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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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IT-Science
Electronics show in transition
Smartphones rule 2013 Las Vegas show LAS VEGAS ― Despite its uncertain future, the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show (ICES), which will kick off today in Las Vegas and run through Friday, is attracting huge attention from technology industries with leading tech firms displaying their specification-focused gadgets. Although the annual…
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East Asia
Portals bet on mobile commerce
Internet companies NHN, Daum and SK Communications are facing considerable challenges as the Web moves from desktop computers to mobile devices, threatening their reign as online gateways. Industry observers believe that the three Web portals Naver, Daum and Nate manged by the three firms will continue to struggle to compete…
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East Asia
Dr. Ra Jeong-chan, Chairman of RNL BIO and Nobel Prize nominee, has developed stem cell therapeutics
Last year(2011), two Koreans were within reach of the Nobel prize. Former Korean President Kim Dae-joong was posthumously awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. But no Korean has ever been awarded an academic Nobel prize. This year, however, Korea had a finalist for the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. 49…
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East Asia
Carriers launch new Kakao challenger
Domestic mobile carriers SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus will jointly launch their much-anticipated “Joyn” communication platform service today. The service is a joint project of mobile operators associated with the Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) to share a common platform available across the world. It is what…
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