In an announcement made on Wednesday, Samsung revealed that it has started the mass production of three-dimensional (3D) V-NAND flash memory using 32 vertically stacked cell layers. The latest offering by Samsung - which is the world-leading company in advanced memory technology - marks the first 32-layer 3D V-NAND, and the company's second-generation V-NAND offering.

Against the backdrop of the recent $120 million in damages awarded to Apple over Samsung's alleged patent-infringement earlier this month, Apple has filed a motion seeking a retrial and get a bigger compensation amount.

If latest media reports turn out true, Samsung is getting ready to enter the fast growing virtual reality market. The reports indicate that the Korean firm has developed a virtual headset that would strap on your head and having screen in front of your eyes.

After suffering a minor heart attack, the condition of chairman of the Samsung business empire has been reported to be stable at a Seoul hospital. The 72-year-old Lee Kun-hee showed signs of a heart attack, after which he was immediately sent to the Samsung Medical Center late Saturday.

Samsung is all set to participate in 1.5 trillion, £869m, won into an aspiring research project, which is a decade long project. Some of the amount will be utilized to build substitutes to rare earths, the materials that are important for the production of a wide range of hi-tech products.

As per anew report, Samsung is now extending the warranties of its devices after a negative report by the Chinese state media. Earlier, Samsung was criticized for a `sudden death' found in its smart phones like Galaxy S III and Note II.

European Union regulators revealed on Thursday that Samsung Electronics is not willing to drag its rivals, like Apple, to court over patent disputes so as to end an antitrust investigation. The move is likely to end a feud between the world's biggest mobile operators. Samsung is also likely to be benefitted from the move by averting a possible fine of up to $18.3 billion.

On Friday, South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics projected weaker-than-estimated profits for the April-June quarter; thereby triggering an almost 4 percent plunge in the company's shares in the Seoul stock market.