It seems Samsung will discontinue its association with Kobo for e-books under its Readers Hub app. A screenshot sent by a user to HDBlog says Kobo will soon be unavailable in Readers Hub and users wanting to use Kobo services will have to download an app from the Google Play Store. Interestingly, Samsung also […]
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Samsung LCD Plant suffered a brief power outage
Samsung’s LCD plant located at Tangjeong was hit by a power outage last night. Although the outage lasted for just 10 minutes, Samsung Display is estimated to face a loss in millions as the panels produced during that period are rendered useless. Four lines at the plant were affected that produced a combined monthly […]
Samsung rubbishes ‘Samsung Facebook’ rumor
An article by Korea Times claimed that Samsung is working on its own social network codenamed ‘Samsung Facebook’. However, the Korean giant on their official blog terms the rumor as “groundless”. Although Samsung acknowledges that they’re working on upgrading Family Story, the new features aren’t as close as what the report is claiming it […]
Samsung unveils TecTiles Programmable NFC Tags
Samsung today unveiled TecTiles programmable NFC tags that can take advantage of the NFC technology incorporated in the devices. TecTile tags basically allow businesses and consumers to program the tag to perform a particular function. For instance, TecTile tags can be configured to do a FourSquare or Facebook check-in, send a specific text message, […]
Samsung shoots down Nokia buyout rumor
Samsung has refuted the Nokia buyout rumor. In a statement released to Reuters, Samsung shot down the report saying as “purely speculative” and is “not true.” Last Friday, a report by kauppalehti.fi claimed that Samsung is in talks with the Finnish company to acquire Nokia it 4EUR/share.