SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Yonhap) - In the face of sagging global smartphone sales, Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are jostling to win back customers with new gadgets boasting much-upgraded cameras and the novel technology of virtual reality (VR). Samsung showed off its flat screen Galaxy S7 and curved screen Galaxy S7 Edge on Sunday [...]
SEOUL, Feb.17 (Korea Bizwire) – Even though we are living in a ‘mobile first’ era, when most of the tasks we used to do on a PC are now easily completed on mobile phones, it turns out that PC usage still outpaces mobile usage in certain areas. Although mobile use is increasing, this doesn’t mean [...]
SEOUL, Jan.21 (Korea Bizwire) – User-created content uploaded to Facebook, YouTube and blogs will be increasingly featured on Naver’s search engine. Naver announced that it will apply a web collection method to gather information and provide the data in search results. Prior to the new service, users had to apply themselves to add their content [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it has started the mass production of new dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips, targeting the high performance computing segment that covers super computers and big-data cloud services. The new product, dubbed the second generation of 4-gigabyte (GB) high bandwidth memory DRAM, or HBM2 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) -LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it has released a new wider screen laptop that weighs less than 1 kilogram and boasts a strong battery that lasts up to 10.5 hours. South Korea’s No. 2 tech giant said the Gram 15 laptop comes with a 15.6-inch display, but weighs only 980 [...]
SEOUL, Jan.4 (Korea Bizwire) – It has become possible to let people know about the release of one’s own book through the use of smartphones. Aladdin, the online book store, announced that it started an ‘Online Book Launching Party’ service so that a publisher can advertise their own book to friends and acquaintances. After registering [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it will roll out a new micro secure digital (SD) memory card with 128GB capacity that comes with a faster data transmission speed to handle Ultra HD video content. The South Korean tech giant, which released 32GB and 63GB editions of the PRO Plus [...]
SEOUL, Dec.15 (Korea Bizwire) – Following Google and Facebook, Naver is also set to launch 360 degree video services. The Korean web giant announced on December 14 that it will be launching 360 degree virtual reality (VR) video services within the month. Instead of watching videos taken from the perspective of the person making the [...]
SEOUL, Dec.8 (Korea Bizwire) – The government has decided to lower regulations and financially support three new technologies – wireless charging, fused pay channels, and Internet of Things (IoT). These technologies are attracting significant attention, as they could change the way we live forever. On the other hand, there is a need for large-scale R&D [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. introduced Wednesday the beta edition of a web browsing program for its virtual reality (VR) devices, allowing users to access more content online. The test edition of Samsung Internet for Gear VR will allow users of Samsung’s VR devices to stream various videos online and provide [...]