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 […]
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Samsung wants to bring all devs under one roof with Samsung Developers
Samsung has announced a new site that will facilitate developers who create apps for Samsung devices. No matter if you develop for bada, Windows Mobile, Java or just Widgets, Samsung Developers will enable to get news, updates, technical advice as well as support. Developers will also be able to download the latest SDKs and […]
Samsung TV Apps Store crosses 2 million downloads
It was just a couple months back when Samsung announced 1 million downloads for its TV Apps Store. Now they’ve announced that its TV-centric application store has surpassed 2 million downloads, indicating the positive response from the consumers. The Samsung Apps for TVs allows users to purchase and download applications amongst a number of […]
Samsung and IBM team up to research new semiconductor technology
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 […]
Samsung appoints Y.K. Kim as President and CEO of Samsung Elec. America
Samsung has announced a new President and CEO for its Electronics operations in America. Yangkyu (Y.K.) Kim will take place of C.S. Choi as Choi will return to Korea as an Executive Advisor to Samsung’s global Vice Chairman and CEO, Mr. G.S. Choi. Kim will assume the position effective immediately and will overlook the […]