SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A sign of conflict is surfacing again over the commissions charged by Apple and Google in their respective app stores, which have an unrivaled presence in the app market. After charging a 30 percent commission for gaming content, Google plans to shift its commission policy towards charging commissions on [...]
JINJU, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple pomace, normally thrown away as waste or used as animal feed due to a lack of recycling technology, will now be used in cosmetics products. Gyeongsangnam-do Agricultural Research & Extension Services (ARES) announced Tuesday that it has transferred a newly developed technology that uses apple pomace to make [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean prosecutors have decided to launch a new investigation into the allegation that the U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. deliberately slowed down old iPhones through its operating systems (OS) updates. According to prosecution sources on Monday, the Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office directed officials on July 15 to resume [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Following Apple Inc.’s recent decision to support its newest smart device operating system, iOS 14, on older generation iPhone models dating back as far as six years, controversy has reemerged over Android smartphones, which have a shorter duration of technical support. Consumers say that a flagship smartphone model costing [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s antitrust regulator said Thursday that it has decided to allow Apple Korea to map out a set of measures to address its anti-competitive business practices here, a move that could end a dispute over its alleged violation of competition law. The Fair Trade Commission said it will [...]
SEJONG, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s antitrust regulator said Thursday it has again rejected voluntary corrective measures by Apple Inc.’s Korean unit over its alleged violation of competition law. Apple Korea is suspected of having required Korean mobile phone carriers — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. — to pay [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. said Friday that it will reopen its sole outlet in South Korea this weekend, as the country’s coronavirus infections have slowed. The retail store, located in Seoul’s affluent southern district of Gangnam, will resume business Saturday, the company said on its website. It marks [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Inc. was the top pick by South Korean investors among foreign companies during the fourth quarter of last year as local investors joined the rush to buy shares in the U.S. tech giant on hopes of it making a rally, data showed Monday. Apple outperformed all other market-leading [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 130,000 units of Apple Inc.’s new iPhone models are believed to have been set up on the first day of sales in South Korea, industry insiders said Saturday. Apple released its iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max in South Korea on Friday, targeting consumers [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — American tech giant Apple’s latest iPhone 11 series officially hit the shelves in South Korea on Friday, targeting consumers looking for premium phones available in 4G models. Apple released its iPhone, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max in South Korea about one month after their launch in [...]