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Samsung is a South Korean multinational conglomerate headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul. It comprises numerous affiliated businesses, most of them united under the Samsung brand, and is the largest South Korean business conglomerate.

Samsung Galaxy 2019 Unpacked event taking place on February 20

Samsung has announced that it will be holding its Samsung Galaxy 2019 Unpacked event on February 20. In an invitation sent out to the press, a vertically-oriented "10" is displayed, which leaves no doubt about what will be announced. The 10 also refers to the fact that this year marks the 10th anniversary of the Galaxy S family.
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Verizon and Samsung plan to release 5G smartphone in U.S. in first half of 2019

Verizon and Samsung plan to bring one of the first commercial 5G smartphones to market in the first half of 2019. The companies will unveil a proof of concept, powered by the upcoming flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile Platform with the Snapdragon X50 5G NR modem and antenna modules with integrated RF transceiver, RF front-end and antenna elements, at the annual Qualcomm Snapdragon Technology Summit in Maui this week.
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Samsung’s unveils 8nm Exynos 9820 with dedicated NPU

Samsung has unveiled its flagship chipset for 2019, the Exynos 9820. The 9820 builds on the strengths of this year's 9810 — which powered the global variants of the Galaxy S9 and Note 9 — by introducing a fourth-gen CPU and an LTE modem that can hit up to 2Gbps with 8x carrier aggregation.
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Linux on DeX enters Private Beta

When it was first demoed at last year’s Samsung Developer Conference in San Francisco, Linux on DeX generated significant buzz within the developer community by presenting a simple and convenient way to use Samsung DeX to build apps within a Linux development environment.
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Samsung Foldable Phone

Samsung unveils foldable phone

Samsung today unveiled its much-anticipated foldable phone and urged Android programmers to start writing apps for the product. The company described its Infinity Flex Display as "the foundation of the smartphone of tomorrow" and said it intended to start production within months.
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Samsung to Acquire Zhilabs Expanding AI-Based Automation Portfolio

Samsung today announced its acquisition of Zhilabs, known for its Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based network and service analytics, to further enhance its 5G capabilities. The acquisition lays the foundation for Samsung to foster its 5G offerings of automation and network analytics to finely tune the customer experiences in the 5G era.
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Exynos Modem 5100, Industry’s First 5G Modem

Samsung today announced that it has developed Exynos Modem 5100, the industry’s first 5G modem that is fully compatible with 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 15 (Rel.15), the most up-to-date standard specification for 5G New Radio (5G-NR).
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Galaxy Note 9 vs Galaxy Note 8

The Galaxy Note 9’s all-day, 4,000mAh battery is the largest ever featured in a Galaxy flagship phone, and offers enough charge to power through an entire day’s worth of work, play, and everything in between.
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Samsung Announces Second Quarter 2018 Results

Samsung released its official Q2 2018 earnings results today and results are in line with the guidance that Samsung issued earlier this month. It posted 58.48 trillion won or about $52 billion in revenue compared to 61 trillion won or $54.7 billion in the same period last year, a 4 percent dip.
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Samsung ‘Unbreakable’ OLED Display certified by UL

Samsung Display announced today that its recently-developed, unbreakable smartphone panel has just been officially verified by UL (Underwriters Laboratories), an official testing company for OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor.
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Samsung Launches the Notebook 5 and Notebook 3

Samsung today announced the Samsung Notebook 5 and Notebook 3, completing the Notebook portfolio. With a seamless, fluid design and embedded with the latest hardware balancing speed, power and usability, these Notebooks are made for the everyday computing experience that fuses comfort, performance and style.
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Samsung Galaxy s9 and S9+ unveiled and it’s all about the battery

Samsung has officially unveiled the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+. The first thing that's immediately noticeable upon picking up a Galaxy S9 or Galaxy S9+ is just how similar they are to their predecessors. The same 5.8- and 6.2-inch displays (for the S9 and S9+ respectively) dominate the devices' front; an aluminum strip goes around the edges, and a glass back shimmers.
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Galaxy S8 and S8+ Rose Pink launches in UK

With Valentines Day coming up next month, manufacturers appear to be launching "romantic" colours in time for that special day. Earlier this week LG announced a beautiful Raspberry Rose edition of the LG V30 and Samsung has today announced the launch of the Rose Pink version of the Galaxy S8 and S8+ smartphone in the UK.
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Security

Samsung Launches Mobile Security Rewards Program

Samsung today announced the launch of its inaugural Mobile Security Rewards Program, a new vulnerability rewards program which invites members of the security community to assess the integrity of Samsung’s mobile devices and associated software.
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The S Pen of the Galaxy Note8

Since its launch, the S Pen has been the defining feature of the Note series, and has helped users unlock unique ways to interact with their devices – and their loved ones.
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BlackBerry KEYone

BlackBerry KEYone will not ship until May

TCL initially unveiled the BlackBerry KEYone at CES 2017, and then again at Mobile World Congress in February. After both "unveilings", the device was expected to ship in April but BlackBerry CEO John Chen today revealed that the KEYone will now not ship until at least late May.
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Galaxy S8

Samsung unveils Galaxy S8 and S8+

Samsung have uncovered the latest iteration of their flagship series, the Galaxy S8 at the Unpacked event in New York. The S8 will come in two sizes, the 5.8-inch S8 and 6.2-inch S8+ and will feature a curved ‘infinity display’ formerly seen on the ‘edge’ models as standard.
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Samsung to offer Refurbished Note 7s

Samsung has announced its plans for recycling, and refurbishing, the millions of recalled Note 7 devices. The company has established three principles to ensure that Galaxy Note 7 devices are recycled and processed in an environmentally-friendly manner.
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BlockChain

IBM Launches Blockchain as a Service

IBM has launched the first enterprise-strength Blockchain as a Service, based on The Linux Foundation's open source Hyperledger Fabric version 1.0. IBM Blockchain, which lets developers quickly establish highly secure blockchain networks on the IBM cloud
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Samsung and Verizon First 5G Customer Trials Set to Begin in Mid 2017

Samsung and Verizon have completed deployment of 5G systems in five U.S. cities in preparation to begin customer trials of 5G technology. The customer trials, beginning in April, will deliver fixed wireless access to customers through 5G connectivity in order to gauge user experiences, evaluate the performance of 5G technologies, and help streamline the delivery of mmWave 5G across various environments.
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Tizen SDK Makes a new start as Tizen Studio

The existing Tizen SDK was released in accordance with the Tizen platform. Since there was an SDK program for each platform, this meant developers had to install several SDK programs if they wished to develop for several platforms.
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Samsung Gear S3 vs Gear S2

Samsung today unveiled the Gear S3, a striking and innovative smartwatch. Inspired by traditional timepieces, the Gear S3 includes IP68 water resistance, mobile payments, LTE connectivity and built-in GPS.
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Samsung Pay Launches in Brazil July 19

Samsung announced today that Brazil will roll out Samsung Pay on July 19, with major financial partners, making it the first market in South America to introduce the company’s mobile payment service.
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