SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite a steady increase in the usage rate for personal cloud services in South Korea, a variety of such services are making consumers uncomfortable by switching to paid services or being terminated, thereby limiting options for consumers. According to a report from the state-run Korea Information Society Development Institute, [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung SDS Co., an IT service unit of Samsung Group, has launched a web-based ‘paperless’ service that uses blockchain technology to prevent document forgery. Without the need for separate system setup, the service enables safe management of various documents, including contracts, consent agreements and certificates, through a connection with [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s ICT ministry said Tuesday the country reported 78 ransomware attacks in the first half of the year in the latest sign of growing cyberattacks. Ransomware is a type of malware that holds a target’s data hostage or locks up its systems until a ransom is paid. It [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it will expand cloud-based call centers to offer better customer care services and protect its workers from the novel coronavirus outbreak. With its recently launch of cloud-based call centers in the United States, LG said they will be also available in 10 more countries, [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading internet portal operator Naver Corp. said Tuesday that it will roll out the upgraded version of its artificial intelligence (AI) image monitoring technology ‘X-eye’ from July. X-eye refers to proprietary technology that prevents obscene materials from being exposed in search results by monitoring them on a [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top internet portal operator, Naver Corp., said Tuesday that it has invested 40 billion won (US$36 million) in a total of 70 startups — mostly early-stage tech firms under its accelerator scheme that started in 2015. The investment was made over the past six years since the [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday said its open source software management tool is now available to outside developers as the South Korean tech giant eyes to bolster its presence in the software community. LG said the FOSSLight (Free and Open Source Software Light) system, which it has been using [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday unveiled new Galaxy Book laptops as the South Korean tech giant eyes to beef up notebook sales amid the pandemic-driven stay-at-home trend. The Galaxy Book Go and the Galaxy Book Go 5G will be the latest additions to Samsung’s notebook portfolio powered by Qualcomm’s [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip supplier, on Wednesday unveiled its new enterprise solid state drive (SSD) leveraging advanced data management technology that offers a longer lifespan. The South Korean tech giant said its new enterprise SSD, the PM1731a, features a Zoned Namespace (ZNS) solution that maximizes [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Monday its new gaming monitor will be available in South Korea this week as the tech giant aims to expand its sales amid the pandemic-driven stay-at-home trend. LG’s latest 32-inch UltraGear monitor, 32GP850, will hit local shelves Tuesday with a price tag of 799,000 won [...]