SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Apple’s new iPhone 7, set for release this September, is receiving attention from the business world after the company’s 4-inch iPhone SE achieved lower than anticipated sales results. The iPhone 7 will be the first all-new flagship smartphone from Apple in the two years since the release of the [...]
CHUNGJU, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Chungju is a city in North Chungcheong Province famous for its apple orchards, but is now steadily expanding its agricultural production to tropical fruits. For the first time last year, Chungju cultivated passion fruits, which are native to tropical and subtropical regions. One passion fruit contains 36 percent of the recommended [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Yes, even Apple can fall from its own tree. Amidst a struggling premium smartphone market, Apple’s 13-year period of continuous growth has finally come to a halt. iPhones have long been signature products for those placing a premium on design, user experience, and of course, the Apple brand. Despite [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) – At a time when artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer just a movie premise but actually realizable technology, it has been pointed out that Korean companies need to buckle down as they are lagging behind global IT giants. According to a report issued by the Institute for Information and Communications [...]
China-based tech giant Xiaomi Inc., which has been sluggish in tapping overseas markets due to copyright-related issues, is set to speed up its expansion with a new flagship, industry sources said Thursday, engaging in new battles with top brands like Samsung and Apple in South Korea. (Image : Yonhap) SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) – [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s customs office said on Friday it has unearthed 2.2 billion won (US$1.7 million) worth of forged smartphone accessories with Samsung and Apple logos. The Korea Customs Service said 41 suspects were booked without detention following its special crackdown kicked off in December, which discovered 38 cases of [...]
SEOUL, Jan.29 (Korea Bizwire) – Two leading tech giants, Apple and Facebook, seem to be in different leagues given their recent performance. With demand for smartphones on the wane, industry watchers even predicted a quarter of negative growth for Apple. On the other hand, Facebook is performing far better than market expectations. On January 27, [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s antitrust watchdog said Wednesday it is checking possible unfair provisions in contracts signed between Apple Korea and local electronic repair companies. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) did not elaborate on details but said it confirmed there were unfair clauses that favored the electronics giant. “The probe was [...]
CHANGWON, Dec.7 (Korea Bizwire) – The final ruling in a damage suit domestic users filed against Apple for collecting GPS information without their consent will be decided by the Supreme Court. Mirero, the law firm working for the plaintiffs, announced that 298 iPhone users filed an appeal protesting against the results of the appellate judgment. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech behemoth Samsung Electronics Co. became the top smartphone seller in five major regions of the world in the third quarter of the year except in North America, where its archrival Apple Inc. dominated, a report showed Sunday. In the July-September period, Samsung posted the largest smartphone [...]