Samsung today announced that they’ve formed a new non-profit organisation to promote the growth and adoption of Virtual Reality (VR). The Global Virtual Reality Association (GVRA) includes Acer, Google, HTC, Facebook, Sony Interactive Entertainment, in addition to Samsung. The association’s mission is to “promote responsible development and adoption of VR globally” as well as bolster […]
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Samsung wins 35 CES 2017 Innovation Awards
Samsung has confirmed that they’ve won 35 CES Innovation Awards. The Innovation Awards are given every year by Consumer Technology Association, the producers of CES and are judged by “preeminent panel of independent industrial designers, engineers and members of the trade media to honor outstanding engineering and design in cutting-edge consumer electronics products across 28 […]
Samsung Pay goes live in Canada for CIBC customers
Samsung recently confirmed a number of countries to get Samsung Pay and while Canada is not a part of this list, it seems Canadians can get early access to the service. In a screenshot posted by a user, Samsung seems to have enabled access to the Samsung Pay service only if you use a select […]
Samsung releases Q3 2016 Financial Results
Samsung today released their Q3 2016 results that ended on September 30, 2016, Samsung recorded a revenue of 47.82 trillion won, a decrease of 3.87 trillion won YOY and recorded an operating profit for the quarter at 5.20 trillion won, a decrease of 2.19 trillion won YOY. Samsung says the quarter was heavily impacted by […]
Samsung Pay to support three more countries, online payments
Samsung Pay’s adoption has been growing at a steady pace. Adding to its list of countries are Malaysia, Russia and Thailand that makes the service available in 10 countries by end of 2016. Additionally, Samsung Pay will add a number of new features, notably adding support for online payment and express checkout solution, thanks to […]