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  Yup, we’ve got a name change. Samsung Hub will now be known as Sammy Hub and as you may’ve noticed you’re already being redirected to the new domain. So what does it change for you as the reader? Well, nothing much except the name, logo and even the commenting system! We’ll still continue to [...]

  Samsung has published the earnings guidance for the just concluded quarter. The figures are based on International Financial Reporting Standards and are provided to give shareholders and consumers an idea of what to expect from the Korean giant. Samsung expects the revenue to fall by 11.6% quarter-on-quarter and about 6.8% year-on-year whereas the operating [...]

  CTIA starts from March 22 in Orlando, Florida and Samsung will showcase a number of devices as well as mobile technologies at the expo. Some of the things that will be exhibited are: Samsung Galaxy S II Samsung Craft (SCH-r900) 4G LTE Phone for Verizon Samsung Infuse 4G Samsung Smart LTE Solution Samsung 8.9-inch [...]

  Samsung has confirmed that they’re in talks with ex-BMW designer, Chris Bangle to design their mobile phones, notebooks and other digital appliances. Bangle responsible for the design of BMW’s 7 Series left the car company in 2009 and was under a contract with a non-compete clause, which expired last month. Samsung says they’re trying [...]

  Fortune Magazine has published the list of world’s most admired companies and Samsung Electronics is ranked 38th on the whole list. Samsung is the only Korean company in Top 50 and has an overall score of 6.16. Industry-wise, Samsung Electronics is placed second in the Electronics industry just after General Electric. Click here for [...]

  Samsung is one of the biggest companies in South Korea contributing about 20 percent of total country’s exports and a decent amount of GDP. But the world’s second largest chaebol by revenue wasn’t the same when it was started in 1938. Reuters has nicely summarized all the important events in Samsung’s history till December [...]

  Samsung has collaborated with IBM to research on semiconductor technologies. Under this new collaboration, both the companies will research new materials, transistor structures etc. to enable next-generation process technology that will be used in variety of devices like smartphones to high-end communications infrastructure. The researchers will work at the Semiconductor Research Alliance at the [...]

  The only son of Samsung Electronics’ Chairman, Lee Jae-yong has been promoted to the post of President in Samsung’s flagship Electronics subsidiary. Jae-yong will also hold its current Chief Operating Officer (COO) position. Meanwhile, Choi Gee-sung, CEO of Samsung Electronics will also assume the position of Vice Chairman in Samsung Electronics. The management reshuffle [...]

  A report published by Moody’s Investors Service claims that Samsung is the second richest company, in terms of cash in Asia. The leading Cash Rich Company in Asia is China Mobile. About 120 Asian companies were surveyed by the firm whose cash-to-debt ratio was found to be over 400 percent or average balance per [...]

  Samsung HQ in South Korea have sent 13 auditors to Australia to check on the region’s operations. The report from Smarthouse claims that the surprise audit is a result of a tip-off from a former Samsung executive alleging irregularities in the sale of second goods. Samsung auditors are currently probing 10-year old transactions and [...]