Samsung is warning customers to avoid discussing personal information in front of their smart television set. The warning applies to TV viewers who control their Samsung Smart TV using its voice activation feature. Such TV sets “listen” to every conversation held in front of them and may share any details they hear with Samsung or third parties, it said. Privacy campaigners said the technology smacked of the telescreens, in George […]

  Recent reports suggested that Samsung was looking to buy BlackBerry for as much as $7.5 billion (roughly Rs. 46,270 crores), and were met by denials from both companies. Now, a Samsung executive, further putting the rumours to rest, detailed the future relationship between the two companies. J.K. Shin, Head of Samsung’s Mobile Division and Co-CEO of Samsung Electronics, has told the Wall Street Journal that the South Korean firm […]