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When Apple takes you to the cleaners, you get prepared it seems. Korean tech giant Samsung has announced a US$25-million venture to set up Intellectual Keystone Technology (IKT), its own Washington DC-based patents firm.According to a report from the Korea Times, the business opened its offices in March and it is the first time that Samsung has created an independent arm dedicated to just patents."Patents are a good source of innovation and we also need to protect our intellectual ...
Samsung co-CEO Shin Jong-kyun has hailed the company’s new Galaxy S4 phone as its fastest ever selling gadget ever. The company's new flagship smartphone is expected to hit 10-million in sales next week, less than a month after it first launched.Speaking to The Korea Times, Shin said that the company is "confident that we will pass more than 10-million sales of the S4 next week. It is selling much faster than the previous model S3."He added that the ...
Let’s make a mobile OS that will rival Apple's iOS, and let’s give it away for free. Clever thinking by Google, at the time. As of early 2013, Google’s Android operating system has come to massively dominate smartphones worldwide, with Samsung taking the lion’s share of this dominance. The irony is almost palpable.Google has done a magnificent job. Android 4.2.2 is almost every bit as good as anything else on the market (read: iOS, Microsoft's Windows Phone 8, and the ...
Okay, you have all seen the new Samsung Galaxy S 4. It's pretty snazzy and big and all kinds of shiny and I bet if you try really hard, you might even find a unicorn hidden underneath its super sleek, super thin and exceptionally pretty casing.Announcing the new device, Samsung Head of mobile JK Shin said the South Korean electronics giant listened to people all over the world and created a device they wanted. I wish it had listened ...
Samsung recently launched its solar powered health centre model in Cape Town, marking the start of what it says will be a large-scale medical initiative across Africa. The mobile centres are built for use in remote rural areas, and intended to eliminate the economic and geographic barriers that prevent people across Africa from obtaining quality medical treatment.
The solar-powered health centre is designed to reach as many people as possible, as regularly as possible. Mounted on a truck and manned ...
No, Africa, the music streaming services aren't done with you yet. The latest offering to land on the continent has a squeeky name, but support from some serious heavy weights -- none other than Samsung and Universal Music.Announced at Samsung Africa Forum in Cape Town, South Africa, the Kleek is a pan-African music service targeted squarely at Africa's millions of mobile users -- particularly those touting a Samsung device. Featuring international and local music, the app is available for ...If you had any doubts as to Samsung's desire to stay top of the smartphone pile, check this out. The South Korean electronics giant has announced that it will be giving its South African users 1GB of free Wi-Fi access a month.The offer is part of a deal with roaming Wi-Fi provider AlwaysOn."We live in the connected age and it makes sense for Samsung to incorporate a service offering that combines innovative mobile devices with national wireless connectivity," said ...
The design wars between Apple and Samsung are the stuff of legend. The two tech giants have fought battles in courtrooms across the globe, with each accusing the other of copying unique designs and infringing on valuable design rights.The culmination of those battles saw Samsung ordered to pay US$1-billion to Apple following a lengthy trial in a California court.On the surface much of the conflict seemed to be around rectangles with rounded corners. As Professor Charles Gielen of ...
Picture this: you're a fruity tech company (no, not BlackBerry), which is suing its competitor, Samsung, for patent infringement in courts around the globe. You win a case in the US, requiring Samsung to pay you more than a billion dollars in damages, but the judge fails to grant you a sales ban to stop the company from selling its gadgets and eating up your marketshare. You file an appeal, asking the court to reconsider. And who should step in ...Some say NFC is just a gimmick -- that swishing your phone around to pay for even something as simple as a cup of coffee just isn't an option for the majority of mobile phone users worldwide. While smartphone adoption rates are increasing and most new devices are now NFC-capable, the mobile payments wave-to-pay revolution is taking a while to reach its peak.Visa obviously sees the potential though, and has teamed up with the world's largest smartphone manufacturer to ...
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