BARCELONA, SPAIN, Feb 27, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – February 27, 2014 – ZTE, one of the top five global handset manufacturers, today announced that the ZTE Zing series, which includes the ZTE Blade Q Mini, has been honoured with the 2014 iF International Design Award. With a product design focused on an eastern philosophy of [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Parents’ burden in the cost of out-of-school private lessons keeps declining since 2009, although the diminishing amount is small, according to a government statistics. Statistics Korea announced on February 27 that the cost of private education spent in Korea last year totaled 18.6 trillion won ($17.4 billion), a [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb 28 (Korea Bizwire) – More than half of Koreans in their 20s and 30s who are students or office workers frequently skip their breakfast or do not have it regularly, according to a recent survey. The survey conducted by Morning Jook, a breakfast brand, by asking 1,000 young adults in their 20s [...]
LOS ANGELES & TOKYO, Feb 28, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Nippon Television Network Corporation (Nippon TV) has entered into a definitive agreement with Hulu, LLC, to acquire Hulu’s Japan business. The transaction, which is subject to certain regulatory conditions, is expected to close in early Spring, marking Nippon TV’s entry into the SVOD (Subscription Video On [...]
BRENTWOOD, Tenn., Feb 28, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Farm and ranch retailer Tractor Supply Company is kicking off “Chick Days” nationwide this week with a focus on powering backyard farmers and the fast-growing self-reliance movement. Chick Days, a springtime event featuring live baby chicks and ducklings at most Tractor Supply stores, has traditionally attracted farm families [...]
BANGALORE, India, Feb 28, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – The Karnataka State Minister of Transportation – Ramalinga Reddy, representatives from Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), and BYD Company Ltd. all gathered for the launch of a brand new program soon to change the skies of Bangalore, forever. Often referred to as the “Silicon Valley” of India, Bangalore [...]
CAMPBELL, Calif., Feb 28, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its new 2G, 3G, LTE Mobile Infrastructure and Subscribers in Brazil market share and forecast report, which tracks GSM, W-CDMA, and LTE equipment and mobile subscribers in Brazil. ANALYST NOTE “Despite the size of the country and its economic clout, [...]
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Feb 26, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – With a goal of making the word of God and the power of prayer available anywhere and anytime, the Life Without Limbs ministry has launched a free, innovative mobile application now available for download from iTunes and Google Play to use on a variety of Apple and [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb 25, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – In a bid to follow eco-friendly manufacturing practices, Samsung Electronics began using bio-plastics to package TV accessories such as remote controllers and handbooks. By using agricultural feedstocks such as sugar cane as one of the base materials, the electronics giant developed the bio-plastic film for the past seven [...]
Mobile World Congress, Barcelona & SEOUL, Feb 24, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Valimo, world leader in mobile identity authentication and digital signature software, is supplying its advanced Mobile ID solution to KSID, the trusted certification body for mobile authentication and digital signatures in South Korea. The SIM-based embedded software solution and related back-end server provide interoperability across [...]