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Samsung stopped using Apple patents
Reuters reported on Apple seeking an injunction against Samsung for patent infringement. Samsung lawyer Kathleen Sullivan of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP said the South Korean company had all but stopped using the patents, so no injunction was needed. So Samsung was using the patents.
Samsung’s weak brand loyalty
Business insider reported on Samsung’s epic global defeat by Apple. This rapid collapse points to one thing: Samsung has weak brand loyalty. Consumers just want a high-end, large-screened smartphone, and for years Samsung was the only one sufficiently pushing the limits of screen size. Apple’s devices remained — until the launch of the 6 and…
How secure is Samsung Pay?
Mashable raised questions about the security of Samsung Pay. Samsung copied Apple Pay but needed a differentiating factor. Samsung Pay incorporates LoopPay technology to allow its phones to work at magstrip readers. These are the types of credit card readers seen at most U.S. retailers — but Apple Pay doesn’t work with them. Apple’s mobile…
Samsung warns customers over listening TV
BBC reported on Samsung’s listening TV. Samsung is warning customers about discussing personal information in front of their smart television set. The warning applies to TV viewers who control their Samsung Smart TV using its voice activation feature. When the feature is active, such TV sets “listen” to what is said and may share what…
Samsung TVs start inserting ads into your movies
Gigaom reported on Samsung TVs inserting ads into third party content. Thought you could watch that video on your local hard drive without ads? Think again: A number of owners of Samsung’s smart TVs are reporting this week that their TV sets started to interrupt their movie viewing with Pepsi ads, which seem to be…
Samsung’s mobile profits plunge 64.2% after Apple’s iPhone 6 devastates premium Galaxy sales
AppleInsider reported on Samsung’s mobile profits plunging 64.2%. Samsung Electronics reported overall Q4 operating profits of 5.29 trillion won ($4.9 billion)—a 36 percent year-over-year drop—but its Mobile division suffered a 64.2 percent drop in profits, falling from $5 billion in the year ago quarter to $1.8 billion in the December quarter. How does that affect…
Samsung market share plunges in South Korea
Business Insider reported on Samsung losing market share to Apple in South Korea. Apple has been particularly successful in South Korea, where Samsung has traditionally dominated its home market. Figures show that Samsung’s share has plummeted from 60% in September to 46% in November. Apple, meanwhile, has made unprecedented headway, soaring to 33%. According to…
Samsung shutters flagship London store amid falling sales
http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/24/7446097/samsung-experience-store-westfield-closure Along with a centrally located Oxford Street shop, this was Samsung’s biggest — and thus most expensive and ostentatious — exhibition space in London. Samsung made a big point of promoting its Experience Stores, making them the destination to get the very first Galaxy S4 and, later, S5 units sold in the UK, but…
Android hardware profits tanked in 2014
Ina Fried wrote on Re/code about Android hardware profits tanking in 2014. While Android continued to gain market share in the global smartphone market, it saw a significant drop on another key metric: Profits. Analyst Chetan Sharma estimates that global profits in the Android hardware market for 2014 were down by half from the prior…
Samsung reviews its own products
In an attempt to blow your mind, Samsung has written an unofficial review of their own product on the official Samsung blog. Maybe they decided to skip paying others to review their products and just do the review on their own.