Samsung will stop Note7s from charging on December 19
A South Korean employee provides a replacement Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphone at a telecommunications shop in Seoul on September 19, 2016.Samsung started on September 19 to provide users of its...
View ArticleSamsung’s Gear 360 Camera goes on sale August 19
A visitor takes a picture of ‘Gear 360’ camera at the Samsung stand on the first day of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, on February 22, 2016.South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics...
View ArticleNow you can try out Samsung’s new mobile payment solution
Before its official launch next month, Samsung has opened up a beta test of its new “Samsung Pay’”mobile payment solution. Much like Apple Pay, the service allows people who own Samsung devices to buy...
View ArticleThis Week in Tech: Ashley Madison, Google’s router, ‘Mr. Robot’, Apple’s car...
I always enjoy my appearances on Leo Laporte’s This Week in Tech podcast, but Sunday’s episode was special. Besides me, the guests included Fortune’s Apple editor Philip Elmer-Dewitt and TWiT stalwart...
View ArticleIs your Android device vulnerable to Stagefright? Use this app to check
On Thursday I wrote about Stagefright, a serious vulnerability that has inspired Google and Samsung to start sending out monthly security patches for Android. Now, Zimperium – the security firm that...
View ArticleFinally! Monthly security updates come to (some) Android devices [Updated]
One of the big drawbacks to Android smartphones and tablets has been slow delivery of operating system updates. Unlike iOS, in which Apple controls the operating system and update delivery, the...
View ArticleSamsung’s newest monitor can charge your smartphone
Samsung’s SE370 monitor has an integrated wireless charging function for smartphones. (Samsung) Samsung’s newest monitor has a unique feature: it can charge your smartphone. The company unveiled the...
View ArticleiCracked’s new service will fix your broken phone for $25
Last week, while I was at a bar watching the Warriors championship game, a technician named Annalee was sitting at a table nearby. Instead of catching the game, she was repairing the broken screen of a...
View ArticleSamsung announces Artik platform for Internet of Things
Samsung furthered its commitment to Internet of Things (IoT) Tuesday with the announcement of Artik, a collection of new modules designed to connect anything and everything together. Samsung announced...
View ArticleTale of 2 phones: Samsung’s Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge
Let’s get this out of the way up front: In the past, Samsung has not been renowned for the physical design of its flagship Galaxy S smartphones. Quite the opposite. May I be even more blunt? These...
View ArticleSamsung’s Galaxy S6 gives up storage expansion, replaceable battery
Whenever Samsung Galaxy S smartphone loyalists argue the merits of their preferred hardware over Apple’s iPhone, they usually bring up two things. First, they tout that Samsung’s devices allow you to...
View ArticleSamsung’s Galaxy S6 gives up storage expansion, replaceable battery
Whenever Samsung Galaxy S smartphone loyalists argue the merits of their preferred hardware over Apple’s iPhone, they usually bring up two things. First, they tout that Samsung’s devices allow you to...
View ArticleAll the details about Apple’s new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
The iPhone is about to get bigger. Proving right months of speculation about larger screen sizes, Apple announced its new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will both boast the largest displays in the...
View ArticleThe smartwatch question [Updated]
Since late 2012, rumors have swirled that Apple was working on a smartwatch – an iOS-based device to wear on your wrist. Dubbed the iWatch by tech pundits, it has been the focus of intense speculation...
View ArticleSamsung thinks this watch could be the future of health
A look at the Simband (Stephanie M. Lee) Electronics giant Samsung took on Wednesday its biggest step yet into the rapidly growing field of “wearable” health devices, unveiling a prototype for a...
View ArticleJury awards Apple $120M in patent case
(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File) A federal-court jury on Friday ordered Samsung to pay Apple $120 million for infringing on patents. The jury found that Samsung infringed two patents belonging to the...
View ArticleReview: Samsung Galaxy S5
It’s been obvious for a while that smartphones have reached a plateau of design and innovation. The stall began, I think, with the iPhone 4S and Samsung’s Galaxy S3. Ever since the introduction of...
View ArticleWhat if Android’s engineers had ignored the iPhone?
In 2006, Google engineers were hard at work prepping Android, a free operating system to be offered to smartphone manufacturers. In January 2007, their work would be disrupted by the unveiling of...
View ArticleSamsung paid big for Oscar placement, but Ellen used an iPhone backstage
It was the group selfie so big that it broke Twitter, and Oscars host Ellen DeGeneres snapped it with what apparently was a Samsung Galaxy Note smartphone. If only Bradley’s arm was longer. Best...
View ArticleSamsung paid big for Oscar placement, but Ellen used an iPhone backstage
It was the group selfie so big that it broke Twitter, and Oscars host Ellen DeGeneres snapped it with what apparently was a Samsung Galaxy Note smartphone. If only Bradley’s arm was longer. Best...
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