DJ Koh, head of Samsung’s mobile business, also tells CNET he plans to launch the Bixby-powered speaker later this year.
Source: CNET
The Galaxy S9’s prices and discounts are all over the place, depending on where you buy it. Let us help you sort it all out.
Source: CNET
And they tried to make it look like North Korea did it, according to The Washington Post.
Source: CNET
If you’re interested in getting the new Galaxy S9 or S9 Plus, Samsung can give you cash back for your old phone.
Source: CNET
Samsung may be playing it safe by focusing on the GS9’s camera, but it likely will take bigger risks later this year.
Source: CNET
With more money flowing into a shrinking number of deals, the average startup funding round is getting bigger. And it’s not by a small margin, either. Supergiant funding rounds are coming to dominate the funding landscape at all stages. Here we take a look at this growing phenomenon, what it means and what might be happening “under the hood” in supergiant seed rounds. Read More
Source: TechCrunch
We’ve known for a while that Samsung’s been planning an Animoji competitor for its latest handset. Now that we’ve actually seen (the admittedly clunkily named) AR Emoji in action, we can testify to the fact that it’s some combination of compelling and creepy. That last part first. Like the iPhone X, the Galaxy S9 takes advantage of its on-board face scanning technology… Read More
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This week we’re bringing you a special edition of CTRL+T, the podcast that examines TechCrunch stories through a cultural lens. You might have heard that Marvel released a film called Black Panther last week and it saw near-record crowds descend on theaters all over the world. The CTRL+T podcast team was among them. We headed to Oakland on an unseasonably cold-for-California evening… Read More
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If you were having any doubts about Samsung’s commitment to its DeX, consider them assuaged. The company introduced its smartphone docking hardware with the Galaxy S8 and has talked up a new version for every big phone release since then — and today’s big Galaxy S9 reveal is no different. We were pretty lukewarm on the idea — or at least skeptical of how big a niche such… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
The new S9 looks almost like last year’s S8, and that’s completely intentional.
Source: Wired