Samsung has been rolling out its Samsung Pay service to more countries at a quicker pace in the last couple of months. Yesterday, Samsung kickstarted its pilot project to start testing the service in Taiwan. This comes just after the recent release of Apple Pay service in the country. Samsung...
Samsung released the Gear S3 Frontier and Gear S3 Classic for purchase in Korea in mid-November, and while the new smartwatches are feature-packed, one stands out among them all: Samsung Pay. Samsung unveiled Samsung Pay in 2015 on its Galaxy smartphone lineup, and many have been wondering if (or when)...
We reported a few days ago about the Gear S3 Frontier being on sale for $299 via Amazon for US customers, and a £50 price drop from Argos for UK customers, but today's deal provides a little more flexibility. You don't have to order the Gear S3 Frontier or Classic...
Here in the UK, we have been waiting, ever so patiently, for the launch of Samsung Pay, the companies mobile payment service. Information gleaned from sales executives can be a bit sketchy at times (understatement of the year), but it looks like the wait might finally be over soon. One...
The recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona revealed that while few brand new and innovative smart city deployments are center stage, it's an area of technology that is intensely interesting to many and worthy of much consideration. Here are some of my thoughts based on what was showcased: Idea #1: Traditional...
March 2017 has come and gone and that means the March Top 100 apps of the Tizen Mobile App Incentive Program have been announced. Winners are being contacted right now so they can have their share of $9 million in cash and prizes. You could even earn $10,000 if you make it to the...
Samsung have announced the launch of the LTE variant of the Gear S3 classic and it will be available from AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon in the US. Samsung has previously only offered LTE support on Gear S3 Frontier, the more outdoor athletic variant of the smartwatch, and the bold is...
Samsung Pay has been live in India since March 7th this year, however, Samsung just recently on the 22nd of March held an official event in Delhi to launch Samsung Pay in front of media and its partners. The Launch of Samsung Pay comes in at a time when India...
Samsung is continuing to grow the number of countries supported for its mobile payment service Samsung Pay. We recently reported that Samsung would begin offering the service in Sweden and now it has been released, but in Beta form. The contactless payment service is much like its competitors Apple Pay...
Samsung has finally launched the Samsung Pay mobile payment service in India after a lot of teasing around. A week ago, Samsung had started to invite users to sign up for an early access program for Samsung Pay, if you're one of them then you should be able to to...
Samsung's mobile payments system, named "Samsung Pay," allows users to utilize traditional credit card readers with which to make payments from their smartphone and now, even smartwatches get to cash in on the fun. It all started back when Samsung bought mobile payments startup company LoopPay for $250 million in early...
Google, the maker of the Android Operating System (OS), has had an anti-competitive Investigation launched against it by The South Korean Fair Trade Commission (FTC), to see whether it has obstructed Samsung's development of the Tizen platform to replace the Android OS on its mobiles. "We are currently checking if Google thwarted...
Samsung has big plans for Bixby, its upcoming AI that is poised to take on Amazon Echo, Microsoft's Cortana, Apple's Siri, and Google's new Google Assistant. And yet, just what plans Samsung has for Bixby are broadly understood but have yet to be laid out plainly to consumers (the upcoming...
While a dizzying array of connected gadgetry is vying for room on city leaders’ wish lists, industry experts advise less focus on the technology itself and more on industry partnerships that can build out smart cities. At the recent U.S. Conference of Mayors held in Washington, D.C., Joanne Hovis, president...
Brian Russell is a security expert with Leidos, chair of the Internet of Things Working Group and Cloud Security Alliance. He spoke to ReadWrite about his book "Practical Internet of Things Security" and issues facing the IoT security community. See also: 5 IoT cybersecurity predictions for the coming year How...
Samsung's mobile payment service Samsung Pay has become quite popular over time in a handful of countries where the service has been launched. However, despite numerous speculations in the past and India being a key market for the company with a huge number of customers, Samsung have still not rolled...
Samsung has been gradually bringing it's Samsung Pay service to newer markets. The company seems to be committed to expanding Samsung Pay operations to more countries even in 2017 as Samsung recently introduced the Samsung Pay service In the UAE (United Arab Emirates). Mashreq Bank happens to be the first...
Bixby is a name associated with Samsung these days, in large part because it has become the new and upcoming AI or voice command assistant for Samsung's "Galaxies." "Samsung Pay Mini" is another term associated with the Korean giant, referring to a watered-down version of its mobile payments system (an...
The Gear S3 Frontier is a rugged smartwatch designed for those who want a smartwatch that can handle life, and its ruggedness and the inclusion of certain sensors for barometric pressure and altitude indicates that the device is heavier than its predecessors (Gear S2, Gear S2 Classic). Whereas the Gear...
Samsung has been known for packing cutting-edge tech into its mobile devices while keeping them thin and light. Take the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge: announced last Spring, these devices pack the fast UFS 2.0 flash storage along with Samsung's Dual Pixel phase detection autofocus (PDAF) and the company's...
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