SEOUL, Korea, April 30, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – A study shows that “wageless growth,” which is an economic phenomenon in which real wage goes down while labor productivity is increased, was most prominent in Korea among major developed economies. According to a research report published by the Korea Institute of Finance “International Comparison on Wageless [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 30, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Commemorating World Malaria Day, which came on April 25th, “Ki-Heung Service Area,” an expressway rest area in the south of Seoul, took an initiative to prevent Malaria for locals and children in Uganda. “World Share,” an overseas relief agency, teamed up with the rest area to hold a “Mosquito Net [...]
Singapore, Apr 29, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – HD (high definition) viewing will soon be a technology of the past, with the proliferation of 4K coming Asia’s way. 4K, also commonly known as ultra-high definition (UHD), is an evolved standard that greatly surpasses HD, bearing a minimum pixel count of 3840 x 2160 compared to the latter’s [...]
BALTIMORE, April 29, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – SafeNet, Inc., a global leader in data protection solutions, today released the highlights from its SafeNet Breach Level Index (BLI) for the first quarter of 2014. Nearly 200 million records were stolen, the equivalent of approximately 93,000 records stolen every hour, between January and March, which was an increase [...]
AUSTIN, Texas, April 29, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – ABI Research reports that smartphone components are being used in smartwatches in lieu of optimized smartwatch components, even when claimed otherwise. Teardowns of a number of devices found that nobody has an optimal wearable peripheral solution yet. The Samsung Galaxy Gear and Z-watch use application processors originally targeted for smartphone/tablets [...]
NEW YORK, April 28, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Merger and acquisition (M&A) deal value in the global industrial products (IP) industry rose significantly on a year-over-year basis during the first quarter of 2014, according to PwC US. While the increase in deal value was driven by mega deals (transactions worth more than $1 billion) compared with [...]
Singapore, Apr 28, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study led by A*STAR’s Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS) found that genetics as well as the environment in the womb play important roles in the development of the baby. The effort by the international team of scientists and clinicians is the world’s first attempt to discover how [...]
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SEOUL, Korea, April 28, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Following the April 16 ferry accident that killed 300 including the still missing for more than 10 days, the whole nation is in a soul-searching mode reflecting on what went wrong. The country has grown at a breakneck pace for the past five decades without really thinking [...]
MANCHESTER, N.H., April 27, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – This week, more than 12,000 students from around the globe traveled to St. Louis, Mo., to put their engineering skills to the test at the annual FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Championship, held at the Edward Jones Dome. The three-day event came down to a [...]
ATLANTA, April 25, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Available from iTunes on April 24, a new weather app for iPhone set to excite true weather enthusiasts who want a full view of the weather with the expertise, technology and scale of The Weather Channel. The Weather Channel® app’s new design and interface have been upgraded in terms of user [...]