EU Commission has sent Samsung a ‘Statement of Objections’ wherein their preliminary view is that Samsung abused its position of owning standard-essential 3G UMTS patents (SEPs) and trying to gain an injunction against Apple products. The Commission says Samsung was wrong on their part because they gave a commitment to license those patents on FRAND […]
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Samsung releases Allshare Framework SDK 1.0
Samsung has released an SDK for developers to take advantage of its Allshare feature. Allshare is Samsung’s name for DLNA that allows users to stream multimedia content with other DLNA compatible devices. However, with the new SDK, it will enable developers to add features like Screen Share that mirrors the active screen to another […]
Samsung will invest $3.9 billion in Austin Semiconductor Plant
Back in August, Samsung announced to invest in expanding its Austin, Texas-based semiconductor plant and now Samsung has completed talks with the local authorities and will go ahead with the expansion. Samsung will invest $3.9 billion in the plant that will help them to meet the demand of semiconductors in mobile devices. This plant […]
Video: CES 2013 Keynote Mobilizing Possibility
Samsung has revealed the theme of its CES 2013 Keynote. The video published by Samsung says Dr. Stephen Woo’s keynote on January 9 will be based on ‘Mobilizing Possibility’ that will give a glimpse of how components will help in consumer product innovations. Frankly, we’re not sure what to expect but given Samsung’s history […]
US Judge denies injunction against Samsung products
Some good news for Samsung from the stateside. US District Judge Lucy Koh has thrown Apple’s request to ban the sales of Samsung Galaxy products in United States. After the jury verdict that awarded Apple a sum of $1.05 billion in damages, Apple wanted a permanent injunction on 26 Samsung Galaxy devices. But Koh […]