The WSQ Specification V3.1 sets the latest standard for the exchange of fingerprint images within the biometrics and law enforcement community. (image: Suprema) SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Suprema, Inc., a leading global provider of technology in biometrics and identification, today announced its fingerprint image compression algorithms received the latest version of FBI WSQ [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics is tightening its belt in response to the disappointing financial results of late. One of the most visible decisions is the non-renewal of the uniform sponsorship it has maintained with London’s Chelsea Football Club for eight years. This follows an announcement that it would cut back on spending limits [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – KT Media Hub, KT’s arm specializing in developing media content, introduced a cross-media advertising platform that is “responsive” to or linked with outdoor billboards on the streets. This service — currently available for smartphone users with “Swingo” app (developed by Samsung) — allows users to check with latest useful [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Semiconductor, Korea’s top export item to the world, is under threat by its close competitor China. According to a report from the Institute for International Trade under the Korea International Trade Association (KITA), Korea was a top export country of 64 items, down by nine from 2009 as of 2012. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Each army unit will form a social network channel to communicate among the commander, rank-and-file soldiers and their parents as a move to innovate military culture in Korea. Camp Mobile, a subsidiary of NHN operating social networking service “Band,” signed a business agreement with the Army of the Republic of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Group and LG Electronics came forward to helping out immigrant women by opening a café and free cooking classes respectively. On September 30, Samsung opened a café named “E-eum,” meaning connection in English, at the student union building of Daegu University in Gyeongsan, North Gyeongsang Province. The café with the size [...]
Amsterdam, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, has been selected to supply EMV private label payment cards to AS24, a subsidiary of Total Group, one of the world’s largest integrated oil and gas companies. AS24 is replacing all its own-brand cards with Gemalto’s highly secure EMV Optelio smart [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – As the market share of imported cars in the Korean automobile industry approaches to 15 percent, consumer satisfaction on the imported wheels are much higher than that of Korean-made ones. The only weakness of the imported cars was after sale services. Marketing Insight, automobile specialized research firm, released its study [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – NCSoft Cultural Foundation, a non-profit arm of the gaming giant NCSoft that develops and distributes augmentative and alternative communication(AAC) system to reduce communication disorder and improve communication ability for the disabled people, launched AAC website(www.myfirstaac.com) and began its service. The AAC webpage opened on Sept. 29 focuses on raising the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Display Hub, a Korean display maker, rolled out a transparent display which boasts over 75 percent of visible transmittance and high definition. The Impression TG Series, to be launched this time, is made of transparent acrylic material showing off overwhelming transmittance effect compared with that of the existing displays [...]