Daily Deal: Bag yourself a Gear 360 for 36% off

While stock lasts, you can bag yourself a Gear 360 for just $223.24 (36% 0ff). For those unaware, this particular device is capable of capturing 360-degree images and video. It’s also dust- and water-resistant; making it the perfect companion or anyone who enjoys going on adventures.

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If you want to take advantage of this promotion, hit the Buy Now button below. We strongly advise you to hurry, though, as Amazon only has a limited amount of inventory available for this specific deal and seeing as it’s available worldwide, it probably won’t be around for too long.

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[Poll] Do you like the Galaxy S8′s new user interface?

A couple of days ago we shared pictures of the Galaxy S8′s launcher and app icons which give us an idea of what the user interface is going to look like. The comments we’ve received on that post suggest that the opinions about it are poles apart. So we’ve got to ask you, do you like the Galaxy S8′s new user interface?

Vote below so we can truly find out what most of our readers think about the look of the Galaxy S8′s new user interface. If there’s something you like or something you really dislike about it, do leave a comment on this post and share your thoughts with us and your fellow readers.

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Galaxy S8′s virtual home button may be pressure sensitive, Note 8 might have 3D Touch technology

It’s pretty clear now that the Galaxy S8 is going to have a row of virtual navigation and home buttons. The fingerprint sensor has been relocated to the back and the physical home button has been ditched in favor of soft keys.

According to a new report out of South Korea, the Galaxy S8′s virtual home button may be pressure sensitive. If the report is true this would mean that the Galaxy S8′s virtual home button will open up different menus based on how hard or gently you press down on it.

Samsung Display has reportedly been working on a pressure sensitive OLED display for the iPhone 8. It’s expected to be one of the biggest suppliers of displays for Apple’s first OLED iPhone. Since Apple introduced its own pressure sensitive technology called 3D Touch with the iPhone 6s, future models need to have it as well, even those that might have an OLED display.

The company has reportedly been ramping its efforts to integrate a 3D Touch sensor in the OLED display. It’s believed to have showcased the display technology to partners at a VIP meeting during the Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona last month.

Bear in mind that this isn’t the first time that Samsung Display has made a pressure sensitive OLED display. The pressure sensitive OLED display that you find in the Huawei P9 is supplied by Samsung Display.

Samsung is now expected to partly showcase this technology on the Galaxy S8 by making the virtual home button pressure sensitive. The report also suggests that after this partial adoption the next flagship smartphones like the Galaxy Note 8 are possibly going to feature a full pressure sensitive or for lack of a better word, a 3D Touch display.

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Samsung details the features of its new QLED TV series [Infographic]

Samsung introduced its new QLED TV series at the Consumer Electronics Show 2017 in January. The company set out to redefine the TV experience with this series by offering smart features that make it easier to discover and access content, true-to-life picture quality and a very nice design that provides an ambient viewing experience while giving users the freedom to put it wherever they want.

The company has shared an infographic on its official blog which highlights some of the main features of the QLED TV. The idea is to tell you about some of the biggest selling points of this series at a glance and the infographic does that very well. Check it out below.

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Samsung confirms what its new artificial intelligence virtual assistant will be called

We have been hearing for a few months now that Samsung has developed a new artificial intelligence-powered virtual assistant that it’s going to introduce with the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus. Previous reports have suggested that this virtual assistant is going to be called Bixby.

Samsung appears to have confirmed the name of its new virtual assistant on its Italian website. The updated privacy information page not only confirms that the artificial intelligence virtual assistant will be called Bixby but also that it will eventually make its way to non-flagship Samsung handsets as well.

Bixby is believed to be more capable than its rivals that include the likes of Siri and Cortana. It may have support for up to 8 languages at launch as well. Samsung will provide more information about all of the features that it offers when the Galaxy S8 is formally announced.

The Galaxy S8 is due to be unveiled at an event in London and New York City on March 29.

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Galaxy Unpacked 2017 app wants you to sign up for something unspecified

Samsung confirmed late last month that it’s going to conduct the official launch event for the Galaxy S8 on March 29. It has now released a Galaxy Unpacked 2017 app for both Android and iOS but hasn’t really detailed what the app is for.

When you launch the Galaxy Unpacked 2017 app for the first time after downloading it you are required to sign up. When you try to sign up it returns an error and says that registrations will begin on Wednesday, March 22nd. However, it doesn’t reveal what you’re registering for.

Perhaps Samsung is going to offer the live stream of its March 29 event through this app or it might simply be for the purposes of generating email leads that it can then reach out to with news about the new handset when it does arrive.

This is just speculation right now but we’ll know soon enough what it is that the Galaxy Unpacked 2017 app wants you to sign up for. You can head over to the Google Play Store right now and download it on your device.

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Samsung to invest $8.7 billion to build new production lines for DRAM chipsets

To maintain its number-one position in the memory semiconductor segment and to cope up with the soaring demand, Samsung has decided to invest around $8.7 billion. The South Korean semiconductor giant will use this capital to build new production lines for DRAM chipsets. The semiconductor market is said to change every month rapidly, and the choice of products to be manufactured at a plant is decided after its completion.

Samsung will start manufacturing 18nm or more advanced DRAM chips from its new line in Hwaseong in the next couple of years. The company is currently assembling a task force for the said expansion. It plans to exclusively produce NAND flash chips at its Xian plant in China, Pyeongtaek, and partially in Hwaseong of South Korea. Processing chipsets would be fabricated at its plants in Austin (the US), Giheung (South Korea), and Hwaseong (South Korea).

A Samsung official was quoted saying, “Considering the construction period of about two years, the speed of company’s research and development (R&D) and the yield rate of process conversion, it is not clear whether products from the new line at Hwaseong plant will be 18nm DRAMs, which are mass produced currently, or more advanced products.”

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