SEOUL, Jan.11 (Korea Bizwire) – The three big telecom companies in Korea are set to launch various IoT (Internet of Things) services, expanding the market. According to an industry report, nearly 60 home IoT services will be launched during the first half of this year. SK Telecom launched a new brand called Smart Home in [...]
SEOUL, Dec.23 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics has announced that it will launch its G Pad Ⅱ 8.3 LTE, a tablet capable of LTE data transfers, through LG U+. The product has an LTE communication module which makes it possible for it to connect to the internet if Wi-Fi is unavailable. Considering that consumers often [...]
SEOUL, Dec.8 (Korea Bizwire) – The government has decided to lower regulations and financially support three new technologies – wireless charging, fused pay channels, and Internet of Things (IoT). These technologies are attracting significant attention, as they could change the way we live forever. On the other hand, there is a need for large-scale R&D [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. introduced Wednesday the beta edition of a web browsing program for its virtual reality (VR) devices, allowing users to access more content online. The test edition of Samsung Internet for Gear VR will allow users of Samsung’s VR devices to stream various videos online and provide [...]
SEOUL, Nov.27 (Korea Bizwire) – Small ideas that have the power to change an individual’s everyday life were presented at the ‘Creative Economy Expo’ held at COEX, on November 26. Featured products included 3D printers that only cost 290,000 won, fermented brown rice that includes lactic acid bacteria, and ‘Car-Talk’, which offers drivers of nearby [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday its virtual reality (VR) device sold out in one day after the debut on its home turf with its relatively cheap price wooing customers. The initial number of 2,000 Samsung Gear VR devices has been sold out, it said. The [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s science and industry ministries said Wednesday they will spend 127 billion won (US$110.7 million) on boosting the wearable device industry through 2020 as part of efforts to secure new growth engines for the country. Under the plan, the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning, and the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s top two tech firms, said Wednesday that they have garnered international awards for some of their latest home appliances, mobile devices and memory chips. Samsung won the Best of Innovation award for a total of 38 products, including the most [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – LG U+ has announced that two American TV series from NBC Universal, which it recently started showing in Korea, have already exceeded 1.5 million views in one month. LG U+ started to provide its viewers with ‘Heroes Season 5: Reborn’ and ’12 Monkeys’ in mid-September. NBC Universal is a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. said Monday it has rolled out pet-care devices equipped with Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology, allowing owners to feed their animals from long distance. The company said its Pet Station can provide meals to pets at pre-set times, allowing owners to leave [...]