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30Nov By Ankita SinghNo Comments

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Biggest Shake for SAMSUNG In 47 Years..

REUTERS- India has the highest level of collaboration globally between sales and marketing departments to strengthen their relationship to drive business success and achieve revenue growth, showed a research by network tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, under pressure from shareholders to improve investor returns, said on Tuesday it will consider creating a holding company in what would be the biggest shake-up in its 47-year history. The move and a plan to raise dividends come after U.S. hedge fund, Elliott Management in October called for the South Korean firm to split itself into a holding vehicle and an operating company. However, the world's top maker of smartphones, memory chips and televisions, said it was "absolutely neutral" about whether to proceed and provided little de...

Samsung Will Offer AI Based Virtaul Assistant Service in Galaxy S8 Smartphone

7Nov By AdityaNo Comments

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Samsung Will Offer AI Based Virtaul Assistant Service in Galaxy S8 Smartphone

Samsung Electronics said today it will offer an artificial intelligence assistant service in the upcoming flagship smartphone, as the South Korean firm seeks recovery from its global smartphone recalls. The Galaxy S8 will let users order food or perform other tasks without going through a third-party application but by simply asking the phone's virtual assistant, the company said in a statement. The artificial intelligence service will also be made available in Samsung's other consumer electronics products, such as refrigerators. The company declined to disclose what specific tasks the S8 phone will perform through its artificial intelligence feature but expected to unveil the next iteration for its flagship Galaxy device in spring as it has typically done in the past. Sales of the Gala...

Karbonn Mobiles Launched First Virtual Reality Based Smartphones

12Apr By AdityaNo Comments

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Karbonn Mobiles Launched First Virtual Reality Based Smartphones

Karbonn Mobiles, India's low cost smartphone brand launched it's first virtual reality (VR) enabled smartphones with free VR headsets. This the first VR set from the company which looks to be getting back in the competition with the new launches in India. The two VR headsets are Karbonn Quattro L52 and Karbonn Titanium Mach 6, priced at Rs 8,790 and Rs 7,490, bundled with VR headsets free of cost. "VR is the next big growth area in consumer technology. As per a recent report, the global Virtual Reality market is expected to touch an estimated USD 120 billion by 2020," Karbonn Mobiles Executive Director Shashin Devsare said. "Karbonn's VR glasses are an effort to bring VR technology at disruptive price-points in the under Rs 10,000 bracket. We are optimistic about the consumer ...

DataWind Going To Set-up a New Manufacturing Unit in Telangana

2Apr By PriyankaNo Comments

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DataWind Going To Set-up a New Manufacturing Unit in Telangana

Leader in low-cost Internet connectivity for emerging markets, DataWind Inc. is all set to establish its second manufacturing unit in Telangana after a successful unit in Amritsar. The affordable tablet provider in India made Telangana its instant choice after the receptive behavior of the state govt. In an exclusive interview with ANI, CEO Datawind Inc. Suneet Singh Tuli said, "The govt. of Telangana was very receptive towards the idea. They were very aggressive to woo new manufacturers to come into the state. The govt. had already been successful in signing up other phone manufacturers to help set up an ecosystem that further catered to aggressive policies and fast processing time frames." "We made our obvious choice with Telangana due to the positive experience coupled with th...

Pranav Mistry, Global VP Samsung Launched Gear 360 Camera

22Feb By AdityaNo Comments

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Pranav Mistry, Global VP Samsung Launched Gear 360 Camera

BARCELONA– Pranav Mistry, VP, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd today Launched the Samsung Gear 360, a 360-degree camera that lets consumers easily create, view and share their favorite experiences through video and still image content. Gear 360 is designed for travel, festive gatherings and every activity in between to provide an all-encompassing visual experience. The new camera leverages the best of the Samsung Galaxy experience so users can become the creator of their own virtual reality content to enjoy through Gear VR. Here you can watch the #samsung #unpacked2016 live. Less than 5 hours to go. https://t.co/dG7HGf04pJ — Pranav Mistry (@pranavmistry) February 21, 2016 “Samsung continues to push the boundaries of the mobile experience to extend beyond the smartphone,” said DJ Koh...

VR Firm Wevr Raises $25 Million From Samsung, HTC, and Others

6Feb By reutersNo Comments

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VR Firm Wevr Raises $25 Million From Samsung, HTC, and Others

Virtual reality company Wevr raised $25 million (roughly Rs. 170 crores) from investors including HTC Corp and Samsung Ventures to fund the launch of a new platform for VR creators to distribute content, executives said on Friday. The platform, called Wevr Transport, is available now to a limited number of users in a test phase. It is designed to run on various virtual reality headsets through an app and on a website. Virtual reality video offers a 360-degree view that immerses people in fantasy settings. The technology has been touted for decades but never reached mass adoption. This year, Facebook Inc's Oculus unit, Sony Corp and others plan to introduce modern VR headsets. Wevr and other companies are making VR videos to lure audiences to the medium. Wevr Transport features ...

LG Electronics to develop own mobile payment system

20Nov By PriyankaNo Comments

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LG Electronics to develop own mobile payment system

LG Electronics Inc said on Thursday it signed an agreement to develop its own mobile payment service called LG Pay. LG, which signed the agreement with South Korea's largest and second-largest credit card firms Shinhan Card Co Ltd and KB Kookmin Card Co Ltd, did not give a timetable or description of its planned technology. The mobile payment market is getting crowded as smartphone makers like Apple and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd have launched their own mobile payment services. LG Electronics' mobile payment system will be able to be used in all LG smartphones, unlike Samsung Pay which is available only in the recent Samsung smartphone models, South Korean wire service Yonhap reported on Thursday, without citing a specific source. An LG spokesman declined to comment ...

Samsung let me be your intern – OnePlus Co-founder Carl Pei

1Oct By NitishNo Comments

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Samsung let me be your intern – OnePlus Co-founder Carl Pei

We learned a very important lesson with the launch of the OnePlus 2 by not getting units shipped out as soon as they should have been. Now, we are working harder than ever to get the OnePlus 2 in your hands. We’ve ramped up the invite rollout, and will soon hold a one-hour open sale for those of you looking to purchase the OnePlus 2 without any hassle. (more…)