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Samsung has produced a new Galaxy S4 commercial for Iceland, and it’s possibly one of its weirdest smartphone adverts yet. It features some really strange dancing from a bunch of unconvincing ninjas, and a less than subtle dig at Apple using real apples.

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Samsung made some executive changes at the highest level yesterday, appointing Gregory Lee as president of Samsung Telecommunications America (STA). Formerly the president and chief executive officer of Samsung Asia Pte Ltd, Lee will be responsible for “leading Samsung’s mobile business operations and strengthening the company’s leading position in the smartphone market in the U.S.”

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Samsung famously paid Jay-Z a whopping $20 million to give its smartphone users first dibs on the new Magna Carta Holy Grail album before it hits stores. But the Korean company’s exclusive is already no more after the album was leaked on the Internet.

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Details are short on the ground, but The New York Times’ Brian X. Chen is reporting on Twitter that Samsung has purchaseds Boxee, maker of the Boxee Box, one of the Apple TV’s main competitors.

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“In today’s world, there’s no reason not to be constantly simulated,” says Samsung. “With Apex, you can be constantly watching movies, browsing Facebook, and receiving head from a robotic mouth, all at the same time.”

An absolutely priceless Onion News Network video, with perhaps the best headline of all time: “New Wearable Computer Also Sucks Your Dick.” Check out the video after the jump.

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