Samsung won't be charging anyone, including both card issuing banks and payment processors, for Samsung Pay when it rolls out its mobile payment system in Korea. And this may just be possibly setting the stage for a free U.S. version, as well, once it brings Samsung Pay to the U.S. this summer.
Everyone has felt the stress of a dying mobile phone battery and the hassle of carrying around a bundle of wires everywhere you go. In an effort to end this stress, designers are hoping to make 2015 the year of the wireless charger.
Though many believed that technology powerhouse Apple would prevail against what the company is calling a “patent troll”, this week Apple was ordered to pay $532.9 million in fines as a result of patent infringements. And while the petitioner, Smartflash won’t receive its full $852 million in damages, the ruling is setting a pretty hefty precedent for future lawsuits against the technological innovator.
Both CVS Health Corp. and Rite-Aid Corp. have disabled the ability for Apple Pay to make mobile transactions at the locations of the two drug store giants.
An informal meeting last week with big and small media companies set the stage for a potentially large makeover of phone booths in New York City. Google, Samsung and Cisco were just some of the names of 50 at the meeting in May, who were told that July 21 was the deadline for bid proposals.
On Thursday night, Samsung unveiled what was widely expected to be its response to the Apple iPad Air. Samsung's latest volley in the tablet wars comes in the form of two brilliant Super AMOLED screens in two sizes, both called the Samsung Galaxy Tab S.