South Korea-based Korea Times today ran an article claiming Samsung’s intention to decrease the dependency on Qualcomm for chips. While the move is said to be due to chips’ high profitability, the article also dropped couple of important information related to Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S III. According to an unnamed Samsung executive, the Android […]
Samsung fined for obstructing an FTC investigation
Samsung has been fined by the Korean Fair Trade Commission (FTC) for obstructing an FTC investigation. The FTC was probing details of Samsung’s involvement in the recent mobile phone price fixing case. Samsung has been fined 400 million won which is the highest ever FTC has levied on any company for obstructing an investigation. […]
Samsung Galaxy S III picture leaked?
There have been some images in the past claiming to be of Galaxy S III but this image is apparently the closest one we’ll get to Samsung’s Galaxy device. The image purportedly belongs to Weber Shandwick who handles Samsung’s PR duties in many regions. As for the device, it seems to have adopted a […]
Samsung Brazil giving away 2GB of Dropbox storage to Galaxy users
UPDATE: Looks like Samsung Brazil has pulled the promotional page. Dropbox is a nifty cloud service that allows users to access their files anywhere, anytime. Now Samsung Brazil is running a promotion that gives Galaxy smartphone and tablet users 2GB Dropbox storage (in addition to the 2GB on registration) for free. Users with the […]
Samsung Electronics gets the nod to spin off LCD business
At the 43rd Annual General Meeting, Samsung Electronics shareholders approved the spin off of the ailing LCD business. According to the motion passed, Samsung will create a new independent company called Samsung Display Co. (tentative) and will be launched on April 1 with an initial capital of 750 billion won. Park Dong-gun will assume […]