LG Electronics Inc. will roll out two mid-tier smartphones that were spun off from its flagship G4 in global markets starting later this month, the company said Tuesday, as it seeks to bolster overseas sales of the latest models.   The G4 Stylus, which touts a slightly larger screen of 5.7 inches than the 5.5-inch G4, will hit shelves in North America, Europe, and Central and South America starting in late May, LG said in a statement.   It comes with a rubber pen accessory that helps consumers s

Hyundai Motor Group, which owns Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors, said Monday it has promoted senior vice president Hwang Seung-ho as the carmaker’s new IT chief. Hwang, a former Samsung Electronics executive, joined Hyundai last year and has led the development of the carmaker’s Bluelink telematics systems and related services. As the new head of Hyundai’s automotive IT development center, he is expected to oversee key projects, including the commercialization of its self-driving car technology. Hi

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Olympus Korea announced Monday a new corporate social responsibility program, “I am Camera,” to support art activities of young patients at hospitals. Starting at Yonsei University’s Severance Hospital, the 10-week program will tour four hospitals this year. Artists and photographers will join to help young patients express themselves and explore diverse subjects through photography. “We hope participating students broaden their perspective outside the hospital and have a fresh opportunity to co

The next-generation of ultra-high definition TV adopting the highest resolution technology is expected to be available for consumers from 2018, with South Korean TV makers forecast to push for its mass-production, a report said Monday.      Given that a new cycle for an upgrade in a display panel comes around every six years, global TV manufacturers will likely adopt the so-called 8K resolution technology as a new standard in the market from 2018, according to a report by market tracker DisplayS

Major electronics brands Apple and Samsung saw their shares in the global tablet PC market plunge in the first quarter of 2015, data showed Monday, dented by the rise of Chinese companies tapping deeper into the "white box" segment.U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. accounted for 24.3 percent of the global market for tablet PCs in the January-March period, down from 28.9 percent posted a year earlier, the data compiled by industry tracker Strategy Analytics showed.Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea's

South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission is increasing vigilance on big tech firms for possible antitrust actions using their dominance in the market, officials said Sunday. According to FTC officials, a special task force, which was launched early this year to focus its surveillance on the tech industry, was looking into two new cases following its ongoing probe into U.S. software giant Oracle. Amid growing speculation about another round of antitrust probes, industry watchers predicted Apple and Go

South Korea's exports of information technology and electronics goods to China slowed sharply in2014 as the world's No. 2 economy relied more on local products and technologies, a report showed Thursday. Shipments of South Korean tech products to China edged up 1.4 percent on-year to US$103.7 billion last year, far lower than the15.8 percent surge in 2013, according to the report by the Shanghai office of the Korea International Trade Association.In line with the change in China's policy, the gr

South Korea has trumped other major countries in terms of mobile application usage, with smartphone owners in the country spending most of their time on social messengers, a report showed Thursday. The index gauging the mobile data usage by South Korean smartphone users reached 125 in the first quarter, outpacing the United States' 100 and the 90 held by Japan, according to the latest report by online-based global mobile app tracker App Annie. Britain and Germany trailed with 80 and 70, respecti

Samsung Electronics Co.'s latest flagship Galaxy S6 smartphone lags behind its predecessor, the Galaxy S5, in most performance reviews, a U.S. consumer agency said Thursday, with the new model less attractive to users who want to find alternatives to Apple Inc.'s iPhones.According to U.S.-based Consumer Reports, a non-profit organization that grades products for consumers' rights, Samsung's Galaxy S5 released last year topped the list of smartphones studied, outpacing its upgraded version in ter