Leading South Korean game developer Smilegate commemorated the first anniversary of the firm’s start-up incubation initiative, called Orange Farm, in Seoul on Thursday.Smilegame runs three centers to nurture start-ups ― two in Seoul and one in Busan ― that house 23 ventures in total. The business incubators are the largest among those run by private firms in Korea.Smilegate CEO Kwon Hyuk-bin“Smilegate will spare no efforts to help fledgling ventures at the incubation centers to write success sto

Despite a series of product leaks online ahead of its official debut, LG Electronics’ new marquee handset G4 featuring advanced cameras and a classy leather back wowed the audience at its launch in Seoul on Wednesday, sending an alert to its rivals ― Samsung Electronics and California-based Apple. LG Electronics chief executive Koo Bon-joon expressed his satisfaction with the latest LG phone, saying he was “confident” that LG would do well against the competitors.As announced earlier, the G4 spo

South Korea’s No. 1 mobile network operator SK Telecom discussed how to create an ecosystem for 5G technology with global firms and ventures at a forum in Seoul on Tuesday.“SKT is currently working on developing differentiated services with advanced technology to greatly improve user experience,” said Jang Dong-hyun, chief executive of the Korean mobile carrier, in an opening speech at the global ICT developer forum.“The company also plans to boost support for small-and medium-sized firms in res

Samsung Electronics said Monday it would work with companies including Lotte Department Store, coffee chain TOM N TOMS and restaurant chain Seoga & Cook to conduct a joint marketing campaign for wireless charging technology for Samsung’s Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. Wireless chargers will be installed at around 200 partner stores. (Samsung Electronics)

Chipmaker Intel Korea will collaborate with Korean tablet PC maker Mpgio and educational software developer ST&Company to tap into the tablet PC market for education in South Korea, Intel Korea said Monday.Intel Korea expressed confidence in increasing its presence in the educational tablet PC market in the domestic market. “Despite the low penetration rate of tablet PCs with 7-inch or larger displays due to phablets in Korea, Intel saw demand for educational tablet PCs continually increase,” sa

“If Steve Jobs were alive today, even he would have liked the G4.”An industry official close to the South Korean tech giant LG Electronics made the remark ahead of the official unveiling event of the firm’s flagship smartphone, the G4, showing confidence in the new marquee device.After the debuts of Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge and Apple’s smart watch this month, many eyes are now on the LG G4, which will be unveiled this Wednesday in six global markets including South Korea, the U

The smart watch hype is at its peak as two of the world’s largest tech giants and archrivals ― Samsung Electronics and Apple ― step up their efforts to gain the upper-hand in a new round in a battle for the wrist.The first wearable device by Cupertino-based Apple landed in stores in nine global markets including the U.S. Australia, and Hong Kong on Friday.Even though South Korea was not included in the first group of the launch nations, the news of the Apple smart watch made headlines on many lo

SK Planet said Sunday it launched the ecommerce Website 11street in Malaysia on April 24. The South Korean online commerce operator has been preparing to launch in the Malaysian market for the past six months, after establishing joint firm Celcom Planet with Malaysia’s No. 1 wireless carrier Celcom Axiata.“The company, which has superior capabilities in online and mobile shopping businesses, will provide differentiated services for local customers,” said Kim Ho-seok, chief executive of Celcom Pl

A top executive of Samsung Electronics’ visual display business unit said Wednesday that it would further beef up its super ultrahigh-definition TV models rather than its lineup using organic light emitting diodes.Samsung released premium SUHD TVs earlier this year, which utilize a liquid crystal display coated with a sheet of nanocrystals, or often called quantum dots. The quantum dots measuring around 3 to 7 nanometers improve color accuracy and color gamut, according to Samsung. Global TV man

South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom said Thursday it is not considering any proposal to divide the organization into two bodies ― one for business and the other for investment.“SKT does not have any plan regarding the establishment of the investment entity, as claimed by many industry watchers,” said Jang Dong-hyun, chief executive of the mobile carrier, at a press conference in which he announced the new business strategy of the firm. Market analysts have long speculated that the nation

 What do hot K-pop stars, such as TVXQ, EXO and Girl’s Day, and superheroes of the upcoming Hollywood film “Avengers: the Age of Ultron” have in common? They have all been made into mobile emoticons on South Korea’s most-used mobile messenger KakaoTalk, run by Internet giant Daum Kakao.The emoticon ― a combination of emotion and icon ― started out as creative combinations of numbers, letters and punctuation marks, but have evolved into today’s animated characters moving around a mobile chat room