BUSAN, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan Metropolitan Government has announced plans to invest almost 12 billion won into developing wearable robots for the elderly over the next four years. Busan’s project dubbed ‘soft wearable suit technology development venture’ was recently picked up by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP), as [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Display Co. said Wednesday it plans to tap deeper into the premium liquid crystal display (LCD) business through premium, ultra-slim curved TVs. “Samsung Display will continue to roll out investment and develop technologies for the premium curved LCD,” the company said during a forum it hosted in China. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. on Tuesday launched a portable edition of its artificial intelligence (AI) device NUGU, in a bid to expand its presence in the fast-growing sector. First released in September last year, NUGU is focused on providing household-related services. SK Telecom said the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean electronics companies are to benefit from the launch of Apple Inc.’s next flagship iPhone 8 smartphones expected to be launched later this year as they are providers of major electronic parts, industry sources said Sunday. Apple is forecast to release new iPhone models equipped with flexible organic [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it plans to adopt what it calls organic light-emitting diode (OLED) Full Vision display for its new flagship smartphone set to be showcased later this month. The latest display marks an update from the 18:9 ratio Full Vision display that was adopted by the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday its Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus smartphones won a top-level certificate from an environmental evaluation conducted in the United States. The South Korean tech giant said the smartphones won the Gold rating from the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT), approved by the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Sunday it will start sales of the LG Q6 budget smartphone this week, which adopts a “full-vision” display with an 18:9 screen aspect ratio. The South Korean tech giant said the sales of the 5.5-inch smartphone will kick off Wednesday with a price tag of [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The demand for larger-screen smartphones sized 6 inches and above is expected to grow down the road as more consumers enjoy games and movies, data showed Sunday. According to the data compiled by Strategy Analytics, phablets with screen sizes larger than 6 inches are set to take up 4.3 [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Display Co. said Thursday it will suspend making investments in liquid-crystal display (LCD) panels for TVs, and instead focus its efforts on developing the next-generation organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels. “There will be no additional investment on LCD TVs,” said Han Sang-beom, the head of LG Display. “There [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it received a safety certificate from a U.S. evaluator for the high-end LG Signature home appliances. The South Korean tech giant said the approval was granted by U.S.-based safety certification firm Underwriter Laboratories on four premium Signature products — organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV, [...]