After initial pleas to Galaxy Note 7 users to turn in their devices went largely unheard, Samsung announced on Sept. 22 that over half of U.S. faulty devices have been returned. But that still leaves quite a few in the U.S. and 1.5 million Galaxy...
What does a 1980s Irish car company have in common with Samsung? We take a look at the history of the doomed Samsung Galaxy Note 7 and consider what the future might hold for a young mobile pay app and a parent company whose bad...
Sprint said on Tuesday (Sept. 13) that pre-orders for the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are more than 375 percent higher in the first three days compared to last year. What’s more, the company said, since it started accepting pre-orders on Sept. 9, new...
Microsoft’s Lumia smartphones may soon be things of the past. That’s according to WinBeta, which reported that an anonymous source said Microsoft intends to “end sales” of the Lumia product beginning in December. Recently, Microsoft slashed prices on the Lumia phones and let up on...
Samsung runs into some bad luck with exploding batteries in its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones. Share prices plummeted as Samsung requested that users turn off their phones as soon as possible. Some serious damage control will be required for Samsung to reverse the effect on...
If you have a Samsung Galaxy Note 7, turn it off. Do not use it. Thus spake Samsung Electronics, the smartphone’s maker, in conjunction with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The warnings came on Friday (Sept. 9), just a few days after concerns surfaced...
Samsung‘s recall of its Galaxy Note 7 over concerns that its batteries could ignite or explode has U.S. consumer protection officials worried. According to Recode, South Korea-based Samsung may have been quick to issue the recall, but it didn’t follow standard procedure when it decided...
Just days before Samsung’s smartphone archrival, Apple, is set to debut its latest iPhone model, the Korean tech giant has confirmed that there have been several dozen cases of its own smartphones exploding while charging, a wave of hazards that has led to suspended sales...
It’s throwback Thursday, and it’s also the two-year anniversary of FitPay, a company that brings contactless payments to wearables. PYMNTS caught up with CEO Michael Orlando to discuss what the last couple of years have meant for FitPay and the contactless market.
