SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics will cut support for its proprietary mobile operation system “Bada,” proving that it failed in its development of the OS. According to industry watchers, Samsung recently announced that it would stop running the Bada developers’ forum on its Bada developers’ site (http://developer.bada.com). Last year, Samsung officially declared [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung has yet again postponed the release of a smartphone powered by its own Tizen operating system. That marks the fourth time that the company has pushed back the launch. According to IT industry experts, the Tizen device was originally expected to be launched on December 10 in India. IT experts [...]
SEOUL, Dec.5 (Korea Bizwire) – The youngest one in the latest announcement on December 4 by Samsung Group for executive-level promotions turned out to be a 33-year-old computer scientist and Inventor named Pranav Mistry. Currently head of research at Samsung’s Silicon Valley R&D center, he is well known for his expertise in user experience in wearable devices. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Workers of Samsung affiliates to be sold to Hanwha Group are protesting the massive sell-off of their companies. A Samsung worker even left a post selling his Samsung badge on an online direct commerce site as an expression of his protest against the deal. On November 28, workers of Samsung Total [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – After the 2-trillion won (US$1.8 billion) deal that sent its chemical and defense subsidiaries (including Samsung Techwin) to Hanhwa Group, Samsung plans to repurchase its business jets, which are currently under Techwin’s management. Hanwha’s acquisition of Samsung Techwin made industry watchers curious about the disposal of the Samsung Group [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The smartwatch market is showing signs of blooming. As major companies like Samsung, LG, and Apple make forays into this area, the number of smartwatch patent applications has increased as well. According to the Korea Intellectual Property Office on November 23, the number of patent applications related to smartwatches started picking [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The final issue of “Samsung & You,” the corporate bimonthly magazine published by Samsung Group, has featured Lee Kun-hee, the current group chairman incapacitated by a heart attack in May this year. The print magazine will move to the online space from the next issue after five years of publication. According [...]
Seoul, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics held a Samsung Venture Partners Day on November 21 in Daegu in an effort to encourage local economic revival. The company said it would lend support to start-up ventures in Daegu and surrounding areas in North Gyeongsang Province. In three business areas including the Internet of Things, [...]
“Samsung Electronics is aiming to capitalize on big opportunities in Connected Living, also called the Internet of Things. The market in this area will triple to US$7.1 trillion by 2020 from $1.9 trillion last year. Samsung will lead the trend in this emerging field.” “According to a report, the healthcare market of the developed nations [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The Samsung “Gear S,” the latest smart wearable device launched on November 5 by Samsung Electronics, has been sold more than 10,000 on the first day. Sold through SK Telecom and KT, the Gear S saw its blue color models run out on the first day and the white [...]