Note 7

It was reported just yesterday that a safe Galaxy Note 7 suffered the same fate as many of its unsafe siblings have before it onboard an airplane. It was a replacement unit that the owner had obtained from AT&T once Samsung started supplying safe inventory to the United States after confirming the recall. It was the same story we’ve all seen many times now, the battery exploded and the phone caught fire. Fortunately, the plane was still at the...

Samsung acquires Viv Labs, an artificial intelligence startup founded by the people behind Siri

Viv Labs, an artificial intelligence startup founded by the creators of Siri, has caught Samsung’s attention. The Korean giant confirmed today that it has agreed to acquire Viv Labs. The founding team of Dag Kittlaus, Adam Cheyer and Chris Brigham will work closely with Samsung’s Mobile Communications business but they will be able to operate independently under the existing leadership. No financial terms of the deal were revealed. The...

Safe Galaxy Note 7 apparently exploded on a Southwest flight

The Galaxy Note 7′s tendency to explode has been well documented over the past month. Samsung initiated a global recall and replaced faulty units with new, safe ones. There have been some reports of issues with replacement units as well but Samsung has attributed most of them to external factors. This might very well be the first proper report of a safe Galaxy Note 7 exploding. A spokesperson...

US Cellular starts pushing out Marshmallow update for the Galaxy Note 4

US Cellular has today started pushing out the long-awaited Marshmallow update for all its carrier-branded models of the Galaxy Note 4. The upgrade not only transports all of the usual changes you’d expect to find baked into Android 6.0.1, but also bundles a plethora of additional bug fixes and stability improvements. The full changelog — which comes courtesy of Google — can be seen below: Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) Exercise greater control...

Samsung should be split up, says major US hedge fund

Elliott Associates, a big US hedge fund, lost a shareholder proxy battle against the Samsung Group last year as it sought to restructure the conglomerate. It lost against Samsung’s founding Lee family after a long and bitter public shareholder proxy war which lasted for several months, however, Samsung management said it would follow through on some of the governance measures suggested by the hedge fund. It’s now gunning for major changes at...

Daily Deal: Samsung Level On wireless noise canceling headphones available for almost half-off

If you’re in the market for wireless noise canceling headphones then you should definitely check out the Samsung Level On headphones. They feature a stylish, foldable design and feature a padded headband as well as soft ear cushions for greater comfort. The Samsung Level On headphones also feature a built-in noise-canceling microphone as well. They can be used with any device as long as it has...

Several major cruise lines ban the Galaxy Note 7

Even though it’s already replaced the majority of faulty devices in circulation, Samsung still can’t seem to shake the belief that the Galaxy Note 7 is too dangerous to be used by passengers traveling in confined vehicles, despite the DGCA’s decision to lift its ban of the handset on aircraft in India. Several major cruise lines, including Carnival, Costa Cruises, Cunard, Disney Cruise Line, Fathom, Holland America...

Purported Galaxy J7 (2017) surfaces on Indian import tracker

Earlier today, an unidentified Galaxy-branded smartphone was spotted in Indian import tracker Zauba’s online database. Unfortunately, the listing doesn’t reveal anything about the handset other than that it sports the model number SM-J727V, which is believed to be the tag for the upcoming Galaxy J7 (2017). However, recent leaks, rumors and speculation points towards the Galaxy...

PSA: You can now purchase the Galaxy Note 7 from T-Mobile

As expected, T-Mobile has today reinitiated sales of the Galaxy Note 7 in the United States following Samsung’s voluntary recall of the device after it discovered that a faulty battery was to blame for over seventy units catching fire while charging in the region alone. The Galaxy Note 7 is available in three different colors — Black Onyx, Blue Coral and Silver Titanium  — and can be picked up for $849.99 on a flexible prepaid plan with...

Daily Deal: Samsung’s finest curved gaming monitor available at an unbeatable price

Samsung unveiled a trio of its finest curved gaming monitors earlier this year and the CF591 happens to be one of them. The monitors have been designed to match the natural shape of the human eye and incorporate a sharp 1800 mm (1800R) curvature radius which allows for a less visually-strenuous viewing experience. To minimize light leakage and produce darker blacks the monitors also feature 3,000:1...

Samsung may not be impacted by a potential deal between Apple and panel suppliers from China

Samsung Display is one of the leading suppliers of display panels in the world. Chinese panel suppliers have aggressively been making investments to try and win some of its market share. There has been speculation recently that Apple could start sourcing panels from Chinese suppliers but market analysts in South Korea are of the view that Samsung will not see a significant impact should a potential deal go through. Apple is believed to be thinking...

Wallpaper Wednesday: Basketball Teams

Welcome to the latest edition of Wallpaper Wednesday. This week we’re focusing our attention on twelve basketball-inspired backgrounds. All images are available in a FHD resolution, which is a perfect fit for the Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy Note 7 and other flagships, but they can, of course, be used on different smartphones, too. If any of the following images...

Grace UX confirmed by user manual for the otherwise pointless Galaxy Grand Prime (2016)

It was first reported about two months ago that Samsung is working on yet another low-end handset which might be a refreshed version of the Galaxy Grand Prime, a handset that was originally launched two years ago. The Galaxy Grand Prime (2016) has already received its Wi-Fi certification and it also cleared recently by the FCC. We have now come across the user manual for the Galaxy Grand Prime (2016)...

Samsung starts selling the Galaxy A8 (2016)

Samsung finally unveiled the Galaxy A8 (2016) last week. We had been hearing about this device for a few months and as can be expected from devices in the pipeline, we spotted it on benchmarking websites multiple times where specs of the handset were revealed. It’s everything we expected it to be and now the Galaxy A8 (2016) has officially gone on sale in South Korea. It was available for pre-order exclusively from SK Telecom starting October...