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If little Johnny thought Build-a-Bear had nothing for his tech-savvy toddler sensibilities, he’d better think again. The plush toy-seller has just launched a new high-tech store concept that it hopes will help re-engage children otherwise distracted with tablets, phones and game consoles. The new additions include a 55-inch interactive digital sign out front, with touchscreen Continue Reading →

Good news: The iPhone 5 doesn’t just feel light in your hand, it will also feel light in your electric bill. The energy-consumption researchers at Opower on Thursday released a study showing that Apple’s newest smartphone costs just $0.41 per year to charge, or $0.12 less than the Samsung Galaxy S III. In fact, Opower Continue Reading →

It seems like every consumers electronics company is accused of copying Apple at some point, and while the Cupertino-based giant may or may not have been inspired by some of LG’s work in the past, LG sister company LG Display is now taking a page out of Apple’s playbook… by suing Samsung. The Wall Street Continue Reading →

We’re starting to suspect that Samsung has a thing for special events. The company just asked us to clear our calendars for an evening presentation in New York City on October 24th, teasing that the “Next Big Thing” has arrived. It’s easy to make the connection to the Galaxy Note line with a stylus front Continue Reading →

Samsung Galaxy S3 owners are subject to a vulnerability that can actually be fixed with an over-the-air update. Samsung today said that users can install a security update over the air that will safeguard them from a vulnerability that could allow someone to remotely delete all of their personal data from the handset. Security researcher Continue Reading →

Samsung is alleging juror misconduct in new court filings asking a federal judge to throw out Apple’s billion-dollar jury verdict and allow a new trial. In a flurry of court documents, Samsung’s attorneys list a series of cases, including ones that federal courts in California must follow, in which juror misconduct prompted a new trial. Continue Reading →

Photos that appeared online over the weekend appear to have been taken with an as yet unannounced Samsung phone, which seemingly fits in with Samsung’s Nexus device naming system. The data attached to the shots say they were taken with a device Samsung’s labelled the GT-i9260, which you might reasonably expect to be an update Continue Reading →

Owners of Samsung Galaxy SII and SIII smartphones may want to take care when opening web links received via QR, NFC or push messages, after a security researcher showed that the handsets are potentially vulnerable to being remotely wiped. Ravi Borgaonkar, a researcher in the Security in Communications department at Technical University Berlin, demonstrated the Continue Reading →

Semiconductors are big business. In fact, chips represent $30 billion of Samsung’s estimated $140 billion revenue. Despite their rivalry in smartphones, Apple is Samsung’s largest applications process customer and uses various components, such as semiconductors and display products (see the Quarterly Application Processor Market Share Tracker from Strategy Analytics). “Samsung semiconductor is not fighting against Continue Reading →

Samsung has begun rolling out the Android ‘Jelly Bean’ 4.1 update for its flagship Galaxy S III handset, beginning in eastern Europe. Early on Monday morning, the first forum reports emerged of the update becoming available in Poland, through Samsung’s Kies synchronisation software. Other eastern European countries such as Romania also seem to be getting Continue Reading →