Tag: SAMSUNG
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Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphones vulnerable to hacking
Samsung’s Galaxy S7 smartphones contain a microchip security flaw, uncovered earlier this year, that put tens of millions of devices at risk to hackers looking to spy on their users, researchers told Reuters. The Galaxy 7 and other smartphones made by Samsung Electronics were previously thought to be immune to a security vulnerability known as…
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Samsung unveils novel Galaxy S9 phone with augmented reality features
Samsung on Sunday launched its new flagship smartphone with a focus on augmented reality features as it seeks to keep its title as the world’s biggest smartphone maker. The South Korean firm showcased the Galaxy S9 on the eve of the official start of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, which comes after a year…
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Why South Korea court suspends jail term for Samsung Group heir, Jay Y. Lee
South Korean appeals court on Monday suspended a jail sentence handed down to Samsung Group heir, Jay Y. Lee, setting him free after a year’s detention, amid a corruption scandal that brought down the former president. Seoul High Court jailed Lee for two and a half years, reducing the original term by half. The court…
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Samsung unveils Flagship Phone February 25
Samsung Electronics Co said it will unveil its next flagship smartphone line, dubbed the Galaxy S9, during the Mobile World Congress on February 25 in Barcelona. Bloomberg News reported last month that the device would be launched in late February. The phone will look similar to the existing Galaxy S8 line, but will include an…
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We can’t open manufacturing plant in Nigeria, Samsung declares
Samsung Electronics has said that one of the reasons for not establishing a manufacturing plant in Nigeria is because its market share in the country is not big enough. Mr Sung Yoon, the Chief Executive Officer of Samsung Electronics Africa, made this known during an interactive session with newsmen on Thursday in Lagos. Yoon said…
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Ease of Doing Business: FG seals Samsung office
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria on Tuesday sealed the premises of Samsung West Africa in Victoria Island, Lagos, for failure to register some of its products being marketed in Nigeria. Head of Public Relations of SON, Mr Bola Fashina, said this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Fashina said that the action was in…
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Shocking report on Samsung devices
Yesterday, a shocking report suggested that Samsung phones were using technology that could spy on users through a technique called “beaconing”. Claims suggested that the creepy technology could monitor everything you are reading and watching online, including personal emails and even porn. But Samsung has dismissed the claims, and reassures that “ultrasonic beacon technology is…
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How to spot a counterfeit smartphone, how to avoid buying a dud
The tech market is filled with so many counterfeits. In this guide we look at ways to tell if that Smartphone, laptop, tablet or gadget is a fake. Counterfeiting is a huge industry. Factories all over the world turn out electrical goods that look like the real thing but critically are not. Sometimes the same…
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More bad news for Galaxy S8 owners
There are plenty of reasons to be excited about the new S8s; beautiful edge-to-edge screens with virtual home buttons, new 10nm processors, DeX desktop support, Bluetooth 5.0 with dual audio streaming, a headphone jack and free high-quality AKG earphones out of the box. However, when the Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphones were released over a month…
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Samsung partners govt to open new technical training schools in India
Samsung India on Friday signed an MoU with the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) to open two more technical training schools and to renew the partnership for 10 existing schools being run across the country. As per the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the technology giant will open two new MSME-Samsung Technical Schools…