SAMSUNG GEAR S2 HITS SHELVES IN KOREA— Tech giant Samsung Electronics’ new smartwatch Samsung Gear S2 went on sale Thursday in Seoul. The round-face wearable comes in two models -- the Gear S2 and Gear S2 Classic priced at 333,000 won ($280) and 374,000 won, respectively. (Samsung)

“제2의 샤오미,”라고 불리는 중국의 스마트폰 제조업체 원플러스의 공동창업자 칼 페이(Carl Pei)가 삼성에서 “인턴으로 일하고 싶다,”고 삼성에 요청해 화제가 되고 있다.원플러스 공동창업자 칼 페이 (@getpeid)　칼 페이는 30일 자신의 블로그에 “삼성으로부터 성공적으로 사업을 성장시키고 운영할 수 있는 방법에 배울 수 있으면 한다,”고 밝혔다. 　가볍게 웃어 넘길 수 있는 말로 들릴 수도 있지만 “진지하다, 심각하다”라는 표현을 사용하며 구체적인 아이디어도 밝혀 가벼운 농담이 아니라는 의견을 밝혔다. 　그는 “(삼성과) 인턴쉽 교환 프로그램을 진행하면 더욱 좋을 것이다. 내가 삼성전자 본사로 가서 일을 하고 삼성전자의 임원이 원플러스로 와서 일을 하는 것이다,”라고 말했다.　원플러스 공동창업자는 삼성과 원플러스가 서로 배울 점이 있다고 밝혔지만, 일각에서는 그의 발언이 삼성의 명성을 이용한 마케팅 전략일 것이라는 추측을 하고 있다. 　원플러스는 원플러스 원이라는 고사양

Google fired back at Apple on Tuesday with a pair of new smartphones, a “convertible” tablet and other gadgetry ahead of the year-end holiday shopping season.The California tech giant unveiled two new Nexus smartphones with enhanced features including fingerprint sensors and improved cameras aimed at the high end of the market dominated by Apple and Samsung. The Nexus 5X smartphone made by Korean tech giant LG Electronics. (LGE)The California tech giant said it was partnering with South Korea‘s

  KT EXPANDS B2B SERVICES -- South Korea’s leading telecommunications firm KT said Wednesday that the number of corporate subscribers for its GiGA Office -- a package of ICT solutions for small- and medium-sized businesses to manage and control ICT equipment, Web-hosting and system security -- has crossed 700 since the services were launched in November last year. (KT)

Mobile coupon application operator Yap Company has been expanding its businesses ranging from public transportation apps to smart beacons in a bid to lead the mobile services sector.The latest moves by the 2-year-old company include takeover of emerging mobile services, such as the nation’s most popular mobile subway map provider Smarter Subway with around 14 million subscribers, and the launch of new mobile services including restaurant recommendation app Yap Place and Yap, a beacon-based app w

Camp Mobile, a mobile service subsidiary of Web-portal operator Naver, said Wednesday that the number of downloads of the firm’s social networking service Band had surpassed 50 million worldwide as of Sept. 22.Launched in August 2012, the invite-only mobile app has permeated around 180 global markets with its number of monthly active users standing at 18 million, and has recently gained traction in Taiwan and India. The number of downloads for social networking service Band exceeds 50 million as

SAMSUNG PAY AVAILABLE IN U.S. -- Tech giant Samsung Electronics launched its mobile payment service Samsung Pay in the U.S. market Monday. Samsung Pay allows users to make purchases with either traditional magnetic stripe terminals or NFC-enabled terminals. (Samsung) SAMSUNG PAY AVAILABLE IN U.S. -- Tech giant Samsung Electronics launched its mobile payment service Samsung Pay in the U.S. market Monday. Samsung Pay allows users to make purchases with either traditional magnetic stripe terminals

A report from a private research institute suggested tech giant Samsung Electronics once again outdid Taiwanese chip manufacturer TSMC in the competition for efficient chip technology.Both chip manufacturers are confirmed as the two suppliers of the mobile application processor deployed in California-based Apple’s latest iPhone S6 smartphone, a teardown report by research firm Chipworks showed. Samsung Electronics’ Exynos 7 mobile application processor, which deploys a 14nm process technology. (