SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) ― LG Electronics (LG) took home a total of nine Red Dot Awards in the Communication Design category. Among these, Smart Keyboard, Knock CodeTM and the graphic user interface (GUI) in the acclaimed LG G3 smartphone received “Best of the Best” awards. LG’s innovative webOS Smart+ TV platform was also recognized [...]
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire SmartThings, creator of the leading open platform for the smart home and the consumer Internet of Things. SmartThings supports an open and growing ecosystem of developers, who are producing new types of connected devices and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) ― LG Electronics (LG) today announced that its 4K OLED TV, Smart+ TV, SoundPlate and its flagship LG G3 smartphone have been recognized by the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) 2014-2015 Awards. As the only company with three consecutive EISA awards for its OLED TV technology, LG’s leadership in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwie) ― In an effort to expand its leadership in LTE from smartphones to tablets, LG Electronics (LG) today unveiled an LTE version of the G Pad 8.0, offering blazing fast outdoor connectivity and portability for on-the-go media consumption. The LG G Pad 8.0 LTE offers the right balance of performance and [...]
SEOUL, August 13 (Korea Bizwire) -- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today unveiled its new design approach with the Galaxy Alpha. The latest addition to Samsung’s Galaxy smartphone line, the Galaxy Alpha features a sophisticated design in a carefully constructed compact body with a metal frame and a solid finish, while still maintaining the flagship Galaxy [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — More than a half of Koreans who have purchased overseas goods directly used Amazon, world’s largest online shop. According to the Korea Consumer Agency which conducted a customer satisfaction survey among 1,000 Koreans with experience of overseas direct purchase in the past two years, 55.9 percent of them have purchased [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced today that it has begun mass producing a new, high-performance SAS-interface solid state drive (SSD) using 10-nanometer (nm) class* MLC NAND flash memory. “With our new SAS SSD, our competitiveness in the enterprise storage SSD market has been strengthened,” said Jeeho Baek, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom plans to launch an ultra-mini wireless pico projector for smartphones. It is a follow-up model to the Smart Beam released in September 2012. With Albert and Atti, the smart robots, as well as the SmartCoin, it remains to be seen how well the new projector will fare [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Sol Studio of Daum Communications (035720.KQ) (CEO Sae-hoon Choi) has rolled out the latest version of SolCalendar for all users around the world. SolCalendar 1.5 includes ▶ To-do and To-do Widget ▶ Google Maps & Foursquare Integration ▶ Countdown, Date & Shortcut widgets ▶ Simple Stickers Package [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 29 (Korea Bizwire) ― First shown to the public at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January, the 105-inch CURVED ULTRA HD TV from LG Electronics (LG) became available for pre-orders this week in South Korea. With a resolution of over 11 million pixels (5120 x 2160) and CinemaScope 21:9 aspect ratio, LG’s [...]