SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey by the Korea Communications Commission revealed the growing importance of smartphones, with 55.5 percent of 7,385 respondents (aged 13 and above) considering the device to be an “indispensable medium”, far surpassing those who chose TV (38.6 percent) as their answer. The gap between the two devices [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A lightweight laptop computer by South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. has received the best evaluation from a U.S. consumer magazine, beating those by foreign rivals, its publication showed Wednesday. Samsung’s Notebook 9 clinched the top spot with 77 points out of 100 in the most recent review by [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics has long been criticized for its ‘humble’ marketing strategies despite launching products with class-leading features. However, the global electronics giant is now challenging the accusations with radical marketing campaigns. LG recently invited Sierra Blair-Coyle, a professional rock climber, to climb a 33-storey building using only the vacuuming [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) -LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it has released a new wider screen laptop that weighs less than 1 kilogram and boasts a strong battery that lasts up to 10.5 hours. South Korea’s No. 2 tech giant said the Gram 15 laptop comes with a 15.6-inch display, but weighs only 980 [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Planet’s 11th Street (www.11st.co.kr) online shopping portal announced that they will be selling a 99,000 won ‘Shocking DIY Laptop’ through their online select shop ‘Shocking Deal’. The laptop is called the ‘CRAZY Wolf Lite Book’. It doesn’t have memory or SSD storage, so consumers can install the components [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics announced that it would phase out of selling laptops including Chromebooks in Europe. Instead, the world’s leading electronics company decided to concentrate on selling tablets to European customers. According to market analysts, the electronics affiliate of Korea’s largest conglomerate plans to wash its hands of the unprofitable [...]
SEOUL, Korea, May 1, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – A study shows that almost one out of two people use a smartphone and watch TV at the same time. According to a report “Simultaneous Media Use While TV Watching” by the Korea Information Society Development Institute, which surveyed 6,240 family members over age of 13 in [...]