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MS Korea launches cloud-based predictive analytics service

TechnologyJan 21, 2015

Microsoft Korea launched the cloud-based predictive analytics service Azure Machine Learning in South Korea on Wednesday.The new MS service, which uses highly sophisticated data analytics algorithms, helps users to make predictions on a wide variety of managerial or social issues, such as economy, fraud detection and crime rates.“The Azure Machine Learning will be able to help not only data scientists but also decision makers at businesses to sift through structured and unstructured data and mak
“삼성기어, 애플 iWatch로 비디오 텍스팅 한다”

Jan 21, 2015

　텍스팅(texting) 기반의 모바일 메신저인 카톡과 라인을 위협할 대항마가 나타났다. 바로 비디오 텍스팅 서비스 글라이드(Glide)이다. 글라이드는 사용자가 최대 5분 길이의 비디오를 촬영해 1~50명의 친구에게 보낼 수 있는 신개념의 메신저이다. 비디오 메시지를 받은 사용자는 비디오 영상을 보면서 친구들과 일반 모바일 메신저처럼 대화도 동시에 할 수 있다. 　이번 달 초 미국 라스베이거스에서 열린 CES전시회에 참가한 글라이드는 전시장에서 곡예, 비보이 댄스 등의 공연을 각각 5분간 선보였다. 이 공연들을 글라이드 앱을 통해 촬영하고 전송하는 재치 있는 전시로 테마로 관람객의 관심을 끌었다. 　최근 카카오 톡과 라인도 비디오 메시징 서비스에 관심을 가지고 있다는 보도가 나오면서, 이미 해당 서비스를 하고 있는 기업에 대해 관심이 높아지고 있는 상황이다.　카임 하마스 글라이드 커뮤니케이션 팀장은 코리아헤럴드와의 인터뷰에서 “글라이드의 서비스는 스냅챗(Snapchat)에서도
‘삼성전자 스타트 업 육성에는 맞지 않아’

Jan 21, 2015

　최근 스타트 업 열풍이 국내외 일고 있다. 하지만 아무리 좋은 아이디어가 있고 하고 싶은 마음이 있어도 어떻게 시작해야 할지 모르는 경우가 많다. 이러한 고민을 해결해 주기 위해 설립된 회사가 크라우드 펀딩 플랫폼 킥스타터 (Kickstarter)이다.　이번 달 초 미국 라스베거스에서 열린 CES전시회에서 킥스타터의 데이비드 갤러거 (David Gallgher) 대변인은 코리아헤럴드와의 인터뷰에서 킥스타터가 어떤 다른 서비스 보다 “민주적인 시스템을 가지고 있다,”라고 자신있게 말하며 “만약 어떤 기기를 만들고 싶을 때, 삼성전자와 같은 대기업에 가서 당신의 아이디어를 사달라고 설득할 필요가 없다. 킥 스타터에서 사람들에게 직접 당신의 아이디어를 제시하고, 펀딩을 요구할 수 있다,“라고 말했다.크라우드 펀딩 플랫폼 킥스타터 데이비드 갤러거(David Gallgher) 대변인과 존 디마토스(John Dimatos) 디자인/기술 파트너쉽 팀장이 이번 달 초 미국 라스베가스에서 열린 2
LG Chem pushes to reinforce R&D

TechnologyJan 20, 2015

LG Chem, the chemical, battery, and electronics materials business unit of LG Group, said it would beef up its research and development capabilities for next-generation businesses throughout this year. In line with the effort, the world’s leading chemical firm has recruited former Seoul National University professor Lee Jin-kyu, a renowned expert of inorganic nanomaterials, as the research chairman. The new chief researcher received a doctoral degree under the guidance of Nobel Prize laureate in
이재용 삼성 부회장 “도전 하라”

Jan 19, 2015

Lee Jay-yong, the vice chairman of Samsung Group, enters Hotel Shilla in Seoul to participate in the conglomerate`s annual dinner gathering with the top executives Monday. (Yonhap)　삼성그룹 이재용 부회장은 19일 저녁 신라호텔에서 열린 만찬 행사에서 “작년 한 해는 여러 가지로 어려운 해였다”고 말하며, “그럼에도 불구하고 좋은 실적을 내서 임원 승진을 하신 여러분들은 정말 능력있는 인재들이다. 올해도 더 열심히 도전해보자,”라고 삼성 사장단 및 임원에게 주문했다. 　삼성그룹의 핵심역할을 하고 있는 삼성전자가 2014년 영업이익이 전년대비 약 30퍼센트 이상 감소할 것으로 예상되는 가운데 나온 이 부회장의 발언이다. 　새 임원들에게 격려의 말을 함과 동시에 새로운 도전에 대해 두려워하지 말자라는 메시지를 담고 있는 것이다.　올해 신년 만찬회에
Samsung mobile chief denies BlackBerry acquisition rumor

TechnologyJan 19, 2015

Samsung Electronics’ mobile business unit chief Shin Jong-kyun officially denied the rumors of Samsung’s takeover plan of Canadian smartphone-maker Blackberry.Shin Jong-kyun, the president of Samsung Electronics` mobile buisness unit. (Yonhap)“The recent reports of the BlackBerry takeover are false,” said Shin at the annual Samsung Group dinner gathering at Hotel Shilla in Seoul on Monday.Despite Samsung’s denial of the takeover rumors, some news outlets have continued to report that Samsung is
Merck to display smart window technology at German trade fair

TechnologyJan 19, 2015

Merck, the world’s leading chemical and materials firm, said Monday that it would participate in the BAU 2015 exhibition, an international architecture, materials and systems trade show being held from Monday through Saturday (local time) in Munich. At the trade fair, the firm will showcase its state-of-the-art materials technology including Liquid Crystal Windows, smart windowpanes that can control the amount of sunlight penetrating the glass to reduce energy consumption.“We believe the liquid
LG Uplus, Nokia team up for 5G network tech

TechnologyJan 19, 2015

LG Uplus executive vice president Kim Sun-tae (right) and Andrew Cope, head of Nokia Networks’ Korean office, pose after signing an MOU for R&D collaboration for the fifth generation networks. (LG Uplus)South Korea’s smallest mobile carrier, LG Uplus Corp., said Monday it has agreed with Nokia to join hands in developing the fifth-generation network technologies, which is set to emerge as the new industrial standard in the near future.Under the memorandum of understanding, LG and Nokia will coop
Samsung’s budget smartphones poised for Korean market debut

TechnologyJan 18, 2015

Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest smartphone-maker by sales volume, is scheduled to release a series of mid- to low-end Android-based smartphones, including the Galaxy A5 and A7, in Korea this week in an effort to maintain its grip on the global smartphone market.Boasting Samsung’s first fully metal smartphone body, the A5 features a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, along with a 5-inch high-definition super AMOLED display, 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and 2,300 mAh battery, industry source
[Weekender] Convergence begets technological innovation

TechnologyJan 9, 2015

LAS VEGAS ― Brimming with cross-industry innovations, this year’s International CES, the world’s largest electronics trade show, was a hotbed of collaboration and technological convergence. From tennis rackets, watches, jewelry and clothing to household appliances, the event showed how conventional products were getting high-tech upgrades for the coming era of the Internet of Things.One noticeable feature of this year’s CES, which closed Friday, was the slew of technological collaborations for a
LG to provide ‘total home solutions’

TechnologyJan 8, 2015

LAS VEGAS ― LG Electronics CEO Cho Seong-jin apologized for having caused public concerns over his alleged involvement in damaging a washer made by its rival at a global consumer electronics show last year.Speaking at a news conference at the 2015 International CES here, Cho said, “I would like to make a sincere apology first for the latest incidents.” Cho, who is in charge of the company’s home appliance and air solution unit, has been accused of having masterminded a plot to damage Samsung Ele
Samsung, LG compete with premium TVs

TechnologyJan 7, 2015

LAS VEGAS ― Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are competing with premium TVs at the 2015 International CES, which opened in Las Vegas on Tuesday (local time). But the two tech giants are jockeying for position in the high-end TV market with different display technologies. Samsung, the world’s largest TV-maker by sales, said it would push for the growth of the SUHD TV, based on liquid crystal display technology, while its local rival LG has been trying to gain traction with organic light-emi
Korean tech start-ups seek global footing at International CES

TechnologyJan 7, 2015

Baek Won-in (third from left), the chief executive of ImageNEXT, inspects his company’s booth at 2015 International CES in Las Vegas on Tuesday. (Kim Young-won/The Korea Herald)LAS VEGAS ― A handful of small but tech-savvy Korean companies are ramping up efforts to gain a footing in the global technology industry during the 2015 International CES here.Among those start-ups debuting at the world’s largest consumer electronics show is ImageNEXT, the developer of the OmniPAD, consisting of 360 degr
[Newsmaker] Samsung bets big on IoT

TechnologyJan 6, 2015

LAS VEGAS ― Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest electronics firm, said that its entire range of products would be connected through the Internet of Things technology by 2020. “Samsung will have all TVs connected through the IoT by 2017, and all other products by 2020,” said Yoon Boo-keun, head of the company’s consumer electronics business unit, in his opening keynote speech for the International CES on Tuesday. “Samsung will unlock infinite possibilities of the IoT by developing technology
LG Display pledges to focus on OLED

TechnologyJan 6, 2015

LAS VEGAS ― LG Display, the world’s largest display-maker by sales, said Tuesday that it was committed to developing the organic light-emitting diode business this year despite challenges posed by rival products with cost efficiency and high-definition displays.“If the year 2014 was a time when we prepared the ground for the growth of the OLED market, this year will be a time when the OLED TV business will take off,” said Han Sang-beom, the chief executive of LG Group’s display business unit, at