SEONGNAM, Korea, Dec 20 (Korea Bizwire) – korea’s largest telecom company KT said on December 19 that it would launch “Magic Voice,” the service that combines voice recognition technology with its “All-IP” service, jointly with Internet portal Daum Communications. With the Magic Voice service, the user can listen to music that best matches her state of mind [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 19 (Korea Bizwire) – SmartHouse, a cloud-based web application provider, said on December 18 that it has launched an employee attendance tracking service using the smartphone. As old smartphones can be used as near-field communication terminals, there is no need to purchase dedicated terminals that cost 200,000 to 300,000 won each. All the [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 18 (Korea Bizwire) – In a 1987 movie “Wings of Desire,” there is a scene in which an angel reads a human’s mind by putting his hand on the person’s shoulder. Then the person is instantly comforted from her distress and regains hope. Just like in the movie, the same idea has been [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s bakery chain Tous Les Jours has launched a very special Christmas cake for this merry season, a cake with a 3D printed figure doll on it. Tous Les Jours, the CJ Foodville franchise brand, has become first in Korea ever employing the 3D printing technology in their marketing. [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Hanwha Group has set out to promote the advantage of solar power to the general public. The group companies like Hanwha Q-Cells Korea, Hanwha 63 City, and Hanwha Environmental Research Institute, in partnership with civil society organizations, opened a class teaching how to install small-scale photovoltaic panels as well [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Dec 02 (Korea Bizwire) – As more and more people live in collective residences such as apartments, the issue of noise between floors has become more serious and prevalent, often leading to disputes among neighbors and violence. As if to reflect the social attention to this problem, the number of patents related to soundproofing [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 06 (Korea Bizwire) - The number of people who have signed a petition to oppose organ harvesting has surpassed 230,000, the highest level among countries in which similar appeals were circulated. The grassroots campaign is set to transform into a nation-wide movement with 5,000 medical professionals, 80 lawmakers, and more than 100 local and national-level politicians [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 06 (Korea Bizwire) - SK Telecom said it signed an agreement with France’s Big Robot, a company selling electronic goods such as robot vacuum cleaners and electric bikes, to sell 1,000 units of its educational robot “Atti.” Atti has a cradle that allows users to load an Android smartphone with a screen size of 4.6 [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Oct 28 (Korea Bizwire) – How well, or badly, is Korea doing in terms of statistical numbers? By the early 2010s, this country of 50 million population has become one of the world’s top nations in terms of manufacturing prowess. When it comes to national brand image, global brand value, and trade volume, [...]
DAEGU, Korea, Oct 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The 2013 Korea Intelligent Robot Contest, hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy, and the governments of North Gyeongsang Province and Pohang City, will be held for two days between October 19 and 20 at Pohang’s City Gymnasium. The event is sponsored by POSCO, the Korea [...]