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Update: Samsung building a social networking site to take on Facebook, internal code name is “Samsung Facebook”
Even though Facebook is closing in a 1 billion users, LinkedIn has 150 million users, then there’s Twitter, Orkut, Badoo, MySpace and so many others. Social networking has gone way beyond a buzz word and has become massive business. According to a report in the Korea Times Samsung is preparing to enter the social networking space next year and will launch a service to rival Facebook. Samsung reps state they’ve already have the framework designed and will reportedly spin of their current “Family Story” app – which focusses on photo sharing, messaging and events. The new site is still unnamed, but “will become available in the first quarter of next year at the earliest.” Users will be able to connect to the site via any web-enabled device, including smartphones, tablets, cameras and TV’s.
Korea Times is also reporting that the internal code name for the project is called “Samsung Facebook,” which is bit of a bizarre name for it, but certainly gets to the point of who they are targeting. “The eventual goal is to expand our social media service across different devices from different companies across different mobile platforms. That includes cameras, televisions and blue-ray players. We are confident that the service will be popular globally.”
If and when this comes out you can expect it to be available via your mobile device, plus on every major mobile platform. Samsung has risen to the top of the smartphone world, it’ll be interesting to see them tackle social networking.
Update: Samsung has commented on the rumour of building a social network and have stated that it’s “not true and the rumor is groundless.” Here’s their full comment:
There have been inquiries and a few articles claiming that Samsung Electronics is going to offer a Facebook-like service, being developed under a code-name called ‘Samsung Facebook.’ However this is not true and the rumor is groundless.
‘Family Story’ has been available since February 2012 on Samsung Smart TVs, Smartphones, Tablets and the web*. This service, like its name, is a family-oriented convergence service that focuses on sharing and storing families’ special moments.
It is true that we currently are working on upgrading ‘Family Story’ as we always thrive to provide consumers with enhanced experiences, but this is far from a “Samsung Faceboook” as some are claiming it to be.
Source: Samsung Tomorrow
Via: Korea Times
Via: The Verge
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I don’t believe this at all.. Hahaha
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@Accurate
If Apple didn’t exist, Samsung would be making just as much money as they’re making right now. Samsung makes more than just phones and not just a couple more things they make.
By the way, copying is done by everyone including Apple. Have you seen the latest iMap? Tell me who’s doing the “copying” again?
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“Sounds accurate to me. Samsung copies everyone else”
oh ok, who did Samsung copy super amoled from?
please enlighten me
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Wow.. This sounds so stupid it can’t be true… Lets hope not anyways! “Samsung Facebook” isn’t even a realistic code name..
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WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA SAMMIE!!!!!
OH MY SAMMMIEE!!!!!!!!!!!
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Is this an April fools joke?
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In before all the Android tarts start calling Facebook users fbSHEEP…
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Nope.facebook is for f**s
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
Oh Samsung…
Hahahhahaha hahahahhha….
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Bring it on…the masses still don’t have enough options to broadcast their problems and dirty laundry to the whole world. Kinda curious as to what kind of tech/features they will dream up that would make people want to switch.
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Tarts?
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When it releases it’ll be shortened to sFacebook.
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Sounds hilarious, still although I prefer Windows over Android I will support Samsung on this if it’s true or anything that goes against the BS from Facebook…worse social network in history which exploits security.
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The Korean times say a lot of things. If you are to believe their “insider information” the ipone 4s would of had a quad-core processor, there would of been a 7 inch ipad out last Christmas to compete with the kindle fire, the Galaxy S III has a bendable screen and is water-proof.
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they understand the importance of online advertising revenue. If they can incorporate this into all their devices… i can see a future in it for them.
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This will work because facebook is raking in mobile revenue…
Oh wait
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All Asian companies incl. the Japanese ones suck at software and services … which is exactly why the American companies prevail in the end.
This move – if can be proven true – is as stupid as it can be.
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This sounds like a yarn spun between a drunken middle management type and an equally drunk journalist.
Everybody and their pet iguana is trying to be the smartphone based killer of Fb. Its likely that something might come in the next 2 years to do so but…really…..Samsung?
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That. that would be epic.
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Dumb idea. How can I waste millions of dollars? Oh yeah, like this.
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I guess “code name” doesn’t translate well into Korean.
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This means that all Samsung smartphone users will automatically be added. Just like all android users are members of Google+. More pre-loaded junk on your andriod phones, and all it does is harvest your data and personal info. Must be nice to have this great OS that is soo perfect selling your data…
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yes…its called Apple iOS
who was tracking your positions in the world and forces you to conform to the Apple Store to download ish and what not.
if you honestly think that Android/Google is the only one doing it… you have just been blinded by the Apple Propaganda.
Lay off the AppleAid dood and wake up
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I don’t see anything wrong with Samsung trying to create a social media service. As long as it isn’t identical to Facebook then I welcome a service which might be worthy of my time, as Facebook is a useless pos ruined by the millions of users who waste their lives posting things no one cares about but them. Its truly sad.
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More competition? Sign me up.
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Samsung’s Ping !
They should stick to hardware
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The world doesn’t need another Social Network. And Samsung should stop biting the hand that feeds it in the Mobile space (Google)
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As dumb as this sounds, this reiterates the argument that we should own our social media profiles and that social networks are open so they can communicate with each other. That way the cream rises to the top and the flops, well they will drop. (sorry about the rhyming).
If Facebook were to open up their doors to the data and our data would then be consumable by other social networks and vice versa (Google+ is already open with their data) then the social networks would have to compete on functionality and not reign supreme because “we have all our data with them”. Seriously, how many people would like to try another social network but can’t leave Facebook because they don’t want to rebuild their history again? If you can’t leave, do you think you will do it in 10 years from now? Companies rise and fall and I don’t want to be tied to that. As non-catchy and terrible of a name that Diaspora is, the guys behind it had a great idea in how social media profiles should exist.
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No offense to anyone but… We don’t need another social networking site. People overshare enough as it is.
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