South Korea’s Samsung Electronics dominated more than half of the global market for dynamic random access memory chips in the third quarter this year, data showed Friday, apparently helped by the resumption of its supply to Apple Inc. Samsung’s revenue in mobile DRAM products came to $1.75 billion in the July-September period, up 18.4 percent from the second quarter, the data compiled by industry tracker DRAMeXchange showed, expanding its market share to 50.7 percent from 45.4 percent in the Apr

Samsung Electronics Co. and U.S.-based Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Inc. said Friday they have agreed to jointly produce new Ultra HD (UHD) monitors that prevent "screen tear" by adopting the FreeSync technology.Under the agreement, Samsung will apply the technology to five models set to be released in the first half of 2015 and eventually use it in its entire UHD monitor lineup.The FreeSync feature aims to provide clear resolution by eliminating any screen distortions, "delivering frames at int

LG Display Co., South Korea’s top maker of liquid crystal displays, outpaced its Taiwanese rival in ultrahigh-definition TV sales in October, taking the top spot for the first time, a report showed Thursday. LG Display shipped a total of 578,000 units of UHD TVs last month, accounting for 28.1 percent of the market, according to the latest report by market tracker DisplaySearch. That compares with the 24 percent share of Innolux Corp., which sold 494,000 units in the cited period. In January, th

The South Korean government said Thursday that it has authorized the sale and use of the country's indigenous radar system that can pinpoint the location of aircraft by up to 12 times faster than conventional tracking systems.The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said the new Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) system has met all the requirements under aviation safety regulations.Unlike conventional radar systems, which can check the location of aircraft every 5 to 12

South Korea's LG Chem Co. and Siemens, a German electrical engineering and electronics company, have agreed to collaborate more on development and marketing of industrial battery storage systems (ESS), LG Chem said Thursday. The two companies signed a preliminary deal at Siemens' German headquarters in Erlangen, Bayern to cooperate on several major ESS projects over the next few years. Under the agreement, Siemens, Europe's largest engineering firm, will supply the converters and controllers for

Facebook is launching a new free mobile app for its popular Groups feature that lets users create and interact with communities on the site, whether they’re based on hobbies, geography or culture.More than 700 million of Facebook’s 1.35 billion members use Groups, according to the company. It says the site hosts hundreds of millions of groups, which people use talk to others who share their religion, to plan holiday dinners, or to discuss hobbies or health issues. The new app is meant to make ac

Netflix on Tuesday announced that it would debut its film and television show streaming service in Australia and New Zealand early next year as it continues expanding internationally.A Netflix library of television shows, films, documentaries and original content will be available when the service launches in March.Netflix did not disclose what it plans to charge for subscriptions in the countries but promised a “low monthly price.”Subscribers will be able to watch Netflix shows using tablets, s

Facebook’s WhatsApp is adding encryption so messages cannot be deciphered when stored or traveling between devices, boosting efforts by technology companies to thwart snooping by hackers and government spies. WhatsApp, which was acquired by Facebook for $22 billion this year, is working with startup Open Whisper Systems to enact the change, the companies said today. Open Whisper Systems said in a blog post that it has been working on encryption with the mobile-messaging service for the past six

Samsung Electronics Co.'s global share in the NAND flash market declined to below 30 percent in more than two years, data showed Wednesday, as the tech giant is struggling to retain its top spot against rivals amid a profit slide. The South Korean tech behemoth posted US$2.45 billion for NAND flash revenue in the third quarter, up 8.2 percent from three months earlier, according to the data compiled by e-commerce site DRAMeXchange, which also does market research on memory chips. That is equival

South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it plans to focus on beefing up price competitiveness of its handsets next year, apparently as its foothold in the global market has been challenged by new players from China.In an investors’ relations meeting held in the United States, Samsung said it plans to work to bolster its price competitiveness and also reduce its number of smartphone models.Samsung Electronics took up 24.7 percent of the global smartphone market in the third quarter, pl