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New LG G4 smartphone ‘easiest-to-use’

Apr 6, 2015

Tech giant simplifies user interface
Samsung defends bending Galaxy S6 Edge

Apr 6, 2015

Samsung Electronics on Monday defended its new Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone from accusations that it could bend under pressure, saying warping is extremely rare through normal use. Ahead of the phone’s official launch Friday this week, SquareTrade, a mobile insurance company, released a video showing the Edge phone bending to make it permanently deformed when pressure is applied.The 50 kilogram pressure SquareTrade applied is the same used by the company to bend and deform the iPhone 6 Plus last ye
SK Planet rolls out new online payment tool

Apr 6, 2015

SK Planet Co., South Korea's leading e-commerce and online platform operator, unveiled its first instant online payment tool on Monday that works without additional security programs like ActiveX, joining the industrial move to scrap the obsolete software. Its Syrup Pay operates on a password-based system for which a customer only needs to set a six-digit code to identify him or herself when logging on to an online site, the company said in a statement. Users can register as many credit cards
U.S. firm claims Galaxy S6 Edge more fragile than 'Bendgate' iPhone

Apr 6, 2015

Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy S6 Edge is more fragile than Apple Inc.'s iPhone 6 Plus, which sparked the so-called "Bendgate" dispute for bending easily, a U.S. device repair firm said Monday, creating worries among Samsung fans awaiting the phone's launch scheduled for this week. "The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge deformed at 110 pounds (49.8 kilograms) and created a crack in the screen. When pushed to catastrophic failure, its breaking point was 149 pounds, at which point it ceased to function,"
LG takes on Dyson in world’s premium vacuum cleaner market

Apr 5, 2015

CHANGWON, South Gyeongsang Province ― LG Electronics’ A1 plant, one of the firm’s factories in a southern city, is in full swing to churn out home appliances, including washing machines, to prepare for South Korea’s peak moving season starting in April.Inside A1, LG Electronics’ CordZero cordless canister vacuum cleaners are lined up on a 50-meter-long conveyer belt and slowly going through the final phase of the assembly process.LG said the cordless canister vacuum cleaner, equipped with topnot
LG Uplus hails fresh start at new Yongsan office

Apr 5, 2015

LG Uplus, one of the nation’s top three telecom operators, said Sunday the opening of its new office in Yongsan, Seoul, from Monday marks the beginning of a new era. Its CEO and vice chairman Lee Sang-chul plans to announce the company’s new leap during an official opening ceremony planned for April 29. The new 21-story building is located on a 55,000-square-meter site near Yongsan Station. The first three floors are dedicated solely to recreational and welfare facilities such as a day care cent
(Photo News) Cherry Blossoms

Apr 5, 2015
LG Display begins mass-production of new LCD for mobile devices

Apr 3, 2015

LG Display Co. said Friday it has commenced with the mass-production of an updated high definition liquefied crystal display for mobile devices, which will be used on the next flagship handset to be rolled out by its affiliate LG Electronics Inc.The new 5.5-inch LCD with a resolution four times higher than the existing model has upgraded brightness and power efficiency. It is also slimmer compared to previous versions, LG Display said, adding it will be applied to the G4 smartphone, LG's the lat
Samsung kicks off sales of quantum dot TV in U.S.

Apr 3, 2015

Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea's tech giant, has launched its quantum dot-based TV in the United States, the company said Friday, as it kicks off the global sale of its latest premium lineups. Samsung unveiled the quantum dot TV, also dubbed the SUHD TV, before the press at a launching event held in the Rockefeller Center in New York on Thursday (U.S. time), it said in a statement. A quantum dot TV is made with a film of semiconductor nanocrystals, known as quantum dot, that can reprodu
Galaxy S6, S6 Edge to sell over 50 mln units in 2015: report

Apr 3, 2015

South Korea's No.1 tech firm Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to see the combined sales of its soon-to-be-released smartphones -- the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge -- reach more than 50 million units this year, a report said Friday, adding they will become "the most successful Galaxy S model." "The lead that Samsung makes with the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge is likely to continue across several quarters. So we project that Samsung will sell more than 50 million units of the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edg
Hyundai Motor ranks as highest-paying chaebol

Apr 2, 2015

Hyundai Motor Group, which owns Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors, was the highest-paying conglomerate in Korea last year, outpacing other big names such as Samsung, SK and LG, data showed Thursday. According to data compiled from the nation’s top 10 conglomerates, the Korean auto giant paid out an average of 92.8 million won ($84,640) for ordinary workers in 2014, up 2.86 percent from the previous year. That was the highest figure, followed by Samsung Group’s 87.42 million won and Hyundai Heavy Indu
Samsung SDI rolls out new energy management system

Apr 2, 2015

Samsung SDI, a leading battery maker in South Korea, has started running a next-generation energy system, called “UES,” which allows stable and efficient energy supply and management, according to the company Thursday. The system was created at its research and development center in Uiwang City, Gyeonggi Province. The company said the new technology would help the firm cement its lead in the global energy system industry.The “UES,” a portmanteau of an uninterruptible power and energy storage sys
Samsung, SK Telecom team up for next-generation technology

Apr 2, 2015

Samsung Electronics and SK Telecom, leaders in South Korea’s smartphone manufacturing and mobile network industries, have joined hands to develop new information and communications technology. At a signing ceremony for a memorandum of understanding Thursday, Kim Young-ky, president of Samsung’s network business and Lee Hyung-hee, president of SKT’s mobile network operations agreed on the partnership.The collaboration will be focused on developing technologies in five crucial sectors in the era o
Samsung Galaxy S6 series certified for eco-friendly materials

Apr 2, 2015

Samsung Electronics Co. has earned recognition from international agencies for the use of eco-friendly materials in the new Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, the company said Thursday. The two models, due to hit shelves April 10, have been certified by the U.S. Underwriters Laboratories with a Sustainability Product Certification for the recycled plastic used in the battery recharger, Samsung said in a statement. The UL has given a Platinum certification to the new Galaxy handsets, the highest level
Taxi apps poised to challenge Uber in Korea

Apr 1, 2015

Tech firms team up with taxi drivers