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SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday that preorders for its latest smartphones — Galaxy Z Flip5 and Galaxy Z Fold5 — via a live broadcast on Samsung.com were twice as high as the previous series. During the 1-hour and 40-minute live pre-order broadcast, the company offered the two Galaxy phones [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc.’s front-load washing machine has been recognized as “the best front-load washer” by a U.S. consumer advocacy magazine. In the “Best Front-Load Washers–and the Worst” ratings announced by Consumer Reports, LG’s front-load washers claimed the top four positions, earning 85 to 87 points. Consumer Reports noted that [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s IT industry is exploring ways to survive in a prolonged economic slump, with no clear signs of improvement in sight. The labor union of Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s dominant messaging app KakaoTalk, recently held its first rally since its establishment in October 2018 as [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese tech giant Xiaomi Corp. on Thursday released its newest smartwatch and wireless earphones in South Korea, aiming to compete with Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Unpacked event that occurred the day before. The Redmi Watch 3 and Redmi Buds 4 Active are priced at 104,800 won (US$81.94) and 19,800 [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – 2023 will mark a major turning point for Samsung Electronics’ smartphone business, its mobile chief said Friday, with a goal to push up the portion of foldable phones to more than 20 percent of Galaxy flagship sales worldwide. “This year will serve as a tipping point for Samsung to [...]
SEONGNAM, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The city government of Seongnam, just south of Seoul, said Thursday it will initiate a paid drone delivery service in August to enhance the convenience of citizens visiting Tancheon Water Park. Once customers place their orders through the drone app provided by a local dronmaker, the items will be [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. reported a 6.2 percent fall in second-quarter operating profit, primarily due to a one-time provision. The company said in a regulatory filing that operating income for the April-June period came to 741.9 billion won (US$581 million), down from the 892.7 billion won it had predicted earlier [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) said Thursday it has imposed a fine of 3.6 million won (US$2,829) on OpenAI, the operator of the generative chatbot ChatGPT, for exposing the personal information of 687 South Korean users. A now-patched bug in an open-source library on ChatGPT created a caching [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday reported a 95 percent fall in second-quarter operating profit, as macroeconomic woes have taken a toll on demand for chips used in electronic gadgets from mobile phones to computers to cars. The world’s largest memory chip and smartphone maker logged a profit of 668.5 [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) –Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled its fifth generation of foldable smartphones Wednesday, in the latest move in the premium segment where the South Korean tech firm is a trailblazer but that is now becoming increasingly crowded with more players. At the summer edition of the Galaxy Unpacked, Samsung showed off the [...]