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PRIVACY GROUP WANTS TO SUE JAY-Z & SAMSUNG OVER WACK MAGNA CARTA HOLY GRAIL APP (DETAILS)

In News on July 16, 2013 at 5:40 pm

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A privacy group wants to sue Jay-Z amd Samsung because their recent Magna Carta Holy Grail app, they claim, invaded downlader’s privacy. “Samsung failed to disclose material information about the privacy practices of the app,” Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) said in a call for investigation filed with the Federal Trade Commission this week.
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1 IN 3 AMERICANS OWN A TABLET: SAMSUNG (DETAILS)

In TECH on July 11, 2013 at 7:58 pm

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Most of what we post here is written on a Samsung device, specifically our beloved Galaxy Note 2. But once in a while we break out the HP Touchpad tablet loaded with Gingerbread and Cyanogenmod. We know: so 2011.
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DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE OF MAGNA CARTA HOLY GRAIL (PHOTOS)

In Lifestyle on July 5, 2013 at 12:12 pm

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If you are a Samsung Galaxy S3 or Note2 owner its likely you’ve heard Jay-Z’s newest album Magna Carta Holy Grail. MCHG was certified platinum by the RIAA a few days ago after the recording industry body changed the rules as to how sales of an album are measured.

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JAY-Z & SAMSUNG BORROW A PAGE FROM BJORK (DETAILS)

In Lifestyle, TECH on June 17, 2013 at 12:16 pm

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If Jay-Z’s announcement with Samsung last night during Game 5 of the NBA Finals looked familiar its because it does. Two or three years ago Icelandic singer Bjork announced that her album Biophilia’s songs would be released as apps via the iPad. Whereas those songs incorporated lessons on science for school children, Jay-Z’s Magna Carta Holy Grail, his forthcoming album,offers a different type of education. On marketing.
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RECAP: BRUNO MARS X SAMSUNG X BEST BUY LAUNCH PARTY (PHOTOS)

In Lifestyle on April 29, 2013 at 3:46 pm

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Last Thursday Samsung’s newest partnership with Best Buy was unveiled in NYC’s Financial District in a former bank near Wall Street. The Korean software and hardware giant treated the press and invited guests to a party rocked out by Bruno Mars and Rev Run.

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TINY MIAMI BASED CELLPHONE COMPANY AIMS TO RIVAL SAMSUNG & THE BIG BOYS (DETAILS)

In Latino, TECH on March 28, 2013 at 9:16 am

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You’ve probably never heard of BLU Products, the upstart Tiny Tim cell phone company, based in Miami,  that could. If you were living in Latin America, where BLU’s core customer reside, its very likely you would be reading this story on one of its Android cellphones. Come April, you might join its ranks.

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SXSW 2013: PRINCE TO PERFORM ON SAMSUNG STAGE (DETAILS)

In Lifestyle, TECH on March 12, 2013 at 11:30 am

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This. Is. Epic: His Purple Majesty Prince will perform on Thursday at SXSW,  Mashable is reporting. “Having Prince in Austin at his first SXSW show will truly be a one night only experience that our Samsung Galaxy owners and friends will remember for years to come,” Todd Pendleton, Samsung’s chief marketing officer, told the site.

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APPLE BITTEN IN TOKYO BY SAMSUNG PATENT CASE WIN (DETAILS)

In TECH on August 31, 2012 at 10:20 am

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Samsung won its second parent case against Apple in Tokyo after losing last week in California.

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Samsung Galaxy S3 Launches In NYC (PHOTOS)

In TECH on June 20, 2012 at 2:36 pm

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I am at the Samsung Galaxy S3 launch at Skylight Studio in Soho where Tom Pendelton is about to launch the latest flagship phone from the Korean giant.

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iPhone 5 Screen Will Be Beastly-Reuters (VIDEO)

In TECH on May 16, 2012 at 4:47 pm

We’re never tired of iPhone rumors around here which is why were excited to read Reuter’s report that the iPhone 5, that magical phone we didn’t get last fall, will have a four inch screen all around when its released next year.According to sources Reuter’s, Apple has placed orders with three screen manufacturers in Asia:  Korea’s LG Display Co Ltd, Sharp Corp and Japan Display Inc, a Japanese government-brokered merger combining the screen production of three companies. Production the new screens has begun.

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