“As part of its efforts to strengthen its software capabilities Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it will be hosting a global competition to lure developers to create apps for its Galaxy smartphones,” Min-Jeong Lee reports for The Wall Street Journal. “Just how much is Samsung willing to pay? The contest will see 10 winners, who will receive a combined $800,000 in prize money. This isn’t the first time Samsung has hosted a global contest for android developers.”
“The company is particularly looking for apps that can be coordinated with Samsung’s ‘Group Play’ service,” Lee reports. “‘Group Play’ is a function highlighted on Samsung’s latest Galaxy S4 smartphone that allows users to share certain content such as photos, games and music at the same time and interact with one another.”
Lee reports, “Analysts estimate Samsung to be lagging behind Apple in the high-end market which is where the profit is. Despite the many new functions of the Galaxy S 4 phone, the smartphone hasn’t received great reviews in terms of software, something that has been routinely cited as a weakness for the company when compared with Apple.”
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