All posts tagged "Mobile World Congress"

  • A man touches the screen of a 3-D food printer during the Mobile World Congress wireless show in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. Natural Machines co-founder Lynette Kucsma insisted her company hadn’t replicated Star Trek’s “food synthesizer” that made munchies appear at Captain Kirk’s mere command. But they sure have come pretty close with their 3-D food printer. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
    Food printers and eye writing: tech show’s quirkiest gadgets

    BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — While tens of thousands flock to the Mobile World Congress to check out the latest smartphones, the show also offers glimpses of some of the coolest off-beat — and downright strange — innovations....

    • Posted February 23, 2016
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  • People take a look at the new 4G mobile devices in the booth of China’s Huawei Technologies, during the MWC in Barcelona, Thursday.
(Korea Times photos by Choi Kyong-ae)
    Lenovo, Huawei catching up fast with Samsung, Apple

     China makes another jump at Mobile World Congress By Choi Kyong-ae MADRID ― Chinese companies are on track to compete directly with industry leaders such as Samsung Electronics and Apple given their rapidly improving product quality and...

    • Posted February 27, 2014
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    Kakao to offer money transfers

    By Choi Kyong-ae BARCELONA — Kakao, the operator of the country’s most popular messaging application KakaoTalk, will run a test of a money transfer service next month in cooperation with banks, the company’s chief executive said Monday....

    • Posted February 25, 2014
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  • Shin Jong-kyun, president and CEO of Samsung Electronics’ IT and Mobile Communications Division, gives a presentation on the flagship Galaxy S5 smartphone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Tuesday. Samsung unveiled the Gear Fit, a fitness band, Sunday, in a move to strengthen its presence in the wearable devices market. (Courtesy of Samsung Electronics)
    Samsung unveils upgraded Galaxy

    S5 armed with fingerprint scanner, heart-rate sensor By Choi Kyong-ae BARCELONA ― Samsung Electronics Monday unveiled its latest Galaxy S5 smartphone equipped with a larger screen and fingerprint scanner. At the “Unpacked 5” event held at the...

    • Posted February 25, 2014
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