SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. plans to showcase its next phablet flagship, presumably the Galaxy Note 5, in earlier-than-expected August, industry sources said Wednesday, in an apparent bid to get a head start over Apple Inc. Under the plan, Samsung will hold its launch ceremony around [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics has won a patent for analyzing body fat through smartphones, an intellectual property organization said Tuesday, which may mark another leap forward in enhancing health care-related features on smart devices. Under the title “Method and apparatus for measuring body fat using a mobile device,” the [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. announced today it will roll out the low-cost edition of its high-end LG G4 smartphone around the globe this week, as the flagship model continues to suffer weak sales which bode ill for its earnings down the road. The LG G4 Beat, which will come with a 5.2-inch [...]
HADONG, Jul. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A safety drone that can detect human thermal energy to locate individuals in danger flew over Cheonghak-dong, one of Korea’s traditional villages, on July 6. The 20 million won (US$ 17,730) drone was donated by telecommunications carrier KT to this village full of traditional scholars and institutions, as part [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Metropolitan Government is making public core data such as budget expenditures, consumer prices and levels of fine dust through interactive infographics. The Seoul city government announced on July 2 the introduction of “Interactive Seoul!”, a service that provides access to important public data. For example, its “Finance Watch” shows [...]
GUNSAN, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Body-worn video systems have been introduced to Korean police officers for the first time, as four of the cameras were put into use by the Gunsan Police Station on May 7. The body cams will work as personal black boxes providing footage of evidence for crimes or documenting excessive [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Flying of drones within 2km of airports in Korea will soon be technically impossible. The Seoul Regional Aviation Administration said on May 18 that it has agreed with Chinese drone manufacturer DJI to start a program that automatically shuts down drones within 2km of airports. The program will be installed [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics, South Korea’s No. 1 tech giant, uploaded a poster of a seemingly round watch screen on its website on Friday implying that its next smartwatch’s shape will be circular. The poster, which reads “Get Ready For The Next Gear,” shows what appears to be a round smartwatch, [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The City of Bucheon in Gyeonggi province will begin a “Safe-return-home” taxi service from May by sharing taxi information with a passenger’s family members. Using an NFC tag installed in every taxi in the city adjacent to western Seoul, passengers can tag their phone and have the service send information including [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Details of LG Electronics Inc.’s soon-to-be released flagship smartphone were leaked through its official website Sunday apparently due to a mistake by its staff, industry sources said. The specifications of the G4, including its design, display and battery, were posted for about six hours early Sunday on its microsite [...]