SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics is launching a research and development program in pursuit of new autonomous navigation technology. According to Samsung’s recruiting website, the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology is seeking experienced researchers to work in the field of autonomous driving. Autonomous vehicles are automobiles that can drive to a destination on [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) – In the movie “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol”, Tom Cruise secretly takes pictures of classified documents by blinking his eye, using ‘smart’ contact lenses. According to SAM Mobile, a Samsung Electronics blog, the company applied for a patent in the U.S. for ‘the production and usage of smart contact lenses for augmented reality’ [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics announced that it has installed the world’s largest electronic display board at Incheon’s Munhak Baseball Stadium that is the home of the SK Wyverns. Through the giant screen of Samsung Smart LED Signage, Wyverns’ fans can view highlights and game information in great quality. The electronic board consists [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) - Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it has launched a new refrigerator in South Korea which uses Internet-of-Things (IoT) technologies. The Family Hub refrigerator, first showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, is equipped with a 21.5-inch Full HD touch screen that allows users to follow-up on various conditions of the refrigerator. [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s biggest smartphone and memory chip maker by sales, said Thursday it will overhaul its corporate culture to improve efficiency and productivity at its workplace. The electronics giant has recently suffered a decline in its mainstay smartphone business and lack of new growth drivers. In [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. will provide foreign visitors here with an opportunity to experience its services free of charge, company officials said Wednesday. In the “Enjoy Mobile Korea” program, 250 foreigners arriving in South Korea will be able to use unlimited voice calling services and up [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) – South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday its latest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S7 series, posted robust sales in Israel just a week after their launch. The Galaxy S7 series officially hit the shelves on March 14, coming out in major markets including South Korea, the United States and Europe. Samsung [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s two leading conglomerates — Samsung Group and Shinsegae Group, which share the same lineage — have been locked in an unusual conflict over mobile payment tools, industry sources said Friday, as the two are promoting their respective platforms. According to the sources, Samsung’s service sector entities, including Hotel [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co.‘s latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S7, costs more to produce than the top handset made by its archrival, Apple Inc., data showed Tuesday. According to the data compiled by industry tracker IHS, the combined price of parts used in the 32-gigabyte Galaxy S7 is estimated at [...]
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 [...]