A few days ago, a typo on a Samsung billboard in London caught the attention of the internet thanks to the accidental inclusion of the word, “penis”. Obviously.
There are many ways of using a billboard to attract the attention of potential customers. Whether this was a deft marketing ploy or sheer idiocy, we will never know.
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Samsung have dropped two very clever ads for their recently-released Galaxy Gear smartwatch. While the watch itself has disappointed pundits with its limited battery life, and the fact that it can only work in conjunction with the Galaxy Note, Samsung may have regained some ground in the field of public perception with these two great TV spots for the product.
It’s finally here! The Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch has arrived…and it’s awesome. Here’s the low-down.
Have you always wanted a tablet? Do you get jealous of your friends when you see them swiping away on their sleek, easy to carry, insanely convenient tablets? We have a solution for you! Get your Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 right here for only R3,999.99 and never be jealous again!
Which means that it’s sitting somewhere on a scale between “appalling” and “this is a spoof commissioned by a reddit subthread”. We particularly enjoyed the neat categorisation of the clueless housewife, gaming asian guy, and bored porn addict/ponzi scheme architect.
Soon to be top of Christmas lists everywhere is the “smartwatch”. A month ago the rumour was confirmed that Apple plan to release their first smartwatch, the iWatch. Now, plans for Samsung’s watch, dubbed “Samsung Gear” or “Samsung Galaxy Gear”, have been revealed through a series of patent and trademark filings, and it looks pretty damn […]
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If you have a Samsung Galaxy S III, Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note II you could be first in line for Jay-Z’s new album. The American entrepreneur and hip-hop artist is giving away his Magna Carta Holy Grail album to one million owners of the above mentioned gadgets on 4 July, 72 hours before the album is released. The “JAY-Z […]
Has Samsung no shame? The smart phone company gained some bad publicity recently when information leaked regarding their payment of Taiwanese students to write bad reviews about opposition tech firm, HTC. At the time, the SouthKorean tech giant blamed their social media agency, but it looks like they could be back to their naughty ways.
The smartphone industry has become a boxing ring, with top companies – Samsung – taking a stab at competitors to benefit their product. Samsung was recently embarassed for paying college student to write reviews about their products and face them up against HTC, and they seem to back at it.
The launch of the iPhone 5s coulde be delayed until after June, due to problems with the new fingerprint-scanning feature that was designed by Apple in order to replace the passcode unlocking system.
Lee Young Hee, Executive Vice President of Samsung’s mobile business confirmed during an interview in South Korea that Samsung will indeed be making a smart watch. According to Hee this is not in respsonse to rumours that Apple is working on a watch. We’ve been preparing the watch product for so long. We are working very […]
The Samsung Galaxy S4 was unveiled yesterday at Radio City Hall, New York City after intense media hype. Here’s everything you need to know about Samsung’s new flagship phone, in a nutshell. Aesthetically, the S4 looks like a larger version of the S3 which means that it’s big. Very big. Too big? That’s up to the […]
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Yes, you read correctly. The Samsung Galaxy S IV is set to be able to track the movement of your eyes to scroll up or down, supposedly. The innovation is more likely to happen than not, considering the evidence. Although Samsung was tight lipped when questioned about the proposed eye scrolling, saying, “We don’t comment […]
Samsung Electronics Chariman, Lee Kun-hee was forced to fend for his fortune after estranged family members demanded that Lee hand over his shares in Samsung, which amount to billions of dollars. The shares were inherited by Kun-hee upon the death of his father. The courts ruled in favour of Mr Kun-hee today. Samsung Everland – the holding […]
It’s not every day that you can get a Samsung Smart TV for under R5,000. That’s exactly why this bad boy is today’s 2OV Deal. We’re keeping you in mind, as we scrape through the other junk out there. So you can live longer..
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International brand consultancy Interbrand released its rankings of the world’s biggest brands yesterday, and there are some interesting shifts to take note of. We’ve already reported on Google being ranked higher than Microsoft, but where do our other favourite brands fall in the world’s top ten?
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Earlier this week, we reported on the Samsung/Apple feud currently reaching new lows. It started with a series of Samsung print ads dissing the new iPhone 5. Not having it, Apple fanboys then responded with their own series of adverts – countering the arguments made in the Galaxy S3 ad. All eyes were on Samsung for their response to Apple’s response to Samsung’s response to the iPhone 5. And here it is: a new TV advert mocking fanboys waiting outside Apple stores whenever there is a new release. The tagline for the ad, referring to the Galaxy S3, reads: “The next big thing is already here.”
After the launch of the iPhone 5 last week, Samsung launched a print campaign mocking Apple’s products, employees and customers. They also used the opportunity to tout all the offerings of their own Galaxy S3 handset. Not having it, Apple fanboys immediately got to work on a response. Check it out inside.
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Apple’s Tim Cook and Samsung’s Choi Gee-sung were instructed by a San Francisco federal judge to meet for a two-day mediation to help resolve a high-profile US patent case. The companies are locked in bitter patent litigation all over the world, and the judge diarised the meeting to take place yesterday and today, with the intention of bringing one of the many cases to a close.
Nokia is no longer the world’s biggest selling cell phone manufacturer. For the first time ever, Korean handset manufacturer Samsung has outsold Nokia in the last quarter – by an estimated 93 million mobile phone units compared with Nokia’s 83 million. It’s also predicted that Samsung has outsold the iPhone in the smartphone market in recent months.