SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean communications giant SK Telecom reported yesterday that it has sold more than 100,000 units of its Nugu smart voice-enabled wireless speaker since its release seven months ago, with the number of conversations between Nugu users and the AI assistant amounting to over one hundred million. Since it [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Strong sales of premium products allowed LG Electronics to beat out its main rival Samsung Electronics in the first-quarter TV market earnings race, data showed Wednesday. According to LG, its Home Entertainment (HE) division, which focuses on TVs, posted a record-high operating profit of 382.2 billion won (US$338 million) [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said it plans to start the full-fledged service of Bixby, an artificial intelligence (AI) program installed in its latest flagship Galaxy S8 smartphones. While Samsung officially released the Galaxy S8 smartphone last month, the Bixby service was still in launch preparations. Through deep-learning technology, Samsung said [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday ruled out speculation that Galaxy S8 smartphones have faulty displays, claiming the controversial red tint on some devices can be changed by users. During a conference call held after the company released its first-quarter earnings report, Samsung Electronics claimed that the company has conducted [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea launched an alliance of leading information and communication technology and construction firms on Wednesday to nurture the “smart home” industry that connects artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) to home appliances. “We can make the world’s leading smart home industry with the combination of our [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecom provider LG Uplus has teamed up with Novita, the bidet maker with the largest market share in the country, to release a new bidet that comes with IoT technology, the mobile network announced yesterday. The new bidet, scheduled to be released next month, is the first [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A continuing supply shortage of the latest smartphone made by Samsung Electronics Co. is leaving many of the early buyers in South Korea without a new phone in their hands, as the tech giant has failed to predict demand and ready stock in time, industry sources said Saturday. Samsung [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea successfully showcased its ultra-high-definition (UHD) television broadcasting technology at an annual media convention now being held in Las Vegas, Seoul’s science ministry said Sunday. The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said it promoted the country’s UHD TV broadcasting technology at the National Association of Broadcasters [...]
DAEJEON, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Patent applications for high-tech smart gloves are on the rise. According to the Korea Intellectual Property Office, the number of smart glove patent applications quadrupled over the past five years (2012 to 2016) to an average of 17.8 per year from what was 4.6 patents between 2007 and 2011. [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday the controversial red-tinted display on some of its brand-new Galaxy S8 smartphone cannot be considered a defect, while some critics are predicting the issue may hurt the company’s image like last year’s battery scandal. The issue came to light when a few users claimed [...]