Game broadcasting on TV has garnered huge popularity at home and abroad thanks to the spread of fast network infrastructure and the growing online game industry from the early 2000s. 　With many people now turning to smartphones to play mobile games, live-streaming mobile games and related technologies are gaining traction. 　An image of a mobile game broadcasting demonstration using Minkonet’s Swing solution. (Minkonet)　Kim Tae-woo, the CEO of Korean start-up Minkonet, said the firm’s Swing soft

Telecommunication solutions developer KONA I said Wednesday that the company and mobile carrier KT will soon launch a new mobile service which allows mobile subscribers to use three distinctive phone numbers on one handset.Different from dual-SIM phones fitted with two subscriber identification module card slots, the service for multiple phone numbers will be available through a new single SIM card with three different numbers, developed by the Seoul-headquartered KONA I.The logo of telecommunic

  LG V10 HITS SHELVES IN KOREA — LG Electronics releases its latest premium smartphone V10, which sports the world’s first dual front-facing cameras, through leading local mobile carriers SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus on Thursday. (LGE)

South Korea's top tech behemoth Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday its third-quarter operating income is estimated to have risen 79.8 percent from a year earlier, far beating market estimates.Operating income is estimated at 7.3 trillion won ($6.25 billion) for the July-September period, compared with the 4.06 trillion won posted a year earlier, Samsung said in a regulatory filing.   (Yonhap)The third-quarter operating income also marks a 5.8 percent rise from the 6.9 trillion won posted for

LG Group chairman Koo Bon-moo has asked top executives of affiliates to make swift moves to survive the fast-changing business environment.“Uncertainties of the global economy are intensifying due to the looming slowdown in the Chinese economy, and global competition is heating up day by day,” the LG Group chairman said in a meeting with high-ranking officials Tuesday, adding, “We should face up to the reality and brace for the future thoroughly.” He asked the heads of the LG Group affiliates to

  SMART DISPLAY FOR KITCHEN -- LG Electronics and furniture firm Hanssem will release a built-in TV product for the kitchen, dubbed the Smart Kitchen TV, this month in Korea. The smart Kitchen TV, which is installed inside a drawer and displays images on the door of the drawer, boasts a less-intrusive design that allows users to enjoy multimedia content. (LGE)

  GLOBAL VOLUNTEER WORK -- Executives and officials from Samsung Electronics’ Brazilian branch spend time with children at a children shelter in Sao Paulo. The tech giant is holding a global volunteer work campaign for three weeks from Oct. 1, with 170,000 Samsung execs and workers in 38 nations participating. (Samsung)

Samsung Group is gearing up to relocate key affiliates as part of its business restructuring that has continued for its crucial leadership transition to a new generation.The nation’s largest conglomerate has gathered its key affiliates into its fancy headquarters complex, consisting of three sky-scrapers, in Seocho-dong, Seoul, since 2008.  According to industry sources Monday, Samsung Electronics, the group’s crown jewel, is considering moving its marketing and planning divisions to Suwon, Gyeo

　Many eyes are now on tech giant LG Electronics, which is seeking to become a game changer with the latest top-tier smartphone V10 after  disappointment in sales for its leather-clad G4 smartphone.　Global news outlets and blogospheres have been complimenting LG’s new phone boasting one-of-its-kind features including the world’s first dual front-facing cameras, a secondary display, a durable, sturdy body fortified with stainless steel and silicon, and, last but not least, the relatively affordabl

SAMSUNG HIGHLIGHTS CIRCULAR WEARABLE -- Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics sets up a circular event venue in Seoul where customers can get hands-on experience with the tech firm’s latest round-face smartwatch, the Samsung Gear S2. (Samsung)

LG CHEM TO PROMOTE GREEN ENERGY CAMPAIGN -- Chemicals and battery maker LG Chem said Monday that it would work with the Seoul Metropolitan Government and charity organization Community Chest of Korea for green energy initiatives aimed at encouraging the use of environmentally-friendly technologies in people’s daily lives. (LG Chem)

TECH MEETS COMMERCE -- IT solutions developer SK Planet said Monday it would hold Tech Planet, an annual IT developers meeting, at Lotte Hotel World in Seoul on Wednesday. The IT conference with the theme “convergence between technology and online-to-offline commerce,” will highlight the rising O2O businesses and technologies deployed, or to be utilized, in the commerce sector. More than 20 speakers from tech firms such as Google, Facebook, PayPal, eBay, and Samsung Electronics will deliver spee

LG Chem said Sunday it would supply lithium-ion batteries for Yamaha Motors’ new golf carts by 2016. Yamaha, a Japanese manufacturer of engines and electric motors, is also one of the top golf cart makers globally. An LG battery cell of 5.5 kilowatt-hours and 74 ampere hours has cut the weight in half while doubling battery life, compared to existing lead-acid batteries. They can be used for up to five years without maintenance unlike lead-acid batteries that require maintenance once in two year

Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest TV maker, said Saturday it doesn’t cheat on TV energy efficiency tests, responding to a news report that its TVs appear more energy efficient under test conditions than in everyday use. Tests conducted by ComplianceTV, a testing group funded by the European Union, has recently found the discrepancy, U.K.'s Guardian reported Thursday.According to the report, the European Commission was also considering investigating allegations of cheating the tests even t