All posts tagged "technology"

  • Executive Chairman of Alphabet, Google's holding company, Eric Schmidt (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
    Google chief stresses importance of deregulation in S. Korea

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Alphabet Inc., the holding company of Google Inc., said Friday that flexible regulations will help South Korea amid the protracted economic slowdown. “I know that your country is seeing...

    • Posted October 30, 2015
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    Samsung almost doubles Apple’s global smartphone sales for Q3

    By Brian Han The back and forth between leaders of global smartphone sales is now swaying heavily in Samsung’s favor in the third quarter of the fiscal year. Part of that is due to the fact that...

    • Posted October 29, 2015
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    LG profit sinks as smartphone business suffers loss

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — LG Electronics said Thursday its mobile communications division suffered its first operating loss in more than a year, dragging down the company’s overall earnings for the third quarter. The mobile business lost...

    • Posted October 29, 2015
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  • An earlier version of the Honda FCV (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
    Honda builds hydrogen powered car at tenth of previous cost

    By Brian Han A hydrogen powered car that can travel 400 miles on a single tank while only emitting water vapor. This is Honda’s newest toy and they have managed to produce it at just 10 percent...

    • Posted October 27, 2015
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    Samsung introduces new flexible battery ‘Stripe’

    By Brian Han Samsung’s latest technological breakthrough comes in the form of a flexible battery that looks more like a bookmark than anything else. It’s not ready to hit consumer products just yet, but certain aspects of...

    • Posted October 23, 2015
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  • Jim Newton, the founder of TechShop Inc., speaks at a press conference held in Daejeon on Oct. 21, 2015. (Yonhap)
    S. Korea ahead US in innovation-ridden growth: TechShop founder

    DAEJEON (Yonhap) — Jim Newton, the founder of membership-based startup supporter TechShop Inc., said Wednesday that South Korea stays ahead of the United States in its acknowledgement of innovations, expecting the country’s creative economy policy to serve...

    • Posted October 21, 2015
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    Samsung smartwatch selling out across S. Korea

    By Brian Han The Samsung Gear S2 smartwatches are flying off the shelves in South Korea thanks to high consumer demand for wearable technology. Part of the early concern for the product revolved around Tizen, Samsung’s proprietary...

    • Posted October 21, 2015
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