Siemens to expand its digital industrial footprint with acquisition of Mentor Graphics

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Siemens to acquire design automation and industrial software provider Mentor Graphics for $37.25 per share. 

Mentor Graphics is a pioneer and leader in design automation software ranging from Integrated Circuit (IC) and System-on-Chip (SoC) design to automotive electronics solutions. Siemens becomes unique digital industrial player to offer mechanical, thermal, electrical, electronic and embedded software design capabilities on a single integrated platform.

Samsung Electronics to Acquire HARMAN

HARMAN LOGO Photo: Harman

Samsung Electronics and Harman International Industries, Incorporated today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Samsung will acquire HARMAN for $112.00 per share in cash, or total equity value of approximately $8.0 billion. 

Samsung Pay Launches Partnership with Sberbank

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Samsung Electronics announced today a new Samsung Pay partnership with Sberbank. Beginning November 8, Sberbank customers with Mastercard credit or debit cards can register them for use with Samsung Pay.

With the new partnership, Samsung Pay is now available with seven major banks including Alfa Bank JSC, VTB 24 OJSC, MTS OJSC, Reiffeisen Bank JSC, Russian Standard Bank JSC and Yandex LLC.
To use Samsung Pay, customers simply need to open the Samsung Pay app and tap their compatible Samsung device against the NFC or MST reader to make a payment.

Code.gov software sharing website launched

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Code.gov, a U.S. government website for promoting the sharing of custom-developed software code, was launched Thursday with listings of nearly 50 open-source projects from various government agencies.

 The move follows the announcement by the White House in August of a Federal Source Code policy that would promote reuse of new custom source code developed by government agencies across the federal government to prevent replication of work and expense.

Samsung releases Galaxy S7 edge in Blue Coral

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Samsung Electronics has officially released its sixth color edition of the Galaxy S7 edge; Blue Coral. 

Starting November 1, the Blue Coral Galaxy S7 edge will be available in selected markets around the globe.

Specific availability details will be announced by each market’s wireless providers and regional Samsung offices.

Huawei NB-IoT Solution Wins Gold Medal at World Internet of Things Exposition

Huawei NB-IoT Solution Won the Gold Medal at WIOT

Huawei’s NB-IoT solution has won the gold medal for new technologies and products at the 2016 World Internet of Things Exposition (WIOT) in Wuxi, China October 30 – November 1, 2016. 

Huawei is the first company to win a significant award in the narrowband cellular IoT field, for its industrial contribution to the NB-IoT technologies with continuous innovation.