SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it will support 500 startups over the next five years in response to the government’s call to bolster the national economy and create more jobs. The project comes as a follow-up of Samsung Electronics’ announcement made in August, when it vowed to invest a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean smartphone makers have released smartphones with three or more rear cameras in line with rising demand from the industry for handsets with premium photography features. Samsung Electronics showcased the Galaxy A9 smartphone earlier this week, which marked its first handset to come with a whopping four rear [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics has widened its lead over competitors in the U.S. market for premium TVs, a market research report said Thursday. The report from U.S. firm NPD said Samsung held 34 percent of the U.S. TV market as of end-August, far outdoing its rival LG Electronics (15 percent) as [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Singapore Korean International School has chosen to install Samsung Flip, an interactive whiteboard developed by Samsung Electronics, in its classrooms. According to Samsung Electronics, the school decided to adopt the Flip because of its capacity to connect education information with smartphone devices, allowing for improved communications between students and [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Home appliance sales in South Korea reached a new high in July as the country was gripped by the worst heat wave in more than a century, government data showed Monday. The constant index for electronics sales came to 189.1 for July, the highest level since 2005, when related [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Hundreds of virtual reality companies from both home and abroad gathered in Seoul on Wednesday to showcase the latest VR technologies that can impact ordinary lives now and in the future. The Korea VR Festival 2018, hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT, kicked off for a five-day [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has been keeping the price of the Galaxy S8 and S9 smartphones high in South Korea in contrast to discounts offered in overseas markets, data showed Tuesday. According to the data compiled by the Korea Communications Commission, the price of the 64 gigabyte edition of the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of South Korean users of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy S7 raised issue with their smartphones suffering from a boot loop after updating to Android 8.0 Oreo, industry sources in Seoul said Friday. An insider at Samsung Electronics said it is currently carrying out a probe to check [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday showcased a new garment care appliance that allows users to remove dust and odor at home, seeking to take a slice of the market from LG Electronics Inc.’s Styler, which has dominated the segment. The tech giant’s release of a clothes refresher apparently came [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Monday it plans to penetrate deeper into the global audio business with its XBOOM products made through collaboration with Britain-based Meridian Audio. The South Korean company, which released South Korea’s first radio in 1959, said it aims to become one of the leading audio brands [...]