SEOUL, Feb.16 (Korea Bizwire) – Encored Technologies, a Korean tech startup, has announced the launch of an electric energy management service called ‘Enertalk Home’. Due to progressive electricity rates in Korea, people dread turning on their air conditioners or electric heaters in fear of receiving an unpleasant surprise at the end of the month when [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Desperate to expand their global presence, South Korean and Chinese smartphone makers are likely to fight a pitched battle to steal the show at the world’s largest tech exhibition in Spain next week, industry watchers said Tuesday. The four-day Mobile World Congress (MWC) is slated to kick off in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday released more teasers for its next flagship smartphone set to be released later this month, although it refrained from giving significant details about features or design. The G5 smartphone will be introduced on Feb. 21, a day before the opening of the Mobile World [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – New research data indicates that apart from voice calls and texting, smartphones are most frequently used to take pictures or videos. According to a survey conducted by the Media Research Center of the Korea Press Foundation with the participation of 1,020 adults in September 2015, 63.3 percent of the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) - Samsung Electronics Co. saw its presence in the Chinese smartphone industry fall on-year in 2015, data showed Friday, as local players continued to garner larger slices of the market. The South Korean tech giant, which stood as the No. 3 player in the Chinese market in the fourth quarter of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Chinese tech giant Xiaomi Inc. has started selling its smartphones in South Korea through local dollar-shop chain Daiso, industry sources said Wednesday, marking the first time for its mobile devices to be sold at offline stores here. The Xiaomi Redmi 3 and Redmi Note 3 carry a price tag [...]
SEOUL, Jan.27 (Korea Bizwire) – As LG Electronics announced the performance of its Mobile Communications (MC) business division (in charge of smartphones) for the fourth quarter of 2015, the industry response can be summed up as “It wasn’t bad, but the future seems dark”. The MC division reported a loss of 43.8 billion won in [...]
DAEGU, Jan.21 (Korea Bizwire) – New technology that will allow for pregnancy tests to be completed on smartphones is expected to be commercialized during the latter part of the year. The Daeju Gyeongbuk Medical Innovation Foundation (DGMIF) signed an agreement with Jongno Medical Appliances to transfer the technology as a means to commercialize mobile health [...]
JEONJU, Jan.7 (Korea Bizwire) – Smartphone applications are increasing as a window to traffic in drugs among young people. In the past, most drug users were in their 40s and 50s. However, the number of those in their 20s and 30s who are seduced by drugs is increasing with the proliferation of drug trafficking through [...]
SEOUL, Jan.7 (Korea Bizwire) – A special sales event for a Xiaomi smartphone hosted by an online shopping site was canceled soon after its launch. Complaints from angry consumers quickly filled up internet message boards, which only proved that the cancelation of the event showed the growing influence of Chinese smartphones. With an unsatisfying explanation [...]