Samsung has hired Simon Beresford-Wylie as a Global Executive Advisor for its network business. For the uninitiated, Simon was the former president and CEO of Nokia Solutions and Networks (previously known as Nokia Siemens Networks) and is the CEO a non-profit organisation – Digital Mobile Spectrum Limited. Simon’s role will include “planning and executing the […]
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Samsung ChatON surpasses 100m users
Samsung’s homegrown ChatON cross-platform messaging service has surpassed 100 million users. Samsung yesterday confirmed on their official blog saying the 50 million milestone was reached earlier this year in May while the next 50 million came in four months. While Samsung hasn’t confirmed how many users are active on the service, the milestone is impressive […]
Samsung submitted set of commitments to avoid antitrust fine
Samsung has submitted solutions to the European Commission to avoid the hefty antitrust fine, EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia has revealed. In a speech he gave in New York, Almunia revealed that “after lengthy discussions, Samsung sent a set of commitments seeking to address our concerns.” The commitments from the Korean company came after the […]
Samsung teams up to create an industry standard benchmark – MobileBench
There are many benchmark tools available for mobile devices but realising how accuracy differs amongst them, Samsung and other companies like Broadcom, Huawei, OPPO and Spreadtrum have come together to form a consortium to create a standard performance metric for mobile devices. The consortium is called MobileBench and revealed more details about their plans when […]
Samsung Apps Mobile app gets an update, shows Play Store apps
Samsung generally pushes an update to its home grown Samsung Apps store after the launch of a major device. And after the release of Galaxy Note 3 yesterday, Samsung pushed a new update for Samsung Apps on its existing Galaxy devices. The new version v13092404.10.002.0 is now available and in addition to a new logo, […]