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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.
08 July 2014
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.
26 June 2014
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."
04 June 2014
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.
17 May 2014
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.
14 May 2014
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.
11 May 2014
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.
11 May 2014
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.
03 May 2014
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.
02 May 2014
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.
30 April 2014
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.
24 April 2014
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.
12 April 2014
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.
07 April 2014
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.
01 April 2014
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.
31 March 2014
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.
27 March 2014
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.
07 March 2014
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.
25 February 2014
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.
25 February 2014
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.
24 February 2014