• May 12th, 2013

    Samsung To Launch 5G By 2020, Hits Speeds Of 1Gbps In Tests

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    Samsung Electronics has developed core technology that will allow it to deliver high-speed 5G wireless data connections to consumers by 2020, the company announced today. The system allows data transmission up to several hundred times faster than current 4G networks. → Read More

    March 14th, 2013

    Samsung Now Has 3 CEOs With The Addition Of J.K. Shin And Boo-keun Yoon

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    Samsung Electronics announced today that it has appointed Boo-keun Yoon and J.K. Shin as co-CEOs following its annual shareholders meeting. That means the Korean tech giant now has three CEOs: current vice chairman and Oh-Hyun Kwon will continue on as CEO and chairman of Samsung’s board of directors. → Read More

    January 1st, 2013

    Samsung CEO Lee Kun Hee Warns Employees About Increased Competition

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    Samsung Electronics may currently be the world’s leader in sales of mobile phones and TVs, but chairman Lee Kun Hee has told employees that the Korean company must watch its back as new competitors surface and the global economy continues to drag. → Read More

    December 31st, 2012

    Samsung Sells Millionth Galaxy Note II In Its Domestic Market

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    Samsung has sold its millionth Galaxy Note II “phablet” in South Korea just over 90 days after its launch, according to MK News (via Sammy Hub, h/t to TNW). The South Korean multinational conglomerate  announced last month that it has sold over 5 million Galaxy Note II units globally and, if its current momentum continues, the device might hit 10 million sales by next month. This latest… → Read More

    August 22nd, 2012

    Samsung Invests $4 Billion in Austin To Produce iPhone And iPad Chips

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    Samsung announced that it is investing $4 billion in its Austin plant in order to expand the production capacity of processors for mobile devices. Trial or not, Samsung’s most important client for those chips is still Apple. The factory already manufactures flash memory chips and the Apple-designed A5, which debuted with the iPad 2 and was improved with the iPad 3.

    The sum will be used to… → Read More

    December 14th, 2011

    Former AOL Exec David Eun Lands EVP Gig At Samsung

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    Ex-Googler and previously head of AOL Media and Studios – and I guess you could say the former boss of my boss’s bossDavid Eun has been appointed Executive Vice President at consumer electronics giant Samsung.

    At Samsung, Eun will be helping the company develop a ‘global media strategy’ for its array of digital TVs, smartphones, tablets and other connected devices. → Read More