Samsung’s homegrown app store will undergo a name change from next month. Starting July 1, Samsung Apps will be renamed as Samsung Galaxy Apps. The reason for the name change is not clear but we guess Samsung wants to segregate app stores for each platform. Earlier this month, Samsung announced to discontinue listing of bada […]
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Nuance reportedly in talks of a sale to Samsung
Nuance Communications has reportedly been in discussions with companies for selling off the company. According to Wall Street Journal’s sources, the company has been in talks with quite a few private equity firms but the report singles out Samsung as one of the contenders. Nuance Communications’ technologies are used in Samsung devices and even provide […]
Samsung and Apple drop patent appeal case at the ITC
Last week, Samsung and Apple decided to drop the appeal of their patent infringement case at the US International Trade Commission. This is a positive step from both the companies as they have been entangled in a legal battle for few years. Samsung dropped the appeal where they were trying to reverse the ITC sales […]
U.S. Defense Department approves five Samsung devices with KNOX
Samsung has confirmed that five of its devices have been included in the Defense Information System Agency (DISA)’s Approved Products List (APL). The devices include Galaxy S4, Galaxy S4 Active, Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy Note PRO and Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) that come with Android 4.4 KitKat and KNOX pre-installed. Surprisingly, there’s no Galaxy […]
Samsung acquires Shelby TV video discovery service
Shelby TV has confirmed that they’ve been taken over by Samsung Electronics. The US-based company confirmed the takeover on their website without giving any details on the monetary compensation. The company says they’re excited to develop new technology under Samsung and working with Samsung Electronics means they’ll “have the resources to start fresh, building products […]