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Korean telecom firms take on Google, Apple in app store market

Jun 3, 2015

South Korea’s three largest mobile carriers SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus opened their joint mobile application market One Store on Wednesday in a bid to grow the local app market and join forces against Apple and Google, two dominant players in the global app market. With its launch, subscribers of the three mobile network operators can use all mobile applications and digital content, which were previously available only on each individual app store run by them, without a glitch. South Korea’s th
Microsoft in license dispute with state-run KEPCO

Jun 3, 2015

Software giant’s piracy crackdown causes conflicts with partners
Samsung, LG unfazed by Tesla’s battery push

Jun 3, 2015

Stiff competition expected on power storage pricing
[Photo News] Light but powerful

Jun 3, 2015

South Korean tech giant LG Electronics released the 270-gram portable projector Mini Beam in the Korean market Wednesday. The handheld projector with 854-by-480-pixel resolution and 100 ANSI lumens is priced at 399,000 won ($360). (LGE)
Samsung says mobile payment system due in Sept.

Jun 3, 2015

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it will launch a mobile payment platform in South Korea and the United States around September.Samsung Pay will be available upon the release of Samsung's next flagship model around September, and the company will gradually expand sales to China, Europe, Australia and Latin America, Rhee In-jong, vice president of Samsung's mobile segment, said at an investors forum.Industry watchers said the remark implies Samsung Electronics may sh
Apple's Siri has new role in new 'smart' home systems

Jun 2, 2015

Hey Siri, turn off the kitchen light.The first ``smart'' home gadgets that can be controlled by Apple's voice-activated digital assistant are going on sale this week, just days after rival tech giant Google announced it's building its own software for Internet-connected home appliances and other gadgets.The new products could be an important step forward for the emerging industry of ``smart'' or ``connected'' homes, where appliances, thermostats and even door locks contain computer chips that co
LG Innotek smartphone camera sales pass 1b units

Jun 2, 2015

LG Innotek, the world’s top smartphone camera module manufacturer, said Tuesday it has set a milestone with cumulative sales of its camera modules crossing the 1-billion-unit threshold.The Korean camera module-maker said it sold around 1.4 billion units of camera modules as of May.The record sales figure came around two years after LG Innotek, which began shipping camera modules in 2005, hit the 50 million sales mark in 2013.The 1.4 billion camera modules, if lined up, are tantamount to 28,000 k
[Newsmaker] Samsung heir steps into limelight

Jun 1, 2015

Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jay-yong on Monday attended the award ceremony for the Ho-Am Prize, Samsung Group’s most important annual award, on behalf of the owner family for the first time.Keen attention was paid to the Samsung heir’s appearance because representing the family at the event appeared to be one of the final steps to taking to the throne at South Korea’s largest conglomerate.Established by his father, chairman Lee Kun-hee in honor of late Samsung founder Lee Byung-chull i
SK makes strides in biomedicine

Jun 1, 2015

New medication for sleep disorders to enter phase 3 clinical trial in U.S.
LG premium built-in kitchen appliances

May 31, 2015

LG PREMIUM BUILT-IN KITCKEN APPLIANCES -- South Korean tech giant LG Electronics unveiled its premium built-in kitchen appliance lineup LG Studio at the Dwell On Design, the largest interior design fair in the U.S. last Friday. Designer Nate Berkus, who has teamed up with LG to develop the kitchen appliances, speaks at the interior trade show. LG Electronics
Cooperation for 5G

May 31, 2015

COOPERATION FOR 5G — South Korea’s largest telecommunications firm KT said Sunday it has agreed with Europe-based telecom equipment manufacturers including Nokia and Ericsson to work together to develop technologies for the 5G next-generation network and to run joint projects for the matter. KT chief executive Hwang Chang-gyu talks with top executives from Ericsson in Stockholm on Friday. KT
SKT, Google introduce ‘augmented reality tech’

May 31, 2015

South Korea’s leading mobile carrier SK Telecom and Internet giant Google have teamed up to develop augmented reality technology. As part of their cooperation, the two had a test run of an augmented reality solution, called the T-AR for Project Tango, during Google I/O, an annual developer conference held last week. SKT explained that that the counterparts combined the mobile carrier’s augmented reality platform T-AR with Google’s Project Tango for 3-D motion-tracking technology, which gives mo
LG to open Asia’s largest data center

May 31, 2015

LG Uplus seeks energy efficiency, security via state-of-the-art tech
[Weekender] YouTube redefines broadcast in digital era

May 29, 2015

Mobile-friendly Korea is ‘exciting market’ with robust growth potential for the top video-sharing website
[Weekender] Instagram, the new dominant platform?

May 29, 2015

Facebook remains the king of social media for now, but its reign is not eternally secure, and evidence for this can be found in one of its own affiliates: Instagram. A growing number of Facebook and other social media users are setting up accounts on Instagram to share their personal photos. Celebrity photos on Instagram ― often uploaded by the stars themselves ― are avidly consumed by both fans and the media. The number of Korean users is estimated at more than 4 million, the majority of them b