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Google may face penalty over privacy

Jan 21, 2014

Google could face disciplinary action from the country’s communication regulator as the global search giant seems to have collected private personal data without individuals’ consent for its Street View services.The Korea Communications Commission said Tuesday that it would decide whether or not to impose penalties against Google as soon as it completes its investigation.“We have almost completed our investigation into Google. Its alleged data gathering without (consumers’) consent is in breach
[Photo News] Samsung and Illy partnership

Jan 21, 2014
LG G Flex to hit Europe next month

Jan 21, 2014

South Korea’s tech giant LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it plans to launch the G Flex, its first smartphone with a curved display, in the European market next month.The country’s No. 2 smartphone maker said it has decided to roll out the G Flex in 20 European countries, with the releases in Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden and Austria scheduled for next month.The company had released it at home in November and followed up with launches in a handful of Asian countries, including Hong Kon
Android dominates Korea in 2013: data

Jan 21, 2014

More than 9 out of 10 smartphones in South Korea ran on Google Inc.’s Android platform, data showed Tuesday. Around 93 percent of smartphones in the country were powered by the Android platform, far above the 5.1 percent for Apple Inc.’s iOS, the data by market researcher Strategy Analytics showed.Market shares for the Blackberry OS and Microsoft Corp.’s Window Phone OS stood at 0.1 percent and 0.9 percent, respectively, in the country, with Nokia Corp.’s Symbian rarely used. Market watchers poi
Samsung seeks upgraded mobile system chips

Jan 21, 2014

South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is seeking to turn around the lag in its mobile system chip market with a new version that supports the latest smartphone network, industry watchers said Tuesday.Samsung’s market share in application processors, which function as the “brains” of smartphones, was almost halved to 6.3 percent last year from 11 percent in 2012, data by market researcher Strategy Analytics showed.U.S. Qualcomm Inc. took the highest share at 34.8 percent last year, tra
[Graphic News] Korean firms boost smartphone market shares

Jan 20, 2014

Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics of Korea are expected to post an all-time high in global market share in smartphones in the first quarter of 2014, according to data released on Monday.The portion taken by Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone maker, was projected to reach 36.2 percent, while its smaller rival LG Electronics is anticipated to record a 5.9 percent share, data by market researcher Strategy Analytics showed.
SK, LG eye 4 times faster LTE service

Jan 20, 2014

South Korea’s mobile carriers SK Telecom Co. and LG Uplus Corp. said Monday they plan to deploy a network service this year that is four times faster than the current Long Term Evolution service.SK Telecom, South Korea’s No. 1 player, said it has successfully developed the upgraded service, dubbed the 3band LTE-Advanced service, by combining a 20MHz bandwidth and two 10MHz bandwidths.LG Uplus Corp. also announced Monday it plans to roll out the 3band LTE-A service in 2014 of the same speed, refl
Feasibility study of supercomputers begins

Jan 20, 2014

The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said Monday that the Ministry of Strategy and Finance plans to soon launch a feasibility study on the ICT agency’s plan to expand the nation’s supercomputer network infrastructure.It could take about six months for the Finance Ministry to complete the feasibility study and allow the ICT Ministry to proceed with adopting supercomputers beginning in 2016, an ICT Ministry official noted.It seeks to secure a budget of around 200 billion won ($188 mill
Venezuela creates phone ‘panic button’

Jan 20, 2014

A free app for certain smartphones that works as a “panic button” in emergencies has launched in Venezuela, one of the world’s most violent countries, a lawmaker said.The “pocket police” app “allows people to notify their families in real-time of emergencies, without collapsing the Venezuelan security system,” explained Ricardo Sanchez, a member of the National Assembly’s Domestic Policy Committee.“You can add up to three contacts, with emails and phone numbers, who will receive the message with
European universities launch project to speed robotic development

Jan 20, 2014

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) ― Let the robot race begin.Expectations are high for RoboEarth, a new European-funded system to speed the development of human-serving robots. Scientists from five major European technical universities have gathered in the Netherlands this week for its launch and to demonstrate possible applications.The first: the deceptively simple task of delivering a glass of milk to a patient in a mock-up hospital room.The system is sometimes billed as a kind of Wikipedia for robo
Samsung, LG smartphones to post record market share in Q1

Jan 20, 2014

Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., South Korea's top two tech firms, are expected to post an all-time high global market share in smartphones in the first quarter of 2014, data showed Monday, widening the gap with their U.S. and Chinese rivals. Samsung's portion is projected at 36.2 percent, and its smaller rival LG Electronics is anticipated to record a 5.9 percent share, the data by market researcher Strategy Analytics showed. It will mark the first time for the top two play
Samsung bets on fingerprint tech for Galaxy S5

Jan 19, 2014

After California-based Apple spearheaded fingerprint sensors last year, Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest smartphone maker, is poised to feature the sensors in its upcoming smartphone, the Galaxy S5.“Among the different types of biometric sensors that Samsung is testing for its Galaxy S5, the tech giant will go for fingerprint authentication rather than unintuitive user experience of iris recognition,” said an industry source who declined to be named. “Who would want to put their handset
‘We are still in crisis’

Jan 17, 2014

QE taper, slow TV sales, smartphone competition overshadow LG Group
英정부 화웨이 보이콧, LG U+ 불똥 튀나?

Jan 17, 2014

영국의 주요 정부기관에서 세계 2위 통신장비업체인 화웨이의 장비를 보안 안전상의 이유로 사용을 중단하기로 했다는 보도가 외신에 게재되면서 국내에도 파장이 있을 것으로 예상되고 있다. 현재 국내 통신업체 중에서는 LG U+가 유일하게 화웨이와 손잡은 상태다. 홍콩의South China Morning Post등의 외신보도에 따르면, 영국의 법무부와 검찰 등의 주요 정부 기관에서 보안을 이유로 회의에서 더 이상 화웨이 장비를 사용하지 않기로 결정했다.영국의 다른 일간지도 이 같은 사실을 보도하면서 소식통으로부터 정보를 전달받은 정부 장관들이 긴급회의를 소집해 모든 정부 기관에서 화웨이 장비의 사용을 전면 금지하도록 지시했다고 전했다.화웨이 관계자는 문제가 될만한 장비를 직접 판매한 적은 없지만, 제 3자를 통해 판매되었을 가능성이 있을 수 있다면서 중국정부와는 관련이 없는 사안이라고 밝혔다. 국내에서는 LG U+가 지난 10월 화웨이를 롱텀에볼루션(LTE) 장비 납품기업으로 선정했다. 하
Galaxy Note reaches 10m sales at home

Jan 16, 2014

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s leading maker of smartphones, said Thursday it has sold more than 10 million units of its Galaxy Note line-up in South Korea, proving its dominance on its home turf.The tech giant said the number of Galaxy Note smartphones sold in the country surpassed the milestone as of Thursday, apparently as the phablets successfully attracted users searching for a cross between a smartphone and a tablet computer.The phablets have been one of the industry’s main attention