HONOLULU, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Tetris®, the iconic and beloved video game that ushered in the casual game craze, is celebrating 30 years today. With hundreds of millions of products sold on more than 50 platforms across 185 countries, Tetris continues to evoke a passionate response from fans of all ages. In 2014, the Tetris [...]
AUSTIN, Texas, April 29, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – ABI Research reports that smartphone components are being used in smartwatches in lieu of optimized smartwatch components, even when claimed otherwise. Teardowns of a number of devices found that nobody has an optimal wearable peripheral solution yet. The Samsung Galaxy Gear and Z-watch use application processors originally targeted for smartphone/tablets [...]
SAN FRANCISCO, April 23, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – In celebration of World Book Day, UNESCO, in coalition with Worldreader and Nokia, today released the results of the largest survey on mobile reading in the developing world, which revealed that mobile devices can help significantly enhance people’s literacy skills. According to the responses of nearly 5,000 people [...]
BEIJING, April 21, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Perfect World Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: PWRD) (“Perfect World” or the “Company”), a leading online game developer and operator based in China, today announced that it has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire a total of 30,326,005 class A ordinary shares of Shanda Games Limited (NASDAQ: GAME) (“Shanda [...]
MENLO PARK, Calif., April 14, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – FINsix today launched a Kickstarter campaign to bring the world’s smallest laptop charger, the Dart, to market. Four times smaller and six times lighter than today’s laptop adapters, the Dart is a full-powered 65W AC adapter that also features a built-in 2.1 amp USB port for simultaneously [...]
Hong Kong, April 13, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 3,300 exhibitors from 25 countries and regions are in Hong Kong for the 11th HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition) and the 11th HKTDC International ICT Expo, which opened today and continue through 16 April at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). The [...]
FRAMINGHAM, Mass., April 12, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Staples, Inc. announced on April 11 that its partnership with 3D Systems, a leader in 3D content-to-print solutions, to pilot 3D printing services in two stores in New York City and Los Angeles. Each store features an immersive 3D printing experience center that lets consumers and small businesses create personalized products [...]
CUPERTINO, Calif., April 1, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) - LaCie, the premium brand from Seagate Technology (STX), announced that its LaCie Fuel™ wireless hard drive will be available this April with an expanded capacity of 2TB. With double the capacity than before, LaCie Fuel offers more storage than any 2.5” wireless hard drive on the market. [...]
FRAMINGHAM, Mass, Mar 20 (Korea Bizwire) -Total worldwide PC monitor shipments were slightly below 35.0 million units in the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13), a decrease of -0.4% compared to the previous quarter yet 2.9% more than forecast, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Monitor Tracker. The -3.8% year-over-year growth in [...]