• Samsung eyes business users, targets RIM

    Samsung Electronics has been trading barbs with Apple over intellectual property on mobile Internet devices. The industry foe it really wants to beat, however, is Research in Motion, the Canadian maker of the iconic BlackBerry, according to company sources. As the global market for smartphones and tablets has shaped up…

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  • IT-Science

    Cook doesn’t have Job’s magic

    Apple CEO Tim Cook may be having sleepless nights nowadays, with data indicating that the U.S. technology giant has started losing its innovative and premium image over rivals such as Samsung Electronics. The Cupertino-based firm has recently been hit by the double whammy of sluggish sales of the iPhone 5…

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  • Samsung, LG locked in OLED battle

    A legal battle between Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics is getting fiercer. The conflict focuses on the intellectual property of a variety of products and technologies ranging from refrigerators to the futuristic organic light emitting diode (OLED) televisions. Leading the LG charge is Koo Bon-joon, LG Electronics CEO and brother…

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  • East Asia

    Samsung faces Windows dilemma

    Overseas carriers shun Windows lineup Samsung Electronics is facing a bumpy road in a move to reduce its reliance on Google’s Android platform as overseas carriers are shunning promoting the firm’s Windows lineup, according to industry observers. The technology giant is currently the flagship vendor of the Android platform, giving…

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  • East Asia

    Number Of China’s Internet Users Rises To 564 Million Despite Gov’t Control On Content

    In this Feb. 1, 2012 photo, job seekers use laptops connected with Internet at a job fair in Wuhan, in central China’s Hubei province. China’s population of Internet users rose 10 percent last year to 564 million even as communist authorities tightened controls on content, according to data released Tuesday…

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  • East Asia

    More Than 100 Million Galaxy Smartphones Have Been Sold Since The Release Of Its First Model Three Years Ago

    In this a, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, file photo, a man windowshop at a mobile phone shop near advertisement of Samsung’s Galaxy S III smartphone in Seoul, South Korea. Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, it has sold more than 100 million Galaxy S smartphones since the first…

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  • NHN’s Line rises; Kakao Talk stalls

    Line, a smartphone messenger application created by NHN is emerging as Asia’s leading SMS tool as a growing number of people in the region are using it for instant communication. The free call or message service now boasts 100 million users, according to NHN officials, Monday. The growth is partly…

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  • East Asia

    Junior Lee plays key role in Las Vegas

    LAS VEGAS ― Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jay-yong, the only son of company head Lee Kun-hee, is stepping up efforts to earn his stripes as the next leader of the technology giant. His latest stage was the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, where he was seen actively engaging…

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  • East Asia

    U.S. Delegation Including Google Chairman Visits Kim Il-sung University In Pyongyang

    Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (R) and Google Inc. Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt (C) watch a student using the online library service in a reading room at the Kim Il Sung University in Pyongyang, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Jan. 8, 2012. A U.S. delegation including Richardson and…

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  • East Asia

    Samsung posts record profit of W8.8 trillion in Q4

    Samsung Electronics posted a record operating profit of 8.8 trillion won ($8.3 billion) in the fourth quarter of last year on the back of brisk sales of smartphones. It also surpassed the 200 trillion won mark in annual revenue for the first time. In its preliminary earnings estimation, the world’s…

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