According to a report by Bloomberg, Samsung is collaborating with IBM to use Bitcoin’s technologies in other applications. Samsung America’s research division is taking a look at blockchain technology that is used in Bitcoin transactions and is looking to implement in other areas. Currency, it’s just the first use case. You could imagine that anything, […]
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Samsung courts ex-Coca-Cola executive for global mobile marketing job
Samsung is going all guns blazing with the marketing of its Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge devices and the company has now confirmed to hire Pio Schunker as the global marketing head for the IT & Mobile division. Schunker, a marketing veteran has worked with Coca-Cola for a decade till 2003 and will help […]
Samsung, LG call truce as they end all lawsuits
Cross-town rivals, Samsung and LG have been engaged in lawsuits for quite some time. While some complaints included serious offences like stealing technology, vandalising washing machines is what is grabbing the headlines for both the companies recently. Today, both companies have issued a joint statement saying they have ended all their ongoing disputes and lawsuits. […]
Samsung seems to have dropped free Dropbox storage for OneDrive
Samsung has been bundling free Dropbox cloud storage with its Galaxy devices for quite some time but it seems Samsung has left out pre-installed Dropbox solution for Microsoft’s OneDrive. As part of the agreement, Samsung will pre-load some Microsoft apps in the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge and as per the official spec sheet, […]
Samsung Pay is Samsung’s take on mobile payments
As rumoured, Samsung introduced the Samsung Pay service that will work with the recently announced Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge. The Samsung Pay mobile payment service takes advantage of LoopPay’s technology, which Samsung acquired last month and allows users to pay through NFCs or a regular point-of-sale terminal using Magnetic Secure Transmission from […]