Samsung will give you two tickets to see Suicide Squad if you buy one of its tablets

Samsung will happily give you two tickets to one of the most highly anticipated movies of this year if you just buy one of its tablets. The company is running a new promotion for a limited time in which it’s promising two tickets to see Suicide Squad as long as an eligible Galaxy tablet is purchased. It obviously doesn’t make sense to buy a tablet just to get free movie tickets that cost much less, but if you are genuinely interested in buying a new tablet then getting two tickets to see one of the hottest movies of 2016 is just an added incentive to buy a Samsung tablet.

That’s not all. Samsung will also provide customers with a code to download or stream Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. To be eligible for this promotion customers have to purchase one of these tablets online or through a participating retail location: Galaxy Tab A 10.1, Galaxy Tab S2, Galaxy View or Galaxy Tab ProS.

To redeem the offer they then have to visit this link where they will fill out an online claim form and upload an image of their receipt. Once their offer claim is approved they will receive a confirmation email with their Fandango Promotional Code for two tickets to Suicide Squad and a code to download or stream Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Both codes have to be redeemed by November 15 this year after which they will expire. If you’re interested in taking advantage of this promotion don’t forget to read the terms and conditions mentioned in detail on Samsung’s website.

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Samsung details the contents of August security update

Samsung has taken to its official Security Blog to detail the contents of this month’s security update. Just like every other upgrade, this release consists of a plethora of patches that Google has developed for the Android operating system, in addition to a handful of tweaks made by the South Korean company exclusively for Galaxy-branded devices.

This latest update is primarily aimed at resolving an issue that resulted in malware being installed on a handset if the SideSync application was activated before finishing the Setup Wizard. Unfortunately, Samsung was unable to disclose the entire contents of the upgrade as it contains patches for bugs that may not have been discovered yet.

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Samsung opens up Connect Auto SDK to interested partners

Samsung introduced the Connect Auto accessory earlier this year. It plugs into a car’s OBDII port to provide onboard diagnostics, a virtual assistant that monitors the condition of the car and provides alerts as well as in-car LTE-Wi-Fi. Samsung has now announced that the Connect Auto SDK is now open to interested partners who are willing to develop solutions for this product.

Those who are interested in creating solutions for the Samsung Connect Auto are required to have a Samsung Enterprise Alliance Program or SEAP partner account. The SDK will give them access to a cloud server for the device, it can either be the partner’s own cloud service or Samsung’s Connect Auto Cloud. Interested partners will be able to provide their own services through the dongle while Samsung will keep everything secured with Samsung Knox and Embedded Secure Element. AT&T is the only provider that will be providing 4G LTE connectivity for the Connect Auto but with the SDK now being opened up this functionality will soon be offered by other carriers across the globe.

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Samsung expected to raise capital spending to expand production lines for NAND memory chips

It was revealed last month that Samsung’s NAND flash memory sales had hit an all-time high during the January-March period, and it’s now looking like the firm is hoping to encourage this number to grow throughout the remaining half of the year in order to widen the gap between itself and its competition.

Market researcher IC Insights believes that the Samsung will raise capital spending by an eye-watering 120 percent, which roughly equates to $7.5 billion. This money is expected to be invested into new facilities to expand production lines for vertical NAND memory chips and non-memory chips for smartphone applications.

To prevent itself from dipping into profits, Samsung will need to cut capital spending for another of its industries, and IC Insights predicts this will be its declining semiconductor business. It anticipates that funding will be reduced by as much as 15 percent, leaving the industry bosses with around $15 million to invest in development strategies.

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Samsung sets the record straight on Samsung Pay vulnerability

You might have read yesterday that a security researcher claimed to have found a vulnerability in Samsung Pay which enables hackers to wirelessly steal credit cards. Samsung has taken its time to come up with a detailed response to the claims made by the security researcher and has also provided details about how the tokenization process actually works and just how secure it is. Samsung has also created a document which provides FAQs about this entire process so that those who are concerned about Samsung Pay security can put their trust in the mobile payments service once again.

“Keeping payment information safe is a top priority for Samsung Pay which is why Samsung Pay is built with highly advanced security features. It is important to note that Samsung Pay does not use the algorithm claimed in the Black Hat presentation to encrypt payment credentials or generate cryptograms. Samsung Pay is considered safer than payment cards because it transmits one time use data at the vast majority of merchants that do not yet have EMV (smart payment) terminals. With Samsung Pay, users do not have to swipe a static magnetic stripe card,” the company said in a statement.

The document it has created starts off with the basics by describing what Samsung Pay is. It then dives into the technical bits by explaining what a token and cryptogram is and how it is generated. Samsung also explains whether or not it’s possible for a hacker to steal a token to make a fraudulent payment. It provides detailed information on how Samsung Pay handles tokens to ensure user information is safe and secure while trying its best to put the concern to bed that it’s possible for someone to make payment using a stolen token. If you have been concerned about using Samsung Pay following the security researcher’s findings you should certainly read up on all of this.

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Samsung faces criticism for pre-installing government app on the Galaxy Note 7 in Korea

Customers in South Korea might be pre-ordering the Galaxy Note 7 in great numbers but many have expressed their displeasure at Samsung pre-installing a government app on the handset. Some customers and the country’s main opposition party claim that the sole purpose of this application called Government 3.0 is to spread the government’s propaganda.

Government 3.0 is included in the list of pre-installed applications for the Galaxy Note 7 in Korea. When a new SIM is activated in the handset it’s in the batch of apps that users have to download on the phone. This is the first time that an app from the Korean government is included in this list. The government says that its app only takes up 1.2MB of space and will help users access services like issuance of public documents and online tax services. Civic group Green Consumer Network is not convinced, though, it says that the “government is arm-twisting consumers by forcing them to use an unwanted service.”Samsung does point out that customers who don’t want to use the app can ignore it to delete after it has been installed.

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Canada gets the Snapdragon 820 processor inside the Galaxy Note 7

Samsung released the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge to Canada with an Exynos 8890 processor but it has shuffled things around for its latest handset. It appears that the Galaxy Note 7 that Samsung is going to release in Canada is actually powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 processor. It was initially believed that Canada would get the Exynos 8890-powered models as the Qualcomm processor has almost always been exclusive to models meant for the United States but that has changed this time around.

It made sense to keep this division as Snapdragon processors have support for CDMA which is still alive and well in the US through several carriers while most subscribers in Canada have shifted to GSM networks. It appears that to simplify the logistics involved in shipping millions of handsets, Samsung has decided to offer one model across all of North America which features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor.

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