Samsung Electronics’ President, Lee Jae-yong (right) will attend Steve Jobs memorial service at Standford University today. Reuters reports that Lee Jae-yong, son of Samsung’s chairman Lee Kun-hee will attend the invitation-only service and will apparently sit down with Apple’s CEO Tim Cook in a separate meeting. While the meeting with Cook is unconfirmed, the […]
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Samsung Apps TV Store surpasses 10m downloads
Samsung’s TV Apps Store has reached a new milestone. The TV-specific App Store surpassed 10m app downloads in September and about 11m till date. Clocking in about 50,000 app downloads per day, the TV Apps Store consumption has doubled since the App Store’s last milestone of 5m in May. Amongst the apps, YouTube, Maps, […]
Samsung to boost software engineer recruitment by 20 percent
Samsung has initiated its first step to enhance its software competitiveness. The chaebol has confirmed to hire more software engineers to keep up with the fierce competition in the mobile industry. Samsung expects to increase the proportion of software engineers to 70 percent from the current 50 percent. Currently, Samsung has around 25,000 employees […]
Samsung Q3 operating profit grows 12 percent
Samsung Electronics today estimated that its Q3 operating profit grew 12 percent as compared with three months earlier. On Friday, the South Korean firm estimated its operating profit for the third quarter at 4.2 trillion won ($3.5 billion) versus a consensus forecast of 3.4 trillion won by analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters. That was down […]
Samsung seeks to nullify Apples exclusive right to iPad design
It seems that Samsung is in aggressive mode with Apple on legal patent disputes. Recently, Samsung filed preliminary injunction motions to stop iPhone 4S sales in Paris and France. Now in a fresh wave of legal dispute, Samsung has asked an European Union agency to nullify Apple’s exclusive rights to the iPad design in Europe. […]