Samsung put software from NXP Software and SRS Labs in some recent smartphones and tablets.

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Apple and Samsung, Software companies like Microsoft and Google, retailers like Amazon and Walmart, plus the broadcast networks, and cable and satellite companies, focused on improving the user experience of television.

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For example, the Marketplace hub displays the four different software stores where you can purchase media: third-party apps, games, music and Samsung Zone, a separate app store serving software made by Samsung.

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