Samsung is reportedly interested in buying InterDigital Inc.’s patent portfolio, according to two Bloomberg sources. In addition to Samsung, Google and Apple are also talking to InterDigital Inc. privately to buy the patents. InterDigital holds about 8,800 patents related to mobile technologies and is used in many Android devices, iPhone and few BlackBerry smartphones. […]
Archives for August 2011
Samsung buys memory company Grandis
Samsung made a brief announcement confirming its acquisition of US-based Grandis Inc. Grandis is said to be a frontrunner in spin transfer torque random access memory (STT-RAM). Samsung has not revealed the monetary transaction but will take over all Grandis’ technology, assets and employees and will merge into their R&D operations. Samsung expects Grandis […]
USITC will investigate Apple’s complaint against Samsung
USITC last week announced to investigate Samsung’s complaint against Apple and now they’ve confirmed to investigate Samsung on a complaint by Apple. Apple claims few Samsung devices infringe on their patents and has requested ITC to issue an exclusion as well as cease and desist orders for the infringed products. Understandably, the investigation of […]
Samsung SSD Upgrade Kit now available in US
Samsung SSD Upgrade Kit that was announced for the South Korean market last month is now available in United States. To enable consumers an easy transition from a regular HDD to SSD, Samsung is bundling a copy of Norton Ghost 15 to quickly migrate their data from the old storage to the new SSD. […]
Samsung rules North American TV Market in H1 2011
Samsung is citing an NPD report that places the Korean giant at the top of the table in the TV market in North America. According to the report, Samsung is the number one TV company for the first half of this year garnering a market share of 35 percent by value and over 25 […]