SEOUL, Dec 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of Samsung air purifiers from January to November 2014 increased by 300 percent from the same period last year, said Samsung Electronics on December 25. Samsung Electronics launched a large-sized air purifier dubbed “Blue Sky” this year to broaden its air purifier line-up. The company said that its [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — As Samsung Group announced its annual president-level reshuffling results on December 1, the attention is now paid to the follow-up announcement on executive-level personnel change and the group affiliates’ organizational change. As for president-level change, the number of presidents sacked and appointed has been somewhat reduced from the last year. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) ― Twenty solar powered refrigerators equipped with Smart Inverter Compressors were donated to local communities in Africa and South America as part of LG Electronics’ partnership with the non-profit organization World Vision Kenya as well as the Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation of Peru. These donations specifically targeted areas [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Less than two months after its release, Huawei Technologies is dropping the price of its budget X3 smartphone by nearly 40 percent, offering a 200,000-won-discount to local customers in a move indicative of the Chinese vendor’s struggling ‘smartphone push’ in Korea. Media Log, a local distributor and affiliate of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., today introduced EYECAN+, the company’s second-generation eye mouse that allows people with disabilities to compose and edit documents as well as browse the web through simple eye movement. EYECAN+ is the first of its kind, as it does not require users to wear any device, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – When you’re depressed, your smartphone detects your feelings and emotions, and plays rhythmic music to help change your mood. This might sound a little bit strange or futuristic, but research in emotion sensing technology is increasing rapidly. According to the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), the number of patent [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Koo Bon-joon, vice-chairperson and CEO of LG Electronics, has been delivering pizzas to his employees for more than three years to cheer them up. So far, it is reported that he has sent pizzas to 55,000 LG workers. Koo’s pizza deliveries trace back to 2011 when he sent 80 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea will lead in the area of international standards for wearable devices. The Korean Agency for Technology and Standards said on November 14 that it suggested the establishment of a standard setting committee for wearable smart devices at the 78th International Electrotechnical Commission meeting currently held in Tokyo, for [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics will debut its “Gear VR Innovator Edition,” the world’s first smartphone-based virtual reality headset, in the United States early next week. The Gear VR, which will come in frost white color, will be sold with the game pad through its online store. The Gear VR is based on [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology said on November 11 that its students won the first place award selected by the participants of the Student Innovation Contest, an event held in conjunction with the User Interface Software and Technology 2014 Conference. Sponsored by the U.S. Association for Computing Machinery, [...]