Samsung retains second spot in global spending on research and development

A survey by the European Commission’s Economics of Industrial Research and Innovation center reveals that Samsung has retained its second spot in the global ranking for industrial research and development spending for three years in a row. The annual survey lists 75 South Korea-based companies among the world’s top 2,500 companies that invested significant resources into research and development. The list also includes 837 companies based in the...

Samsung might remotely disable the Galaxy Note 7 in South Korea soon

Samsung’s exchange and refund program for the Galaxy Note 7 has progressed well in most markets where the return percentage has crossed 90 percent. However, it’s a different story in the company’s own backyard. Customers have been slow to return the fire-prone flagship in South Korea with a recent report suggesting that more than 140,000 units were still being used in the country. Samsung has been taken measures in markets like Europe and the United...

Samsung will launch personalized smart TV services at CES 2017

Samsung has announced today that it’s going to launch personalized smart TV services at the Consumer Electronics Show 2017 next month. The three new services it’s going to showcase at the convention which runs from January 5 through January 9, 2017 in Las Vegas are Sports, Music and TV Plus. These services will provide users with personalized content based on their TV preferences via the Samsung Smart...

Samsung’s Q4 profits may be unaffected by Galaxy Note 7 recall

The Galaxy Note 7 has undoubtedly hurt Samsung, but their fourth-quarter profits may be safe and actually have seen some growth. According to the Korea Times, both IBK Securities and HMC Investing Securities have estimated that Samsung’s operating profit will reach 8.7 trillion won in the recent quarter. Other firms, such as Kium Securities and Hyundai Securities had roughly lower estimated profit at 8.5 trillion won, which is higher than the...

Latest Galaxy Pro C9 renders show off gorgeous black color

We’ve been hearing about the Galaxy C9 Pro for a few months now. This is one of few truly powerful mid-range smartphones that Samsung has ever come out with. The international variant of the Galaxy C9 Pro also received its Wi-Fi certification recently leading many to believe that Samsung might launch it in markets outside China as well. The latest renders of the Galaxy C9 Pro show off the gorgeous...

Samsung will showcase new Creative Lab projects at CES 2017

Samsung launched its Creative Lab (C-Lab) innovation program last year. The program enables Samsung employees to develop their business ideas into actual products. Samsung helps them by giving them time off and resources to develop their ideas. Earlier this year the company announced that 18 employees who were working on their own C-Lab projects had resigned from the company to launch proper companies based on the ideas that they started working...

Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) renders, specs and pricing leak

The Galaxy A5 (2017) – and the rest of the Galaxy A (2017) lineup – should go official any day now, as the device’s firmware are now available online and it will be soon more than a year since the Galaxy A (2016) devices were announced. A previous leak had revealed that the phone would be launched in four colors, and today we’re getting a look at what the A5 (2017) will look like with those paint...