Samsung has confirmed that they’ve agreed to acquire US-based Joyent Inc. that offers cloud services. Samsung says the acquisition will help them support its “growing lineup of mobile, Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud-based software and services whereas Joyent can scale their technology and operations to grow and compete in the cloud market. While Samsung […]
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Samsung Pay comes to Australia
Australia is the latest country to get Samsung Pay, the company today confirmed. Users with a compatible Samsung phone – Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge, Galaxy S6 edge+, Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge can use their device to transact online or at regular NFC-enabled POS. The current launch partners for Samsung […]
Spain gets Samsung Pay
Samsung seems to be slowly and steadily expanding its Samsung Pay service and the latest country to get it is Spain. Interestingly, Spain is the first country to have the service in Europe and works with CaixaBank and imaginBank customers whereas the service will be available for Abanca and Banco Sabadell customers soon. Samsung says […]
Huawei sues Samsung over mobile patent infringement
It seems Samsung cannot stay away from lawsuits and patent infringement. Now China’s Huawei Technologies has filed a lawsuit against Samsung alleging the Korean company to infringe on some of their mobile-related patent. Huawei wants Samsung to license their patents which ranges from 4G, operating system and user interface. Samsung is yet to respond to […]
Alipay now works with Samsung Pay in China
Samsung is slowly and steadily expanding its Samsung Pay service in the world’s biggest smartphone market. Today they have announced a partnership with Ant Financial Services Group, parent company of Alipay that will allow existing or new Alipay users to pay from their account through Samsung Pay in China. With Samsung Pay, users can swipe […]