MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire SmartThings, creator of the leading open platform for the smart home and the consumer Internet of Things. SmartThings supports an open and growing ecosystem of developers, who are producing new types of connected devices and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) ― LG Electronics (LG) today announced that its 4K OLED TV, Smart+ TV, SoundPlate and its flagship LG G3 smartphone have been recognized by the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) 2014-2015 Awards. As the only company with three consecutive EISA awards for its OLED TV technology, LG’s leadership in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwie) ― In an effort to expand its leadership in LTE from smartphones to tablets, LG Electronics (LG) today unveiled an LTE version of the G Pad 8.0, offering blazing fast outdoor connectivity and portability for on-the-go media consumption. The LG G Pad 8.0 LTE offers the right balance of performance and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Broadband will begin its service of up-scaling full HD video contents into ultra HD images with its proprietary solution offering UHD experience with existing full HD videos for the first time in the industry. Korea’s second-largest broadband Internet service provider in terms of the number of subscribers plans to offer Hollywood [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics‘ flagship smartphone model “LG G3” has successfully deployed Qualcomm‘s “IZat,” a location-based indoor positioning technology, for the first time in the world. IZat is a location-based technology that utilizes diverse connection technologies such as differential GPS, Wi-Fi, cloud server and smartphone sensors to locate and position the user outdoors [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics launched on August 11 a new refrigerator “Slim Style” customized to the lifestyle of single families. In consideration of the fact that singles reside in smaller homes and are keenly interested in interior design, the company came up with a design slimmer in width and depth but taller in height [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Department Store won a bid to acquire WiniaMando Inc., the company better known as its kimchi refrigerator brand “Dimchae.” With the acquisition of the kimchi fridge manufacturer, the department store operator could add electronics manufacturing in its business portfolio. On August 10, the department store announced that it signed [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics began selling two models of “Samsung Smart Signage TV” for small- and mid-sized business owners enabling a variety of advertisement inside their shops. On August 11, Samsung put the 40-inch and 48-inch smart signage TVs on the market targeting small firms and self-employed business owners. As an innovative [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics, after announcing disappointing quarterly financial results recently due to the poor performance of its smartphone division, is trying to get out of a funk by investing intensively in B2B businesses focusing on semiconductors and displays. The company said this on July 31 in a conference call releasing [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) –Taekwang Group, Korea’s synthetic fiber manufacturer, said it will develop an audiobook application for visually impaired. The group’s info-techunit Tsis announced on July 27 that it has endorsed in initiating the “Audiobook Application Development Project” with the Korea Society for the Welfare of the Visually Handicapped. Upon completion of the project, [...]