SEOUL Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee appeared at South Korea’s special prosecutor’s office on Thursday before a court hearing that will decide whether to issue an arrest warrant over his role in a corruption scandal that has engulfed President Park Geun-hye. South Korea’s special prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday it had expanded charges against Lee to include hiding the proceeds of a criminal act, as well […]
Wednesday 14:30 GMT Overview Global equities were on track to close at all-time highs as Wall Street hovers near record levels in the wake of comments from Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen. And Ms Yellen’s more hawkish than forecast rhetoric has been backed up on Wednesday by stronger than expected US retail sales and inflation data that are pushing up the dollar and bond yields, while leaving […]
Facebook‘s next target platform is everyone’s TVs, after staking a firm foothold in both desktop and mobile spaces. Yes, the world’s largest social networking site is pushing to inch its presence toward a platform it postdates, which is odd, if slightly amusing. Facebook Arrives On Your TV The company said on Tuesday it has built a connected video app for TVs, promising that the new app will […]
An arrest warrant for Samsung boss Lee Jae-yong has been filed for a second time by special prosecutors investigating the Korean political scandal involving the country’s president. Investigators grilled Lee, the de facto boss of the entire Samsung business group, on Monday for 15 hours as a suspect. The court will review the filing Friday and decide whether to arrest him pending trial. He faces bribery charges […]
SEOUL South Korean special prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday it is seeking an arrest warrant for Samsung Group [SAGR.UL] leader Jay Y. Lee as part of its investigation into a graft scandal that could topple President Park Geun-hye. The special prosecution said it would also seek an arrest warrants for Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) President Park Sang-jin. It did not elaborate or say what charges it […]
Apple stock hit a new all-time high on Monday, driven by investor optimism about a coming iPhone sales “supercycle” and hopes that its $230bn in overseas cash might soon be put to greater use. It has taken two years for Apple to surpass its record closing price of $133 in February 2015, despite briefly breaking above that level during intraday trading at $134.54 in April of that […]
The highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus are not official yet, but Samsung India has already launched what looks like a support page for the larger smartphone. Samsung had a bit of a mixed year in 2016, tasting both success and failure with its flagships. While the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge proved popular and raised plenty of interest, the Galaxy Note 7 was […]
SEOUL Samsung Group [SAGR.UL] leader Jay Y. Lee appeared at the South Korean special prosecutor’s office on Monday for questioning as part of a wider investigation into an influence-peddling scandal that could topple President Park Geun-hye. Lee is accused of pledging 43 billion won ($37.31 million) to a business and organizations backed by Park’s friend, Choi Soon-sil, in exchange for support for a 2015 merger of two […]
The Samsung Galaxy S8 series has been the talk of the town. Be it the rumored curved display or the speculations that the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus will most probably adopt a 3,000 mAh and 3500 mAh battery, respectively. While people were actually debating whether Samsung will be using which batteries, notable leakster Evan Blass who goes by the Twitter handle @evleaks has given more fodder to […]
An update to Cortana — Microsoft’s digital assistant infused with artificial intelligence—enables it to recognize and make note when people promise in messages to tend to tasks Microsoft virtual assistant Cortana began holding people to their promises on Thursday. At least, to commitments made in email messages. “Now, Cortana can help you remember things you’ve said you would do in your emails—without you even having to […]
SEOUL South Korea’s special prosecutor said it would again summon Samsung Group scion Jay Y. Lee on Monday to question him on suspicion of bribery, as it investigates a graft scandal that has engulfed the country’s president. Last month, special prosecution officials questioned 48-year-old Lee for more than 22 hours straight, but a court rejected a warrant to arrest him in the inquiry into a scandal that […]
Kevin and I spent about half of the time on MobileTechRoundup show #390 talking about wearables with the new Android Wear and more. Image: ZDNet Google announces LG Watches and Android Wear 2.0 Strava and RunKeeper get standalone AW 2.0 apps! LG continues to tease the LG G6 Nougat rolling out for Honor 8 Google Assistant on Pixel gains some smart home smarts $1000 iPhone? May have […]
Imagine if the Lenovo Yoga Book’s unique design was available on a smartphone? Over the Christmas holiday, I started testing the Lenovo Yoga Book— the Android and Windows versions—and found its clamshell laptop-like design to be one of the most innovative I’ve seen in the past five years. Both sides of the Yoga Book have a screen. One side is […]
In this Feb. 8, 2017, photo, a Google Chromebook displays Candy Crush Saga in New York. Google Chromebook laptops are impractical for many people because they’re little more than expensive paperweights when they’re out of range of an internet connection. Yet they’ve defied expectations and made tremendous inroads in one of the least likely places: U.S. schools. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) The Google Chromebook, a type of stripped-down […]
Here’s how you can add wireless charging to your iPhone, quickly, cheaply, and easily. See also: Does your iPhone have a battery drain problem? Here’s what you need: A wireless charging receiver card for your iPhone. A quick search of somewhere like Amazon will turn up a number of solutions, such as BEZALEL I6 Qi wireless charger receiver patch module (price at publication is $16.25). A Qi-compatible […]
Image by Ji Mizell Samsung released two variations of the Gear S3 smartwatch to appeal to a greater niche of users. The Gear S3 Frontier, the outdoor version of its sleeker brother the Gear S3 Classic, is big. It is thicker and wider than its predecessor the Gear S2. My reaction to smartwatches up until now has been they look like toys. I am the kind of […]
By Emily Stephenson and David Shepardson | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will huddle with chief executives of major U.S. companies on Friday as the business community finds itself increasingly split over how to respond to his policies. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick on Thursday quit the business leaders’ group, a panel selected by Trump in December, under pressure from activists over Trump’s week-old executive order halting travel […]
The successor of Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) – dubbed the Galaxy J7 92017) has been spotted on GFXBench, which offers a peek into the impending handset. This is not the first time, the smartphone has leaked online. The latest leak of the Galaxy J7 (2017) offer more insight into the handset. The listing on the benchmarking database reveals that Samsung Galaxy (J7 2017) carries the model number […]
Samsung Electronics is discussing a battery supply deal with Japan’s Murata Manufacturing for batteries for its upcoming Galaxy S8, Nikkei reports. According to the report, Murata last July announced that it will acquire Sony’s battery operations, with the deal to be completed in April. Samsung was reportedly impressed with the performance and reliability of Sony’s lithium-ion batteries. The South Korean tech giant last month announced the findings […]
Samsung Electronics will launch Samsung Pay Mini, the company has announced, which will offer online payment services for all Android-powered smartphones. To be launched within the first quarter, the new app will also allow non-Samsung Android phones to use Samsung Pay services such as membership, lifestyle, and transportation. They will not be able to use offline payments using a reader, however, as offline payment support requires Samsung’s […]
Starting Tuesday, Comcast will allow its customers to use Roku as a secondary cable box. Those who have a Roku — one of the best streaming devices around — released in the last couple of years or a Roku TV can install the Xfinity TV app and try the feature out before it heads for a wide rollout later in 2017. Xfinity TV For Roku The news comes nearly […]
Donald Trump may soon replace his old Android handset with a more secured one as rumored and he may have a new option with his own face handy. Caviar, a Russian company, is offering a gold-plated iPhone 7 with Trump’s and Vladimir Putin’s portrait embossed on it. As reported by Tech Times earlier, some of the most secured handsets which could be considered by President Trump were the Blackphone […]
We are in between CES and Mobile World Congress, but as you can hear in MobileTechRoundup show #389 Kevin and I still have plenty of mobile tech to chat about. Image: ZDNet Someone on the show sold a Pixel. How many did Google sell? Thoughts on a potential Android One program in the U.S. Samsung reveals Note 7 battery investigation results Google releases final Android Wear 2.0 […]
It’s not easy being a tablet maker if Android is your operating system of choice and the premium end of the market are your target, because Apple controls so much of that tablet business. But there is a market, and ASUS, which has produced some very good tablets in the past, is prepared to stick with it. That’s good news, as the ZenPad 3S 10 has a […]
