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Samsung Electronics flags 25% plunge in Q2 profit

Samsung estimated Tuesday that its operating profit would plunge nearly 25 percent on year in the second quarter of 2014, as cheap Chinese devices and a strong won hammered down its share of the global smartphone market.

Samsung Electronics flags 25% plunge in Q2 profit
A Samsung Gear Live smartwatch. ©Reuters/Elijah Nouvelage
Samsung, LG launch smartwatches with new Google software

South Korea's Samsung and LG launched rival smartwatches powered by Google's new software as they jostle to lead an increasingly competitive market for wearable devices seen as the mobile industry's next growth booster.

Samsung, LG launch smartwatches with new Google software
Samsung's new Tizen phone touted for bigger things

Samsung on Tuesday unwrapped its new smartphone using the Tizen platform, a move aimed at breaking away from Google's Android and staking a claim to the "Internet of Things."

Samsung's new Tizen phone touted for bigger things
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Apple, Google call truce in smartphone patent war

The technology titans behind the top two smartphone platforms in the world called a truce Friday in a long-running patent war.

Apple, Google call truce in smartphone patent war
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Samsung promises compensation over cancer claims

Samsung Electronics promised on Wednesday to pay compensation to a number of employees who claim they contracted cancer from working at the company's semiconductor plants.

Samsung promises compensation over cancer claims
Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-Hee. ©Reuters/Lee Jae-Won
Samsung chief has emergency heart operation

The head of Samsung Group, South Korea's largest business empire, underwent an emergency operation Sunday after developing symptoms of heart failure, hospital officials said.

Samsung chief has emergency heart operation
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China's Xiaomi leads Asia's low-cost smartphone drive

Xiaomi may be little known outside China, but the fast-growing smartphone maker is at the forefront of a new wave of Asian brands challenging the dominance of Apple and Samsung with high-spec, low-price phones.

China's Xiaomi leads Asia's low-cost smartphone drive
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Mixed verdict in Samsung-Apple patent trial

Jurors on Friday ordered Samsung to pay just a fraction of the big-money damages sought by Apple in a high-stakes Silicon Valley case over smartphone patents.

Mixed verdict in Samsung-Apple patent trial
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Samsung phone explosion investigation comes to halt

Samsung Electronics Kazakhstan cannot continue the investigation of the Samsung Galaxy S2 explosion that left a first grader from Astana with burns of third-degree.

Samsung phone explosion investigation comes to halt
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Apple, Samsung make final pitches in high-stakes trial

Apple and Samsung made their final pitches to jurors on Tuesday in a big-money smartphone patent trial playing out in the heart of Silicon Valley.

Apple, Samsung make final pitches in high-stakes trial
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Samsung Galaxy explodes in child's pocket in Kazakhstan

A Samsung Galaxy S2 has exploded in a first-grader’s pocket in Astana causing substantial leg burns.

Samsung Galaxy explodes in child's pocket in Kazakhstan
New Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphones. ©Reuters/Albert Gea
Samsung Galaxy S5 makes global debut

The latest version of Samsung's flagship Galaxy smartphone went on sale worldwide Friday, days after the electronics giant announced it was facing a second consecutive quarter of profit decline.

Samsung Galaxy S5 makes global debut
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Samsung 'selfie' flap now in hands of lawyers: White House

The controversy over a "selfie" photo of President Barack Obama and baseball star David Ortiz now is in the hands of attorneys, a White House official said on Sunday.

Samsung 'selfie' flap now in hands of lawyers: White House
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Apple vs Samsung case to start before fresh jury

Jurors were selected Monday for a high-stakes patent battle between smartphone rivals Apple and Samsung, setting the stage for attorneys to open fire regarding who copied innovations.

Apple vs Samsung case to start before fresh jury
S.Korea's Samsung SDI absorbs materials unit

Samsung SDI, the world's largest smartphone battery maker, said Monday it would absorb an affiliate producing electronic chemical materials, in the latest restructuring of the giant Samsung Group.

S.Korea's Samsung SDI absorbs materials unit
Samsung irked by early Galaxy S5 release in South Korea

Samsung voiced annoyance Thursday after South Korean telecoms operators released its latest smartphone ahead of schedule in order to dodge sales restrictions imposed by regulators.

Samsung irked by early Galaxy S5 release in South Korea
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Judge rejects Apple bid to ban Samsung devices

A federal judge Thursday rejected Apple's request to ban an array of Samsung smartphones and tablets found to have infringed on patents held by the US tech giant.

Judge rejects Apple bid to ban Samsung devices
Samsung launches flagship Galaxy S5 smartphone

Samsung unveiled Monday its new flagship Galaxy S5 smartphone armed with a fingerprint scanner and a built-in heart rate sensor to defend its place as the world's industry leader.

Samsung launches flagship Galaxy S5 smartphone
Smartphone giants want your body

Smartphone makers are fighting for space on your wrist and your head; lucrative real estate for a new wave of high-tech devices if only they can persuade you to wear them.

Smartphone giants want your body
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LG to launch new smartwatch this year: CEO

LG will launch its first smartwatch in 2014, the head of its mobile unit said Monday, tapping into the nascent market for wearable devices seen as the mobile industry's new source of growth.

LG to launch new smartwatch this year: CEO