The Galaxy S4, the latest in line from the world’s largest smartphone maker Samsung Electronics, is at the center of a controversy over whether or not its sales will slow due to rumors and several unfavorable brokerage reports. But concerns of slowing sales seem to be far amiss from what is actually happening in markets all over the globe. Samsung’s Galaxy S4 has been selling briskly in markets all over except for Korea, where the Galaxy S3 and the Galaxy Note 2 are still going strong. In the U.

World’s No. 2 chipmaker strikes $240 million cross-licensing deal with Rambus

U.S.-based tech giant Apple on Monday revealed its much-anticipated new mobile operating system, hinting that its innovative prowess had not died with its cofounder Steve Jobs.“IOS 7 is the biggest change to iOS since the introduction of iPhone,” the company’s CEO Tim Cook said at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.Throughout the presentation, Cook repeatedly stressed the word “innovation,” as if to state that his company is still capable of producing groundbreaking produ

Company to invest 3 trillion won to create 25,000 new jobs, improve network

SK Hynix, the world’s No. 2 chipmaker, on Monday said it planned to mass produce 8-gigabit LPDDR3 mobile DRAM chips as early as the end of this year.Developed as the world’s first 8-gigabit product in its class, the LPDDR3 was created by applying 20-nanometer-class technology, and is more advanced than the 4-gigabit LPDDR3 being produced by Samsung Electronics.SK Hynix’s newest product features high density, high speed and low power consumption, which together make for an ideal memory product, c

Electronics giant renews focus on mobile development with newest facility

The chief executives of the nation’s three mobile carriers ― KT Corp., SK Telecom and LG Uplus ― on Monday met with Choi Mun-kee, the minister of Minister of Science, ICT and Future Planning, where they reiterated their earlier pledges to slash subscription fees and to act as key players in the creative economy drive. The subscription fee cut is not new, and is a part of a bigger blueprint for phasing in a complete exemption of the fees by 2015.  More notable was Choi’s subtle but direct request

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 Samsung Electronics on Wednesday maintained its silence over a favorable ruling from the U.S. trade agency banning the sale of several iPhone and iPad models for infringing a Samsung patent. The ruling was deemed as symbolic more than anything else, as if upheld, it would be an indication that some of Apple’s technology had been copied from its top rival, Samsung.The Korean company is currently the world’s largest maker of smartphones in a recent reverse of rankings, with Apple next in line. Sa

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