[Photo News] Samsung D'light refurbished

Sept. 13, 2015

Samsung Pay gains footing on home turf

Samsung Pay, Samsung Electronics’ new mobile payment system, is gaining a footing in Korea before its U.S. launch later this month. According to the company on Thursday, more than 25,000 people have registered to use the mobile wallet every day since its launch on Aug. 20, with the average daily transactions surpassing 750 million won ($630,000). “More than half the Galaxy Note 5 users are using Samsung Pay. This is a big number considering Koreans rarely use mobile payments offline,” said Rhee

Sept. 10, 2015

Apple unveils latest iPhone, bigger iPad, revamped TV box

Apple is taking a small step with its latest iPhone while trying to make a bigger leap in other key markets with its largest iPad yet and a long-awaited overhaul of its online video box for TVs.The trend-setting company unveiled its newest twists on technology Wednesday in San Francisco before the usual packed house that turned out for a glimpse at a product line that Apple is counting on to retain its faithful disciples and win new converts.As expected, Apple’s next iPhone is making relatively

Sept. 10, 2015

[IFA 2015] IFA 2015 trends at a glance

BERLIN -- The IFA, Europe’s largest electronics show, ended Wednesday in Berlin. Even though there were no big announcements, it was enough for visitors to get a hint of future home appliances. Korea’s Samsung and LG prevailed with pioneering products such as organic light-emitting diode, or OLED, TVs and smart home solutions. LG’s exhibition hall, painted in black for the dramatic expression of OLED’s perfect blackness, was one of the most crowded booths.  Chinese firms further strengthened the

Sept. 9, 2015

[IFA 2015] LG to expand presence in premium built-in appliances

BERLIN -- LG Electronics said Saturday it would be expanding its presence in the European premium built-in appliances market after its success story in the U.S. over the past years. “We will enter the Russian market first. Even though the economy is struggling now, the market still has the full potential to explode,” said Cho Seong-jin, head of LG’s home appliance and air solution business division, at a news conference held on the sidelines of the IFA electronics trade show in Berlin. “We aim t

Sept. 7, 2015

[IFA 2015] LG aims to reshape TV market with OLED

 BERLIN ― LG Electronics on Friday hinted at selling some 500,000 organic light-emitting display, or OLED, TVs this year, almost a fivefold increase from last year, largely buoyed by recent consumer demand and improved panel yield rate. The Korean tech giant was the sole producer of OLED TVs last year. But this year, the market is showing some signs of booming, with Chinese and Japanese TV makers joining the bandwagon. “Consumer demand is rising,” said Kwon Bong-suk, head of LG’s home entertainm

Sept. 6, 2015

[IFA 2015] ‘OLED will bring innovation to life’: LGD chief

BERLIN/SEOUL -- LG Display chief executive Han Sang-beom envisioned the future display industry in his opening speech at the 2015 IFA electronics trade show, introducing the application of futuristic display technologies, including the paper-thin and transparent displays made of organic light-emitting diodes.In his speech under the theme of “How displays will change our lives,” he elaborated on life in an era of displays. “Through displays, we share information. Through displays, we communicate.

Sept. 4, 2015

[IFA 2015] SmartThings key to Samsung’s smart home push

BERLIN -- Top management of SmartThings, a U.S. smart home platform developer, is upbeat on its ties with Samsung Electronics. “Our partnership with Samsung is great. Many Samsung people are now working at our head office,’’ SmartThings founder and CEO Alex Hawkinson told The Korea Herald before Samsung’s news conference at the IFA electronics trade show in Berlin on Thursday. The company is one of the dozens of start-ups overseas that Samsung has aggressively acquired over the past few years to

Sept. 4, 2015

[IFA 2015] CrucialTec supplies fingerprint solutions to Sony

BERLIN/SEOUL -- South Korean biometrics solution developer CrucialTec said Thursday it is supplying its fingerprint modules for Sony’s latest Xperia Z5 smartphone lineup.The Korean firm’s fingerprint module, called Biometric TrackPad, is integrated into the power button placed on the right-hand side of Sony’s Xperia Z5, mid-range Z5 Compact and phablet-sized Z5 Premium. Sony’s Xperia Z5 features CrucialTec’s fingerprint module in the power button situated on the right-hand side. (CrucialTec)Sony

Sept. 4, 2015

[Photo News] Samsung's new smartwatch

SAMSUNG’S NEW SMARTWATCH -- Samsung Electronics marketing chief Lee Young-hee introduces the tech firm’s new smartwatch Samsung Gear S2, which features a round face and the world’s first rotating bezel, at a press event Thursday in Germany. (Samsung Electronics)

Sept. 4, 2015

Samsung sees progress in talks over leukemia victims

Tech giant Samsung Electronics said Thursday it launched a committee to handle compensation issues for those who were diagnosed with leukemia while working at the company’s semiconductor factories.The seven-member compensation committee will consist of four experts in labor, industrial medicine, industrial policy and social policy segments and three respective representatives for the company, the workers and the families of those leukemia patients. Hwang Sang-ki, the father of Hwang Yu-mi--a for

Sept. 3, 2015

Social video-sharing service KakaoTV gains popularity in Korea

Basking in its status as the No. 1 mobile messaging operator in Korea, Daum Kakao has been experimenting with new mobile services compatible with its mobile messenger app KakaoTalk, such as KakaoTaxi and KakaoMusic.In a bid to increase its presence in the video content market, Daum Kakao rolled out KakaoTV which allows KakaoTalk users to find video content that fit their tastes and to share the video clips with their friends on the messenger and other Daum Kakao mobile services with ease in June

Sept. 3, 2015

[IFA 2015] LG continues upscale push at IFA

BERLIN -- LG Electronics will showcase premium TVs and other of its latest home appliances at IFA, Europe’s largest electronics trade show that kicks off Friday in Berlin, in its ongoing upscale push.The Korean tech giant is one of the biggest exhibitors at the annual event. This year, the company has set up its largest-ever 3,799-square-meter exhibition booth under the slogan “Innovation for a Better Life.”Models look at the media wall made of 64 OLED TVs at LG Electronics’ exhibition booth at

Sept. 3, 2015