SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung and Apple have joined hands to add Apple’s iTunes Movie, TV, and AirPlay 2 features to Samsung’s Smart TVs. It is the very first time in the global television market for both iTunes and AirPlay to be featured on a single smart TV. The announcement came shortly before [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Inc. has been accused of pressuring distributors to buy demo devices ahead of the release of the company’s new iPad Pro via the nation’s three major telecommunications providers. According to the Korea Mobile Distributors Association, most producers supply demo devices to distributors free of charge, while Apple has historically forced distributors [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — With new varieties of grapes and apples, Shine Muscat and Envy, gaining popularity in the South Korean fruit market, many experts are suggesting the need to develop new varieties of domestic produce. According to Gmarket, a South Korean online shopping mall, sales of Shine Muscat grapes between September 4 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of South Korean smartphone retailers on Wednesday protested against U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. for its practice of forcing them to purchase in-store tester iPhones. “Normally, most manufacturers provide all smartphones needed for display, which are collected later,” the Korea Mobile Distributors Association (KMDA) said in its [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 170,000 units of Apple Inc.’s new iPhone models are estimated to have been sold in South Korea since its release here last week, industry data showed Friday. The number covers iPhone XS, Max and XR sales via the country’s three leading mobile carriers — SK Telecom Co., KT [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Smartphones are the ultimate medium nowadays that allow individuals to enjoy most of the content they consume online such as shopping, music, games and social media. The content is distributed through two main channels, Google Play and the App Store by Apple Inc. The former has come to dominate [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Hundreds of South Koreans on Friday lined up for the release of the iPhone XS and XR smartphones, a sign of the brand’s popularity in the country despite it being the home of Apple Inc.’s rival Samsung Electronics Co. More than 200 visitors had lined up at a store [...]
ORLANDO, Florida, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — edelkrone, a company well-known for its innovative filmmaking solutions, has presented its customers the experience of virtually placing the edelkrone setup without buying it with the AR feature of Apple. Upon Apple’s recent announcement of AR Quick Look, customers can now view the 3D models of edelkrone products directly [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s chip giant Samsung Electronics Co. outpaced its U.S. archrival Apple Inc. in terms of corporate tax ratio to net income in the first half of 2018, a local think tank said Thursday. Samsung Electronics paid 28 percent of its net profit in corporate tax for the January-June [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will mandate that foreign IT companies designate an official in charge of managing personal information, sources said Friday. According to the industry sources, a relevant law was passed through a regular session of the National Assembly a day earlier that makes it mandatory for companies without addresses [...]