Apple and Samsung fined for deliberately slowing down phones
Published in Mobiles


Planned obsolescence is an illegal anti-trust antic in Italy

Apple has been fined €10 million and Samsung €5 million for hatching schemes which effectively “planned obsolescence” of their smartphones.

Samsung sues its brand ambassador
Published in Mobiles


Wants $1.6 million  in compensation for using an iPhone

Samsung is suing its Russian brand ambassador for using an iPhone X, and is demanding $1.6 million.

Samsung working on foldable laptop displays
Published in Graphics


Expect Apple to claim it invented the idea

While everyone in the world knows that Samsung is working on a foldable smartphone, Samsung says it is also working on foldable laptop displays.

Samsung shows off Windows S
Published in PC Hardware


Galaxy Book 2 is a Windows ultraportable powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 850

Samsung has been showing off its  Galaxy Book 2, a Windows ultraportable powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 850 chip.

Samsung says ola to Zhilabs
Published in Cloud


Writes a cheque for Spanish network data analysis firm in cloud push

Samsung has bought Barcelona-based network data analysis firm Zhilabs.

AMD will take a third of the desktop
Published in PC Hardware


Intel has blinked.

AMD may regain 30 percent of global desktop CPU market share in the fourth quarter of 2018 as Intel continues to lose ground.

Samsung wins battle of the MPEG patents
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All is not well in MPEG land

The New York State Court of Appeals on Thursday overturned a $115 million judgment against Samsung over telly patents.

Samsung S10 codenames and SKUs emerge
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5G, Qualcomm and Exynos mix

The chaps at XDA developers have got their hands on a Galaxy S9+ Android 9.0 / Pie ROM and found proof and the codenames for existing and future Galaxy S10 phones.

Samsung and Huawei didn’t show 5G at IFA
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No 5G NR form factor devices yet

The IFA consumer trade show has just finished, and we wanted to share a bit about  5G with focus on the big silicon manufacturers. Both Samsung and Huawei didn’t show anything at the show, while both companies reassured us that they will have something later.

Samsung pushes an 85-inch QLED TV in the 8K race
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The Q900FN comes to the US in October

Samsung has  unveiled its own 8K TV at the IFA 2018 show in Berlin, and this 85-inch Q900FN QLED TV will be available in the US as of October. Not that there's bitter rivalry been Lucky Goldstar (LG) and Samsung - both successful South Korean firms on the matter.