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Samsung Galaxy S8 will keep the headphone jack
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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
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Monday, 16 January 2017 11:50

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
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Tuesday, 10 January 2017 12:55

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
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Monday, 09 January 2017 13:22

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
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Friday, 06 January 2017 11:34

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
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Friday, 06 January 2017 11:13

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
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Thursday, 05 January 2017 11:27

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
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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
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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
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Friday, 30 December 2016 11:40

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.