SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Monday said it has signed a partnership with the global esports organization Gen.G to better target young consumers amid the pandemic. Under the deal, the two sides agreed to seek various business opportunities in the global esports industry and cooperate in promoting LG UltraGear gaming [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Sunday it will open four virtual exhibition halls at the upcoming world’s largest tech expo to introduce its latest innovations amid the pandemic. The South Korean tech giant will run four online exhibition areas — Life is ON TV, Virtual Experience, LG SIGNATURE in Vegas [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Sunday unveiled its 2021 TV lineup that includes next-generation OLED TVs as the South Korean giant eyes to expand its presence in the premium TV market. LG said its new G1 OLED evo TV series, which comes with an upgraded OLED panel that boasts better [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. — the world’s two largest TV makers — are set to intensify their battle in the TV market this year as they unveiled new TVs using mini light emitting diode (LED) technology ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2021. A Mini [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. on Friday forecast robust fourth-quarter earnings as sales from its mainstay home appliances apparently remained solid despite the weakness of the U.S. dollar. In its earnings guidance, the South Korean tech giant estimated its operating profit at 647 billion won (US$592 million) for the October-December period [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Friday it will feature a virtual human as a speaker at the world’s largest tech expo next week as the South Korean tech powerhouse aims to show off its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. LG said an artificial human, named Reah Keem, will deliver a three-minute [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Friday unveiled its upgraded smart TV platform that will be used for its 2021 TV models as the South Korean tech company eyes to improve its software capabilities. LG, the world’s second-largest TV maker, said the webOS 6.0 will run on its 2021 TV sets [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Friday said it has signed a partnership with South Korea’s top internet portal operator Naver Corp. to enter the remote learning service business amid the pandemic. Under the deal, the two sides will develop a notebook dedicated to Naver’s online education platform Whale Space. Tentatively [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it has acquired U.S.-based TV data analysis startup Alphonso Inc. to boost its software and service capabilities in the TV business. The South Korean tech firm said it spent US$80 million to acquire a controlling stake of more than 50 percent in Alphonso. LG [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc., a major home appliance maker in South Korea, said Wednesday its new vacuum cleaner highlighting an upgraded charging station will be unveiled at the upcoming tech expo. The LG CordZero ThinQ A9 Kompressor+ will make its debut at the all-digital Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2021 that [...]