Misc.
Samsung will setup Experience Shops in 1400 Best Buy stores
Samsung and Best Buy will try to enhance the retail shopping experience of customers from this month as both companies have partnered to setup Samsung Experience Shop in 1400 outlets of Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores in the United States. It will be a Samsung-specific store inside a store and Samsung expects to [...]
Mozilla and Samsung team up to develop next-gen web browser engine
To take advantage of multi-core processors found on the smartphones and tablets, Samsung and Mozilla have teamed up to work on a new web browser engine known as Servo. Servo is said to be an “attempt to rebuild the Web browser from the ground up on modern hardware, rethinking old assumptions along the way,” which [...]
Samsung India under Income Tax Scanner
Samsung Electronics India – a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has been issued a show-cause notice by the Indian Income Tax department. The notice claims Samsung has not deducted TDS (tax deducted at source) while sending payments to its parent company, thus resulting in loss of taxes of Rs. 1,139.21 crore for [...]
An in-depth look on Samsung
What does it take to be one of the biggest conglomerates in the world? Bloomberg Businessweek has published an exhaustive article on how Samsung transformed itself from a small company to one that contributes almost 17 percent of the GDP of South Korea and employs over 370,000 worldwide. It’s a lengthy read but some of [...]
Samsung is constructing a new mobile phone plant in Vietnam
Samsung earlier this week held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new plant in Vietnam. The new plant for mobile phones is located in Yen Binh Industrial Park in Thai Nguyen city and will cost Samsung $2 billion to build it. Samsung expects to start the production in phases but when it hits the full production [...]
Samsung sues LG for diminishing its brand value
Samsung Electronics has filed a lawsuit against LG Electronics alleging LG to taint the company’s brand value. Samsung filed the lawsuit in the Seoul District Court and claims LG “tarnished its corporate image” by running advertisements that were wrong. Samsung is demanding 50 billion won (US$45 million) towards damages. The advertisement feud started last year [...]
CyanogenMod Founder Steve Kondik leaves Samsung
Steve Kondik, known for his work with CyanogenMod has left his job at Samsung, reports Android Police. Steve joined Samsung Mobile in 2011 as a Software Engineer and though his contributions at the company are unclear, he did give his two cents on Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S4 device. You can find his complete post on [...]
LG seeks payments for display technologies from Samsung
For the past few weeks, Samsung and LG were working together to solve issues relating to their respective display technologies but the latest statement by LG hints the settlement is far away. LG Display claims Samsung Display and Samsung Electronics are using their technology illegally and seek a compensation for the same. LG also said [...]
Samsung confirms Smartwatch plans
Samsung Mobile’s Young-hee Lee has confirmed the development of a wristwatch to Bloomberg. The executive VP tells Bloomberg that a smartwatch has been under development for quite some time and are working “very hard” to release it. We are preparing products for the future, and the watch is definitely one of them. Lee did not [...]
JK Shin talks about Galaxy S4 launch in US, relationship with Google
After the Galaxy S4 announcement, Samsung Electronics newly appointed co-CEO and mobile division chief, JK Shin sat down with Wall Street Journal for a brisk interview. Some of the interesting revelations are Samsung filed for almost 120 patents for user interface and software for the Galaxy S4. Samsung is in good terms with Google and [...]