LISBON, Portugal -- Sennheiser, a German audio technology company, is developing an immersive sound program for Android-powered devices in partnership with South Korea’s Samsung Electronics, the company’s CEO said. “We are working with Samsung on the AMBEO smart headset to make it available for Android devices,” Andreas Sennheiser told The Korea Herald at the IFA Global Press Conference. “Because a dominant layer of the smartphone market is Android-based phones.” CEO Andreas Sennheiser (IFA)The

LISBON, Portugal -- Despite slowing growth in Europe’s premium TV market in the first half of the year, Samsung Electronics still sees potential for the second half with its latest QLED TV lineup, the regional chief of the South Korean tech giant’s TV business said.“We have no soccer championship this year, so the first half will be weaker than last year for the whole European market,” Michael Zoeller, head of visual display at Samsung Electronics Europe, said during an interview with The Korea

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Kakao, the second-largest company by market cap on the second-tier Kosdaq, is mulling moving to the main bourse Kospi, according to the firm Thursday.“Listing on the Kospi is one option we are considering, but nothing has been fixed,” read a statement on the disclosure. This came in response to the market operator Korea Exchange’s request to clarify relevant rumors on the relisting that had been spreading.Kakao, the operator of the nation’s largest mobile messenger KakaoTalk and web portal Daum,

Busan, South Korea's largest southern port city, has become the country's first city to have smart rail cars on its subway system, the rail cars' manufacturer said Friday.The smart rail cars control lighting, air quality and the volume of broadcasts by themselves depending on conditions in and outside the cars, Hyundai Rotem Co. said in a statement.    Hyundai Rotem's smart rail cars are added to a subway train in Busan, the country's largest southern port city. (Hyundai Rotem)Hyundai Rotem, an

In a swift move seen to quell doubts over its latest smartphone quality, Samsung Electronics confirmed Friday that it will be upgrading the Galaxy S8 software criticized by some for having red-tinted screens.“Because there are some complaints about the red-tinted screens, we decided to upgrade the software next week for all Galaxy S8 clients,” a Samsung spokesperson told The Korea Herald. The tech giant sent an announcement to all of its Samsung Service Centers, saying, “There will be an additio

South Korea's credit card companies are seeking to apply the iris scanner adopted by Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy S8 smartphones on mobile transactions, industry sources said Friday, lauding the feature's security compared with fingerprints and passwords.According to the sources, Samsung Card Co. is seeking to apply the iris scanner on its mobile application, allowing users to make financial transactions through the feature. (Yonhap)Officially released in South Korea and in parts of North Am

South Korean mobile carrier SK Telecom said Thursday that it will introduce an ultra-fast Long Term Evolution network that is around nine times faster than conventional LTE speeds in the country next month.The new network service, dubbed the “4.5G network,” will become available on the newly-launched Samsung Galaxy S8 from next month via a software upgrade, SKT said. Choi Seung-won (center), senior vice president of SKT’s infrastructure strategy division, poses during a press event to mark the c

Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it has joined forces with US retail and entertainment giant Amazon.com Inc. for High Dynamic Range technology to deliver quality video content through its televisions. Under the agreement, the South Korean tech giant plans to provide quality video content through its TVs with Amazon Prime Video, which has clients in some 200 countries.(Yonhap)The HDR technology allows screens to deliver vivid displays by optimizing brightness depending on colors, boasting im

LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it will host an exhibition at a palace in Seoul to promote the country's cultural heritage through high-end organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV sets.Under a joint project with the Cultural Heritage Administration, the consumer electronics giant will host the exhibition at Gyeongbok Palace, the main seat of the rulers of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). It will install 15 OLED TVs and display photos of inaccessible areas of the palace. (Yonhap)The TVs will also

LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it plans to release the G6 smartphone in 24 European countries starting next week, in line with steps to expand its global sales.Starting next week, South Korea's No. 2 tech giant will start sales of its flagship device in major European countries, including Britain, Germany, France and Italy.  (Yonhap)LG Electronics kicked off sales of the G6 in the North American market earlier this month.The company said it also plans to release the device in major Asian, Lat

Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it has finalized the development of second generation 10-nanometer FinFET process technology, claiming the development will help the firm secure more foundry business partners.While the South Korean chipmaker developed the industry's first-generation 10-nanometer FinFET technology, the company said the latest development has improved performance and power efficiency by 10 percent and 15 percent, respectively.(Yonhap)Samsung already adopted the first-generati

The number of Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy S8 smartphones registered to mobile carriers in South Korea slowed, industry sources said Thursday, apparently due to a shortage in supply following record-breaking preorders.The distribution of Galaxy S8 smartphones began earlier in the week ahead of the official release slated for Friday.On Tuesday, the first day of its preliminary release, Samsung said around 260,000 units of Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus smartphones were registered with the count

The global OLED market for smartphones, currently dominated by Samsung, is about to get a little more crowded with LG Display recently throwing its hat into the ring.LG Display has started supplying its organic light-emitting diode products to Chinese handset makers and is gauging potential partnerships with Apple and Google, according to news reports and industry sources.“LG Display confirmed the supply of OLED panels to Xiaomi and it is in talks with other Chinese handset makers for further su

SK hynix is expected to partner with US private equity fund Bain Capital in its quest to win over the NAND flash chip unit of Japan’s Toshiba against the Apple and Foxconn joint effort, according to sources Wednesday. The South Korean chipmaker, second in the global DRAM market and fifth in the NAND market, has formed a consortium with Bain Capital, which has about $75 billion under management and has been engaged in aggressive investments in Japan, industrial sources said.(Yonhap)There had been