If you believe CISCO, by 2021 the Internet will be 82% video. Live video will grow 15-fold, VR and AR 20-fold. So if you were in Samsung’s shoes, wouldn’t you be working night and day to invent new, enabling tools for Live Streaming and VR? Because this is exactly what...
Virtual reality (VR) is a new means of audiovisual communication. Its mission is to sell the idea of entry into a three-dimensional computer generated environment where the experience is so surprising that it cuts our minds to believe that this virtual world is really Reality. Its ultimate goal is to allow...
Samsung is a major manufacturer of electronic components for clients such as Apple, Sony, HTC, and Nokia. It is also the world's largest manufacturer of mobile devices and happens to be the world's largest memory chip manufacturer. In July 2017, Samsung Electronics overtook Intel as the largest semiconductor chip maker in the world. Samsung is the...
Samsung is a global giant in the electronics market with a firm grasp on smartphones. Samsung mobiles come with a host of features that cater to the needs of all smartphone users, from high-end smartphones to feature phones. Now, Samsung will start mass manufacturing a camera sensor that is capable...
IFA 2017 was not only for the unveiling of new products, it was also used as an opportunity to strengthen existing business relationships. Samsung Electronics has created a formidable relationship with its new affiliate, Harman International, after the chiefs of the two firms held an exclusive private meeting at the IFA...
When we talk about the wearables and healthcare industry together, a round of feelings begins to move like any picture frame. While on one side the benefits they offer, on another the level of dependency which can be seen these days. If you are the one planning to/have come with...
Environmental technology is breaking out of its shell and transforming into what is becoming today's new buzzword: sustaintech, a combination of cleantech and smarttech. What does the emergence of sustaintech mean? It signals that we are witnessing how disruptive innovations are breaking down the long-standing status quo of sustainability originating from...
According to recent research from Gartner, it is forecasted that there will be 200 billion connected IoT devices by the end of 2020. And while connected, autonomous technology will clearly increase efficiency and productivity, businesses and individuals alike should not underestimate the risks posed by IoT. See also: Meet the...
Fitbit has been hit with a lawsuit from Immersion, a developer of haptic feedback technology, claiming that the Alta HR and Charge 2 maker has infringed on its patents. Immersion asks for Fitbit to cease manufacturing of all infringing devices, which, we suspect, includes all fitness trackers currently on the...
If you’ve been following the exciting developments in virtual reality and the 360-degree video industry, you’ve probably noticed VR's fragmented distribution experience. Today, more than 6 million major VR headset brands, including PlayStation VR, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, and Google DayDream, have been sold. More than 88 million Google...
It takes a lot of effort to create a solid virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), or mixed reality (MR) experience. The hardware, including the headset and system hosting the experiences, have to be capable of delivering a natural, smooth experience. See also: Ultrahaptics finds deep pockets for its AR/VR tech...
Brands are starting to realize the power of using AR to promote and provide content — AR is totally different from traditional marketing in that it is more creative and arguably more interesting. Because not all companies have sufficient time or resources to recruit a crew focusing on AR marketing, start-ups that...
Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) sound like great novelties on the surface, but what can these technologies do to help your brand? The answer might surprise you. According to this infographic, these experiences can do quite a lot to boost your brand, especially if you are in the...
With the latest Smart TVs around users don't need to have an external media box to be able to stream content like their favourite shows, movies or music on your TV. Samsung Smart TV is one of such TVs which offer great content without the need for a set-top box. The Tizen-powered...
As the popularity of Samsung's Tizen-based Smart TVs continues to increase, more and more developers continue to provide useful apps that bring more useful and entertaining contents to users right in their homes. Samsung's range of SmartTVs is now revealed to have gotten the Starz app specifically built for it. Starz made the...
YouTube Kids, as the name might suggest, is an app created by Google that is designed for kids. The idea behind the application is that it is useful for children to be able to find suitable content that they might be looking for, whilst restricting more adult topics or unsuitable...
As a technology executive, I’ve overseen the buildout of multiple data centers in my career. Without exception, all were designed with an uninterrupted power supply (UPS) and backup power. In fact, I can’t imagine a data center of any consequence being built without these safeguards in place. No IT engineer...
Samsung has created some remarkable smart camera's as part of the Tizen-based NX range, with the Samsung NX1 being their last flagship device. The story started once upon a time with the NX300M, the first camera powered by Tizen, which was announced onstage at the Tizen Developer Summit (TDS) 2013...
Samsung lead the Smart TV revolution and many of their recent and upcoming Innovations are due to the Linux-based Tizen Operating System, as well as new advances like their QLED screen technology. Now, a new report out in Korea states that Samsung are going to be releasing 22 different kinds of curved screen...
The Samsung-Huawei smartwatch. Remember when sources told us that Huawei wanted to craft a Tizen-powered smartwatch with Samsung? Well, those discussions haven’t been fruitful: there’s still no Tizen-powered Samsung-Huawei partnership smartwatch on the market. And Huawei is the holdup. Huawei wants to be the “Samsung” of Android Wear The...
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