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Samsung Pay Launches In The U.S.

security-devices Samsung Pay, the device maker’s competitor to rival NFC-based payment services including Apple Pay and Android Pay, is now live in the U.S. following its earlier launch in South Korea, where it saw over $30 million in transaction volume during its first month. The payments platform, based on technology acquired from LoopPay, gives Samsung what it hopes will be a competitive advantage in… Read More

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Oculus Positions VR For Primetime

Rift Today Oculus gave 1,500 developers at the Oculus Connect 2 conference (as well as those at home via livestream or on Gear VR a chance to watch) a look at how the consumer version of the Oculus Rift will roll out in Q1 2016, how Oculus plans to bring virtual reality to millions through the Samsung Gear VR, and how new platforms and controllers will expand the uses of Oculus Rift from games… Read More

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Samsung Preps Apple News Rival In Europe, Inks Axel Springer Deal

Samsung Galaxy s6 edge+ Web Browser Samsung has inked a strategic partnership with European media giant Axel Springer. The pair said they will work together on “digital media offerings exclusively for Samsung customers”, saying they will develop a range of “creative new services” to be brought to market “in 2016 and beyond”. Read More

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The Galaxy S6 Edge+ Is Samsung’s Answer To The iPhone 6 Plus

Today at a big press conference, Samsung announced two new flagship phones, the Samsung Galaxy Note 5, and its new sibling, the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+. While a Note update was highly anticipated, the S6 Edge+ is a new beast. And the best way to describe it is that its a direct iPhone 6 Plus competitor. Read More

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Samsung Touts Video Chops With Two More Big Screen Phones

Note5 GALAXY S6 edge+ As expected (and amply leaked), Samsung has today whipped back the curtain on a pair of new flagship smartphones, announcing two new phablets: the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 Edge+ at press events in New York and London. The focus for Samsung here is bigger handsets that can do more with multimedia content, letting the user make use of additional screen real-estate for video editing or… Read More

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Samsung Launches Samsung Pay In The U.S.

Samsung Unpacked 2015 NYC 01 Today at Samsung’s Unpacked 2015 event, the company announced that its mobile payment feature, Samsung Pay, is launching in the U.S. in September. In many ways, Samsung Pay works like Apple Pay. It lets seamlessly pay with your phone, and it should be very easy for merchants to add Samsung Pay support. Read More

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Samsung Pay Heads To Samsung’s Smart TVs

SmartPay_TV_Main_2 Last March Samsung announced Samsung Pay — a mobile payment offering which it hopes will go head to head with Apple Pay. The service has still not rolled out yet but Samsung is expanding its payment push to smart TVs, with the launch of Samsung Pay on TV — which it says will be coming to ‘select’ 2014 and 2015 Samsung smart TVs, initially in 32 countries. Read More

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Xiaomi Regains Top Spot In China’s Smartphone Market, Ahead Of Huawei And Apple

xiaomi7 Xiaomi regained its crown as the top smartphone firm in China during Q2 2015, according to reports from two analyst firms. The Chinese company, which is valued at more than $40 billion and recently launched in Brazil, topped the scales in China with 15.9 percent of all shipments, according to figures from Canalys’. Apple, which was first in China in the previous quarter, fell to third,… Read More

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