Exclusive stores seem to be the need of the hour for brands in India and Samsung just went all-in with the new mobile experience center. Locate in Bengaluru, India, Samsung Opera House is a 33,000 sq ft property will be the world’s largest mobile experience center that will showcase “differentiated product experiences” built around Samsung […]
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Samsung and Apple settle 7-year long legal dispute
What started as a high-profile legal tussle between two tech giants in 2011 has fizzled out and come to its logical conclusion. Both Samsung and Apple have confirmed to end their patent fight against each other and reached a settlement at a court in federal court in San Jose, California. The exact details are not […]
Samsung publishes earnings guidance for Q1 2018
Samsung today released their earnings guidance for the first quarter of 2018. According to the estimates based on K-IFRS, Samsung reached consolidated sales of 60 trillion won with an operating profit of 15.6 trillion won, which in comparison to the last quarter is more or less the same but around 20 percent growth year-on-year. These […]
Samsung heir freed from prison after successful appeal
In an interesting turn of events, South Korean court today suspended jail term of Samsung Group’s heir and Samsung Electronics vice chairman, JY Lee (Lee Jae-yong). Lee had appealed the sentence, after which the court decided to reduce the sentence to 2.5 years and probation of four years. Lee’s arrest last year had major ramifications […]
Samsung expands patent agreement with Qualcomm, will collaborate to develop different technologies
Samsung and Qualcomm today announced that the global patent cross-license agreement between them now extends to Samsung mobile devices and infrastructure equipment and as part of the agreement, Samsung will withdraw its interventions in Qualcomm’s appeal of the KFTC decision in the Seoul High Court. They’ve also announced a multi-year strategic relationship agreement wherein both […]