Samsung: We Are Not Developing A Facebook Killer
To paraphrase Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain, reports that Samsung Electronics is planning Facebook’s death are greatly exaggerated and, according to the consumer-electronics maker, “groundless.”
To paraphrase Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain, reports that Samsung Electronics is planning Facebook’s death are greatly exaggerated and, according to the consumer-electronics maker, “groundless.”
Samsung was responding to a report in The Korea Times that said the company was working on a project, internally named “Samsung Facebook,” to expand its Family Story social network into a Facebook competitor.
Family Story enables owners of Samsung smart TVs, smartphones, and tablets to share photos, chat, and schedule reminders, and The Korea Times reported that the consumer-electronics giant planned to integrate the service with Amazon’s cloud computing platform, with a Samsung official telling the South Korean English-language newspaper:
By the end of the year, we will have a polished and finished version of Family Story that will be offered first to Samsung device users for free.
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