Korea’s exports of cars dropped sharply from a year earlier in August due to a large cut in production caused by labor strikes that also led to shrinking domestic sales, the government said Sunday.Outbound shipments by the country’s five automakers came to 164,805 vehicles in August, down 23.6 percent from the same month last year, according to the Ministry of Knowledge Economy.The August figure marks the lowest tally in 36 months since August 2009, and also the first year-on-year drop in 2012.T

Samsung Electronics Co. said Apple Inc.’s patent claim on so-called multi-touch flags is not valid, as its main competitor in smartphones pursues an infringement case in the Netherlands to ban Samsung Galaxy handsets.Apple claims Galaxy smartphones and tablets infringe the patent that interprets finger activity on touchscreens. Cupertino, California-based Apple lost an earlier claim against HTC Corp. in the U.K. for infringing the patent, as a U.K. judge said it was invalid because it was too ob

KT said Sunday that it has introduced an app platform for NTT Docomo, Japan’s biggest mobile carrier, marking the first time a Korean telecom company has developed an app market overseas.The development of the platform, named “Olleh Market W,” is part of KT’s efforts to become a global media distribution group.Also, this project was in line with “One Asia Super Inter-Store,” or OASIS, which seeks to promote app exchanges among China, Japan and Korea. KT, NTT and China Mobile formed a strategic a

Apple is rising to be the newsmaker in the global tech arena as foreign media reported on Saturday that the company is planning to launch an Internet radio service, competing with Pandora Media.The Cupertino-based firm is also reportedly making moves to offer the fourth-generation communication technology LTE-based iPhones around the world, including Korea.Involving the Apple’s entry in the field

Japanese watch manufacturer Casio announced plans on Wednesday to put a function into wristwatches that allows users to control their smartphone with only their watch. Bluetooth 4.0 technology in the new G-SHOCK series will allow users to find out about incoming calls, texts, emails, and more through alarms or vibrations from the watch. Also, users wearing a piece from the new Casio line will be able to locate their phone by pressing a button on their watch which will ring an alarm from the phon

Apple Inc. has taken its patent row with Samsung Electronics Co. to South Korea's anti-trust watchdog by accusing the top smartphone maker of abusing its dominant market position, sources said Thursday.Since April 2011, the two top smartphone giants have been embroiled in a high-stakes battle across four continents to conquer the $219 billion global smartphone market.Apple has filed a complaint ag

Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy S3 overtook Apple Inc.’s iPhone 4S in the U.S. smartphone market in August for the first time since the Apple gadget was released, a report showed Wednesday.“We believe this is the first month since the iPhone 4S launched in October 2011 that it was not the top-selling smartphone in the U.S. market,” said T. Michael Walkley, an analyst at Canaccord Genuity, in a report for U.S. technology review site CNET. Sales figures were not disclosed. The Galaxy S3’s emergen

The battle surrounding OLED technology theft between tech giants Samsung Display and LG Display is entering another round as Samsung recently filed an injunction against its rival in Seoul.According to legal circles, Samsung filed an injunction against LG at the Seoul Central District Court, claiming that its competitor needed to take responsibility for attempting to steal its core organic light-emitting diode display technology.The battle takes place as both companies are currently working on d

Apple Inc. consulted the designs of mobile phones made by Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., documents showed Wednesday, giving a new twist to the high-stakes patent war between the world‘s two biggest smartphone makers.Samsung and Apple have been embroiled in patent lawsuits spanning four continents as part of efforts to dominate the $219 billion global smartphone market. While courtroom battles are still in process, an Aug. 24 jury verdict in the United States dealt a blow to the

Korean handset makers LG Electronics Inc. and Pantech Corp. said Wednesday they plan to introduce new smartphones that operate on the fourth-generation Long-Term Evolution network in the U.S. market within this month. LG is set to release its 5-inch Intuition via Verizon Wireless starting Sept. 6, while Pantech plans to roll out its 4.3-inch Flex via AT&T on Sept. 16, the companies said in separate press releases. As part of efforts to better cater to local users, LG said it added the “LG Tag+”