Samsung

Samsung Bixby Delay Underscores A.I. Problems

Nate Swanner, 

July 6, 2017

Wondering where Samsung’s Bixby is? The digital assistant is still limited to Korea, and a spokesperson said its English debut is delayed due to a lack …

Android Wear is in Trouble: Study

Nate Swanner, 

May 16, 2017

Things are not looking good for Android Wear. In a recent study from Strategy Analytics, Samsung’s Tizen has surpassed Google’s own wearable operating system in global …

Samsung Bixby: Do We Need Another Assistant?

Nate Swanner, 

March 31, 2017

If Samsung has its way, you’ll be using ‘Bixby’ on your new phone later this month. In conjunction with the launch of its S8 and S8 Plus …

Shocker: Android, iOS Dominate Mobile Landscape

Nick Kolakowski, 

January 3, 2017

For mobile developers, the landscape remains unchanged in 2017: the app ecosystem is neatly divided between Google Android and Apple’s iOS, while competing operating systems fight …

Samsung’s Viv May Emerge as A.I. Rival

Nick Kolakowski, 

November 7, 2016

Samsung seems ready to enter the digital-assistant game. According to Reuters, Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy 8 smartphone will feature a voice-activated artificial-intelligence app, similar to Apple’s Siri …

Samsung Note 7 Issues May Detonate Dev Program

Nate Swanner, 

October 11, 2016

The Samsung Note 7 is no longer in production. After several units caught fire for reasons that are still unclear, Samsung halted its supply chain to figure out …

Samsung: Cloud-Services Provider?

Nick Kolakowski, 

June 16, 2016

Say the word ‘Samsung,’ and most people will think smartphones and tablets. With the recent acquisition of Joyent, however, the tech giant seems intent on morphing …

Will Samsung Popularize Android Watch Apps?

Nick Kolakowski, 

August 20, 2015

While the Apple Watch’s success (or lack thereof) remains a point of considerable debate in the tech world, critics have surmised from the beginning that the …

The Brewing VR Platform War

Nick Kolakowski, 

July 22, 2015

In a new article on Polygon, HTC executive Jeff Gattis suggested that “mainstream” virtual reality is still three to five years away. HTC, of course, has …

Is Your Next Job Building VR Apps?

Nick Kolakowski, 

March 5, 2015

For the past several years, some of the world’s largest tech companies have used the annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona to show off their …