SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung SDI Co. and LG Chem Co., South Korea’s two major battery makers, are expanding their product portfolios into flexible cells for wearable devices, a move seen to meet increasing global demand for bendable gadgets such as smartwatches. The two battery-making units of Samsung Group and LG Group said [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) - South Korea’s three mobile carriers plan to start preorders for the latest iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus this week, industry sources said Sunday, a move that may cause a dent in sales of high-end models from local brands Samsung and LG. SK Telecom Co., KT Corp., and LG Uplus will begin preorders Monday, ahead of the official release slated for Friday at both online and offline [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Research suggests that smartphones with voice recognition features can be hacked using electronic signals if earphones with microphones are connected. The Wireless Security Lab at the National Institute of Information Security in France published a thesis suggesting the hacking possibility in a recent issue of the journal ‘IEEE Transactions [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – IBM has announced that it will concentrate on Internet-of-Things (IoT) businesses in the B2B (business to business) sector, and strengthen cooperation with Korea. At an IoT strategy briefing, Jack Desjardins, who is the vice-president at IBM in charge of the global business development of IoT, talked about possibilities in [...]
SEJONG, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. will work with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to provide educational robots to Costa Rica, the government said Thursday. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said under the US$2.4 million deal reached in Washington, SK Telecom will provide 1,500 robots [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Google Inc. introduced Tuesday the two latest smartphones in South Korea with improved camera and fingerprint functions, seeking to expand its Android ecosystem. The Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P, each manufactured by South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. and Huawei Technologies Co. of China, were showcased at a media event [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – To help solve missing children cases, a technology in which one can register a child’s fingerprint with a smartphone, and also check the identity of a child that has been found through a smartphone will be developed. The National Police Agency announced that it will be embarking on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s market for mobile advertisements is expected to surpass the 1 trillion won (US$849 million) mark this year on the back of the country’s high smartphone penetration, data showed Friday. The market size is estimated to reach 1.05 trillion won this year, which will mark a 27.2 percent [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite a never-ending influx of high-end handsets armed with such features as DSLR-like cameras and wireless charging, Yi Nari says she is satisfied with her Galaxy A5, a low-cost smartphone made by Samsung Electronics Co. “The device has a fine selfie camera, so I chose the model over other [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – With the advance of information communication technology(ICT), boundaries between businesses are falling apart rapidly, and collaboration among different businesses is becoming a new norm. Telecommunication industry is no exception and they are stepping into the medical service field betting this will sustain their growth. According to industry watchers, SK Telecom and [...]