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Samsung is cursed
Published in News
Wednesday, 14 September 2016 12:18

Samsung is cursed


The Gods have spoken and the ground shakes

Samsung appears to have hacked off the gods – first its Note 7 batteries start exploding and now the ground is literally being pulled from under its feet.

Samsung in talks for graphics tech from Nvidia and AMD
Published in Graphics


Wants a graphics core

AMD and Nvidia are apparently in a scrap to provide Samsung with a graphics core for its custom CPU.

Tame Apple Press claims Samsung will ditch the jack
Published in News


Hit the road jack

The Tame Apple Press is telling the world that Samsung is so impressed with Jobs’ Mob’s "brave move" to purge the headphone jack it is set to copy it.

People snub digital wallets for now
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 13 September 2016 12:06

People snub digital wallets for now


We'd much rather have cash

It looks like the rush by Apple and Samsung to create digital wallets has been pretty much useless.

LG snubs EU with V20
Published in Mobiles
Monday, 12 September 2016 12:55

LG snubs EU with V20


Europeans don’t want big screens, which is news to us

LG has decided that Europeans don’t want big screen phones and are not issuing the V20 in that region.

HP buys Samsung's printer business
Published in News
Monday, 12 September 2016 12:38

HP buys Samsung's printer business


Prints off a $1.05 billion dollar cheque

The maker of expensive printer ink, HP, has written a $1.05 billion cheque for Samsung's printer business.

Samsung tells Galaxy Note7 users to turn off their phones
Published in News


Replacements coming

Samsung has told Galaxy Note7 users to turn off their phones and go back to their old ones until the replacements show up.

Samsung goes for ATL batteries
Published in Mobiles
Friday, 09 September 2016 13:22

Samsung goes for ATL batteries


Snubs its own flaming subsidiary

Samsung has indicated it will from now on use all batteries for its device from China's ATL after its own SDI subsidiary embarrassed it.

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 recall could cost $1 billion
Published in Mobiles


2.5 million phones being returned

The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 recall sounds like one of the biggest in the last few years and it looks like the company has to recover as many as 2.5 million phones from its customers. This is likely to cost Samsung close to a billion dollars and it will eat up any potential profits it was making from these phones. 

Samsung Galaxy Note 7s really do catch fire
Published in Mobiles
Friday, 02 September 2016 12:17

Samsung Galaxy Note 7s really do catch fire


Company stops selling and gears up for a recall

The Tame Apple Press has been delivered an early Christmas present as its rival Samsung stops selling its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones after reports some of their batteries exploded while being charged.