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Galaxy S3 LTE phones to hit shelves Monday

The long-term evolution (LTE) model of Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S3 will be available nationwide from Monday. The Suwon-based firm announced Friday its highest quarterly operating profit as of yet of 6.7 trillion won thanks to global sales of the handsets. The three domestic mobile carriers _ SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus _ will concurrently […]

Kakao Story tops Facebook

Kakao Story tops Facebook

Kakao Story has topped Facebook to dominate the mobile social network service (SNS) market in Korea only three months after its launch. According to a survey of 13.95 million smartphone users using Google’s Android Operating System (OS) released Thursday by market research agency Nielsen KoreanClick, Kakao Talks’ SNS held 49.1 percent of user time over […]

Government may take legal action against Google

The government is preparing to take additional legal action against Google to force the firm to improve its privacy policy, an agency responsible for privacy protection said Thursday. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) told The Korea Times that it would file further complaints against the Korean subsidiary of the search engine giant, unless it […]

LG seeks corporate overhaul for growth

LG seeks corporate overhaul for growth

After laboring through a dismal 2011, things appear to be improving at LG Group. Chairman Koo Bon-moo has stressed that rebuilding efforts are ongoing as he pushes another round of business-lineup adjustments and an organizational shakeup. Earnings and profits at LG’s key business units, LG Electronics, LG Display, LG Innotek and LG Chem, have been […]

Blade & Soul beats Diablo 3

Blade & Soul beats Diablo 3

NCsoft’s latest release Blade & Soul has kept its lead over Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo 3 following the game’s commercialization last week. The massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) secured 17.16 percent of Internet cafe user occupancy compared to Diablo 3’s 15.64 percent on Wednesday, according to game research firm Gametrics on Thursday. The Korean offering […]

Falling euro forces Samsung into emergency mode

Samsung Electronics said Wednesday that it has shifted into emergency mode to better cope with the fallout from the deepening eurozone economic crisis. This is the first time in four years that the electronics giant has declared a need for “crisis management’’ since the company first adopted the scheme in late 2008 when the company […]

Mobile messenger war in full swing

Mobile messenger war in full swing

Following the new trend of the popularity of smartphones, content providers are stepping up efforts to strengthen their mobile contents, especially in messenger services. The three most popular mobile messengers in Korea ― Kakao Talk, Line and My People ― are quickly evolving to provide more diverse services due to their potential as a new […]

Nexus 7 is Google’s official tablet

Nexus 7 is Google’s official tablet

Asus produced Nexus 7 is Google’s official tablet, the internet search giant unveiled it at its Google I/O Conference 2012 in San Francisco. The 7 inch tablet comes with a high definition resolution of 1280×800 pixels and supports 1080p video playback. The tablet will run Google’s latest mobile operating system Android Jelly Bean which was […]

Google officially previews Android Jelly Bean; 1 mln Android activations daily

Google officially previews Android Jelly Bean; 1 mln Android activations daily

Google yesterday officially pulled off the covers of its latest in its mobile operating system Android labelling it Jelly Bean at its annual Google I/O conference in San Francisco this year. “Jelly Bean builds on top of Ice Cream Sandwich. It makes everything smoother, faster and more fluid,” said Hugo Barra, Director of Product Management, […]

Hyosung eyes new growth engines

Hyosung eyes new growth engines

Hyosung Group has been built on a dual-pillar of textiles and chemicals but is now looking jump on the green technology bandwagon for future growth. Hyosung spokesman Kim Jun-sik said renewable-energy will become a larger part of the company’s business portfolio. And carbon fiber will be a key focus in efforts to strengthen its position […]

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