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Three cloud tech experts break down the emerging world of microservices and serverless computing

by Tom Krazit on July 6, 2017July 6, 2017 at 12:18 pmComment

The enormous impact that containers have had on modern software development is starting to produce new ways of thinking about application development, as developers start to see new openings for… Read More

Samsung is reportedly developing a voice-controlled speaker to compete with Amazon Echo

by Monica Nickelsburg on July 4, 2017July 4, 2017 at 7:57 amComment

Another day, another tech titan developing a smart speaker. A new report from The Wall Street Journal claims Samsung is working on its own voice-controlled home speaker to compete with… Read More

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Glympse location sharing comes to Samsung TVs, lets users track friends, family, pizza from couch

by Nat Levy on May 16, 2017May 16, 2017 at 10:49 amComment

In the past, people used to have ask their friends or family what they were up to, but now they can track loved ones’ progress, or the status of a… Read More

Samsung Galaxy S8 released, comes with Amazon camera search technology built in

by Nat Levy on April 21, 2017April 21, 2017 at 10:36 amComment

The Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphone hits stores today, and Amazon fans will notice a familiar experience. The smartphone comes with Amazon’s visual search technology, which can identify items, instantly look up… Read More

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Samsung Galaxy S8 will have business search capability within dialer app via Hiya partnership

by Taylor Soper on April 18, 2017April 18, 2017 at 9:17 am1 Comment

When you look up a phone number for a business or restaurant on your smartphone, doing a quick web search or scrolling through a third-party app are likely your best options. But the… Read More

Microsoft will sell its own custom version of Samsung’s new Galaxy S8 smartphone

by Taylor Soper on March 30, 2017March 31, 2017 at 10:13 pm1 Comment

Microsoft will sell its own version of Samsung’s newest flagship smartphone inside its brick-and-mortar retail stores. The Redmond-based tech giant said today that the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ “Microsoft… Read More

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Samsung unveils Galaxy S8 and S8+ smartphones with redesigned screen, launch date April 21

by Taylor Soper on March 29, 2017March 29, 2017 at 10:27 am 2 Comments

Samsung debuted its newest flagship smartphone on Wednesday, revealing the highly-anticipated Galaxy S8 device as the tech giant tries to rebound from a disastrous Note 7 launch last fall. The Galaxy… Read More

Samsung’s new digital assistant Bixby will debut on Galaxy S8, later expand to TVs and appliances

by Nat Levy on March 20, 2017March 20, 2017 at 8:44 amComment

Samsung says it will release its own voice assistant, rivaling the Alexas and Siris of the world, with the Galaxy S8 smartphone. The new digital assistant, known as Bixby, will… Read More

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Geared Up! The new Xbox Game Pass, and the future of smartphone design

by Clare McGrane on March 6, 2017June 10, 2017 at 8:25 pmComment

It’s going to be a formative year for smartphones: the highly anticipated Samsung S8 and the upcoming LG G6 are just two high-profile products coming out this year, and early glimpses indicate… Read More

Photos of Samsung Galaxy S8 leak, revealing design of highly-anticipated smartphone

by Taylor Soper on March 1, 2017March 1, 2017 at 10:57 am1 Comment

This might be the best look yet at Samsung’s highly-anticipated new flagship smartphone. Evan Blass, well-known for his smartphone leaks, posted a render of the Samsung Galaxy S8, set for… Read More

Samsung Gear VR gets a controller as company flexes virtual muscle at Mobile World Congress

by Nat Levy on February 27, 2017February 27, 2017 at 9:15 am1 Comment

Samsung’s Gear VR will join some of its virtual reality contemporaries with the announcement that it will soon get a controller to go along with the Oculus-powered headset. Announced at… Read More

Samsung reveals launch date for Galaxy S8 smartphone at Mobile World Congress

by Jillian Stampher on February 26, 2017February 26, 2017 at 1:13 pmComment

Samsung will unveil its Galaxy S8 on March 29, the company announced at Sunday’s press conference in Barcelona. The company unveiled two tablets at Mobile World Congress on Sunday, instead… Read More

Samsung unveils two new tablets, targeting Apple’s iPad and Microsoft’s Surface

by Jillian Stampher on February 26, 2017February 26, 2017 at 12:33 pmComment

Samsung has doubled down on tablets, unveiling not one, but two, at the company’s first major product announcement since the Galaxy Note 7 debacle. The company postponed the launch of the… Read More

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GearedUp! What really happened to the Note 7, a way to locate lost AirPods, and the tangled world of music streaming

by Clare McGrane on January 25, 2017June 10, 2017 at 9:08 pmComment

Eight months after reports began circulating of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 catching fire, the company has released a detailed report of the device and the battery issues that led to… Read More

Samsung doubles operating profit, announces buyback program after Galaxy Note 7 investigation

by Jillian Stampher on January 23, 2017January 23, 2017 at 4:46 pm 2 Comments

Samsung announced Monday that it will buy back or cancel approximately 9.3 trillion won ($8 billion) worth of shares after its fourth-quarter operating profit jumped 50 percent. The South Korean… Read More

Poll: Will you buy a Samsung phone again? Company releases results of Note 7 investigation

by Taylor Soper on January 23, 2017January 23, 2017 at 9:26 amComment

Now we know what caused Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 to keep blowing up last year. Samsung on Sunday released the results of an internal investigation that examined the reasons for what turned into… Read More

Samsung, not IBM, tops US patent wins in 2016, says Seattle public records startup Sqoop

by Nat Levy on January 11, 2017January 11, 2017 at 8:41 amComment

Samsung and its subsidiaries won the most patents of any company in 2016, according to a new report from Sqoop, a Seattle startup that helps journalists more efficiently mine public… Read More

Samsung partner Voicebox makes major job cuts in wake of Note 7 discontinuation

by Todd Bishop on January 5, 2017January 5, 2017 at 8:18 pm 5 Comments

Voicebox Technologies, which provides natural-language understanding technology for Samsung devices including the discontinued Galaxy Note 7, is cutting a significant portion of its workforce, citing “a combination of unforeseen circumstances.” The… Read More

Samsung doubles down on smart refrigerators with second generation of tablet-as-a-door technology

by Nat Levy on January 4, 2017January 8, 2017 at 3:14 pmComment

Last year Samsung raised eyebrows when it slapped a giant 21.5-inch LCD touch screen on the front of a refrigerator. This year, Samsung is going even further with that technology, adding… Read More

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CES: Samsung faces up to Note 7 recall, promises root-cause report ‘very soon’

by Todd Bishop on January 4, 2017May 31, 2017 at 11:16 am 2 Comments

LAS VEGAS — Opening its news conference here at CES this afternoon, Samsung didn’t shy away from the company’s biggest news story of the year: the recall of the Samsung… Read More

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Samsung and Google unveil Chromebooks with built-in stylus, challenging Microsoft Surface and Apple iPad Pro

by Todd Bishop on January 4, 2017May 31, 2017 at 11:26 amComment

LAS VEGAS — Samsung today is unveiling a pair of new Google notebooks, the Intel-powered Chromebook Pro and ARM-powered Chromebook Plus, bringing two higher-end options to the line of budget-oriented… Read More

Sticky-note printer could change the way you jot down reminders

by John Cook on January 4, 2017January 4, 2017 at 12:59 amComment

LAS VEGAS — Want to create your own sticky note? Mangoslab, which spun out of Samsung Electronics last year, showed off a small “sticky note printer” called the Nemonic that… Read More

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Top Tech of 2016: The best phones of the year, and more of our favorite technologies

by Todd Bishop on December 31, 2016June 10, 2017 at 9:18 pm 2 Comments

A year-end tradition on our GeekWire radio show and podcast is to bring in tech reviewer Andru Edwards of Gear Live to share his favorite consumer electronics products and gadgets of the… Read More

T-Mobile rolls out update to shut down remaining Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones

by Nat Levy on December 28, 2016December 28, 2016 at 10:56 am 2 Comments

T-Mobile is the first of the major wireless carriers to roll out an update for Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones to brick the remaining devices that haven’t already exploded or been… Read More

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Super Mario Run: Tips, tricks and takeaways for Nintendo’s first Mario game for iOS

by Todd Bishop on December 15, 2016June 10, 2017 at 9:38 pm1 Comment

Nintendo released its first Mario game for smartphones and tablets today, Super Mario Run, available for $9.99 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. So what does this mean for Apple… Read More

Samsung to shut down the few remaining Galaxy Note 7s that haven’t blown up or been exchanged

by Nat Levy on December 9, 2016December 9, 2016 at 10:57 am1 Comment

That’s one way to phase out a phone. Samsung says it will release an update for the Galaxy Note 7 later this month that will render the notoriously explosive smartphones useless. The update,… Read More

Samsung’s cloud consultancy is growing in Seattle, reinforcing region’s infrastructure cred

by Dan Richman on November 25, 2016November 24, 2016 at 8:11 am1 Comment

A cloud technology unit within Samsung has been quietly growing its presence in Seattle, in another sign of the region’s status as a global center for cloud infrastructure. Samsung SDS America‘s cloud-native group is… Read More

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How would you cope without a smartphone? A GeekWire reporter’s eye-opening experience

by Todd Bishop on November 5, 2016June 11, 2017 at 7:43 am 5 Comments

“A part of me was gone yesterday.” That’s how GeekWire reporter Taylor Soper felt this week when his Samsung Galaxy S7 — not the recalled Galaxy Note 7, to be… Read More

Oh, burn! President Obama jokes about exploding Samsung phones to make healthcare point

by Kurt Schlosser on October 20, 2016October 20, 2016 at 9:02 pm1 Comment

President Obama dropped that line like it was hot. In a speech in Miami on Thursday, while making a point about the need to fix, not scrap, his universal healthcare… Read More

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GeekWire Radio at Fox’s Seattle: Amazon’s grocery stores, Samsung’s bad week, and iOS 10 secrets

by Todd Bishop on October 14, 2016June 11, 2017 at 8:15 amComment

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: We talk about Amazon’s mysterious grocery store plans, analyze the impact of Samsung pulling the Galaxy Note 7 from the market, and stage an… Read More

Three cloud tech experts break down the emerging world of microservices and serverless computing

Samsung is reportedly developing a voice-controlled speaker to compete with Amazon Echo

Samsung Galaxy S8 released, comes with Amazon camera search technology built in

Samsung Galaxy S8 will have business search capability within dialer app via Hiya partnership

Microsoft will sell its own custom version of Samsung’s new Galaxy S8 smartphone

Samsung unveils Galaxy S8 and S8+ smartphones with redesigned screen, launch date April 21

Samsung’s new digital assistant Bixby will debut on Galaxy S8, later expand to TVs and appliances

Geared Up! The new Xbox Game Pass, and the future of smartphone design

Photos of Samsung Galaxy S8 leak, revealing design of highly-anticipated smartphone

Samsung Gear VR gets a controller as company flexes virtual muscle at Mobile World Congress

Samsung reveals launch date for Galaxy S8 smartphone at Mobile World Congress

Samsung unveils two new tablets, targeting Apple’s iPad and Microsoft’s Surface

GearedUp! What really happened to the Note 7, a way to locate lost AirPods, and the tangled world of music streaming

Samsung doubles operating profit, announces buyback program after Galaxy Note 7 investigation

Poll: Will you buy a Samsung phone again? Company releases results of Note 7 investigation

Samsung, not IBM, tops US patent wins in 2016, says Seattle public records startup Sqoop

Samsung partner Voicebox makes major job cuts in wake of Note 7 discontinuation

Samsung doubles down on smart refrigerators with second generation of tablet-as-a-door technology

CES: Samsung faces up to Note 7 recall, promises root-cause report ‘very soon’

Samsung and Google unveil Chromebooks with built-in stylus, challenging Microsoft Surface and Apple iPad Pro

Sticky-note printer could change the way you jot down reminders

Top Tech of 2016: The best phones of the year, and more of our favorite technologies

T-Mobile rolls out update to shut down remaining Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones

Super Mario Run: Tips, tricks and takeaways for Nintendo’s first Mario game for iOS

Samsung to shut down the few remaining Galaxy Note 7s that haven’t blown up or been exchanged

Samsung’s cloud consultancy is growing in Seattle, reinforcing region’s infrastructure cred

How would you cope without a smartphone? A GeekWire reporter’s eye-opening experience

Oh, burn! President Obama jokes about exploding Samsung phones to make healthcare point

GeekWire Radio at Fox’s Seattle: Amazon’s grocery stores, Samsung’s bad week, and iOS 10 secrets

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