
Samsung Galaxy S8 will keep the headphone jack
Not copying Apple this time
Samsung appears to have decided that it is not going to copy one aspect of the iPhone 7 on its new Galaxy S8. It seems that the cordless headphone idea is too silly and unpopular.

US Court re-opens Samsung versus Apple
Rounded rectangle damages to be rethunk
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has reopened a longstanding patent lawsuit related to Samsung copying the rounded rectangle of the iPhone nearly six years ago.

IBM is the most innovative company
Sorry Steve
While the Tame Apple Press is still trying to spin Jobs’ Mob as the most innovative in the world, the crown belongs to the outfit that Steve Jobs mocked – IBM.

LG to double large OLED production
Will also increase small flexible OLED production
LG Display will double its output of large OLED panels and continuously increasing production of small flexible OLED panels for smartphones to attract more attention to the technology.

Melting smartphones didn’t stop Samsung
Profit leapt by 50 percent
Samsung’s bottom line was not really harmed by the Note 7 fiasco and the outfit saw its fourth-quarter profit leap 50 percent from a year earlier to its highest level in more than three years.

Google partners rushing into AI
Because that is not a bubble waiting to burst
Google quickened the pace of its push into virtual and augmented reality this week as its hardware partners announced new devices using its tech.

QLED is better than OLED, claims Samsung
More nits to scratch
Samsung has been using CES to tout its QLED technology which it claims is much better than OLED.

Samsung promises to explain what happened to the Note 7
We are not saying Aliens but it was.... aliens
Samsung has said that it will announce this month the results of an investigation into what caused some of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones to catch fire.

Samsung announces CH711 curved Quantum Dot monitors
Coming in 27-inch and 31.5-inch sizes
Just a week ahead of the CES 2017 show, Samsung announced its newest CH711 Quantum Dot curved monitor series that will be showcased at the show and will be available in 27-inch and 31.5-inch sizes, both with WQHD 2560x1440 resolution.

Exploding Note 7 did not help Apple
Analyst angers the Tame Apple Press
NPD analyst Stephen Baker is off the Christmas Card list of the members of the Tame Apple Press which are furious that he made a comment saying that Apple had failed to capitalise on Samsung’s exploding Note 7.