SEOUL, April 25, (Korea Bizwire) — Microsoft is once again under fire from South Korean gamers over what many are calling continued neglect of the country’s gaming market, following the surprise global release of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered — a launch that excluded South Korea entirely. Released at midnight on April 23 (KST) [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Kim Young-shub, chief executive officer (CEO) of KT Corp., a major South Korean mobile carrier, said Wednesday he will strengthen the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) partnership with Microsoft Corp. to deliver tangible results within the year. “I will accelerate efforts to achieve concrete outcomes with Microsoft this year,” Kim [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Microsoft and Epic Games have withdrawn from the Korea Game Industry Association, marking a significant shift in their engagement with the South Korean gaming market. Both companies, which operate major gaming platforms Xbox and Epic Games Store, respectively, have been removed from the association’s membership roster, industry officials confirmed today. [...]
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Monday announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft Corp., aiming to lead artificial intelligence (AI) innovations by combining its customer insights from various devices and spaces with the U.S. tech giant’s advanced AI technologies. Under the partnership, the two companies will collaborate on the development [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a major South Korean mobile carrier, will jointly open an innovation center for research of artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing technologies with Microsoft Corp. next year, the Korean company said Thursday. The establishment of the Innovation Center comes as part of KT and Microsoft’s five-year partnership [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s telecommunications giant KT Corp. said Monday it will provide US$450 million worth of network and data center infrastructure to Microsoft Corp. over the next 15 years as part of their partnership for artificial intelligence. The collaboration, which also includes KT’s cloud service unit, KT Cloud Co., follows [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a South Korean telecom company, said Tuesday it will join hands with U.S. technology giant Microsoft to develop the local artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing industries. Under the partnership, the two companies will jointly conduct AI and cloud research projects, KT officials said. “We will do [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) –Amidst strong performance in the technology sector that has propelled the U.S. stock market to new heights, Microsoft has emerged as the most popular overseas stock gifted by South Korean investors since the beginning of this year. According to an analysis by KB Securities, Microsoft topped the list of most [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s antitrust regulator said Tuesday it has decided to approve Microsoft Corp.’s takeover of Activision Blizzard Inc. as the deal is unlikely to hinder competition in the Korean gaming market. The review came amid concerns that Microsoft, which has the Xbox console business under its wing, may disrupt [...]
LONDON and NEW DELHI, India, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Builder.ai, the AI powered next generation composable software development platform that’s so simple and accessible, allowing every individual and business to turn their ideas into software, today announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft, which includes an equity investment in Builder.ai. The collaboration will see the two [...]