Childhood videos of G-Dragon, a rapper of Korean boy band Big Bang, started playing on four video walls ― two on each side of the center stage ― at the start of a preview of his first hologram concert in Dongdaemun, Seoul on Tuesday night.Then, lines of flashing lights appeared on one side of the video screens and converged to form an image of the 26-year old pop star sitting in a gothic chair at center stage.The Korean rapper sang his four biggest hits, including “Crayon,” and “Fantastic Baby,”

Technology March 25, 2015

Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest smartphone maker, holds the Galaxy S6 First Look runway show in Seoul on Tuesday, in which fashion designers and models introduced collaborations that merge fashion and the tech giant’s upcoming smartphones, the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. (Samsung Electronics)

Technology March 25, 2015

Samsung SDI, South Korea’s leading battery maker, said Wednesday that it has inked a memorandum of understanding with Swiss power and automation technology provider ABB for development and sales of energy storage system solutions for microgrids. Samsung SDI chief executive Cho Nam-sung (left) holds hands with Ulrich Spiesshofer, chief executive of ABB, after signing a memorandum of understanding for development of energy storage systems in Switzerland on Wednesday. Samsung SDIAt the signing even

Technology March 25, 2015

Mobility March 24, 2015

Consumers flocked to 1,400 “experience stores” run by Samsung Electronics and its partners, including mobile carriers and electronics retail chains, to get hands-on experience with the tech giant’s upcoming marquee smartphones Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge in South Korea on Monday.Since it is a while before the gadgets’ official release, scheduled for April 10 in South Korea, the store was not built with the aim of creating an eye-catching long line of people waiting to order the handsets at mobile carr

Technology March 23, 2015

Samsung Electronics, South Korea’s leading chipmaker, on Thursday announced mass-production of the 128GB 3-bit NAND Flash memory that will be integrated into mid-range smartphones. The announcement came after the company unveiled the high-performance Universal Flash Storage memory equipped in its new flagship smartphone Galaxy S6 and its Edge variant in February. Samsung Electronics’ new 128GB 3-bit NAND flash memory (Samsung Electronics)Industry watchers predict Samsung to take a two-track stra

Technology March 19, 2015

 A recently reformed telecommunications law has weakened the grip of Korean smartphone makers in their home country and offered a boon for foreign rivals like Apple, market analysts said on Wednesday.The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning and the Korean Communications Commission implemented the so-called Mobile Device Distribution Improvement Act on Oct. 1 last year to fix excessive competition among device makers and network operators.After its implementation, the market share of Cali

Technology March 18, 2015

BAENGNYEONGDO ISLAND, Incheon ― During the first test call on broadband Long Term Evolution-A networks between the Antarctic Jang Bogo Station and South Korea’s remote northwestern Baengnyeongdo Island on Monday, chief of the Antarctic research center Kang Cheong-yun’s voice was crystal clear over the phone.The successful test was conducted a day prior to the launch of telecommunications firm KT’s broadband LTE-A services on the island which will connect around 5,000 residents and 5,000 naval of

Technology March 17, 2015

Solar power equipment-maker Astronergy Solar Korea is aiming to make a foray into the photovoltaic power generation market in Southeast Asia. Established in 2009 as a subsidiary of Chinese energy firm Chint Group, the Seoul-based company produces a wide range of solar energy products including modules and inverters, and participating in projects to build a solar energy plant in Korea and foreign markets.“Astronergy Solar Korea, which has been focusing on manufacturing solar cells and modules, wi

Technology March 15, 2015

From operation of research labs to financial support for small and medium-sized firms, SK Telecom has been pouring its resources into supporting SMEs. Some Korean start-ups, which participated in the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona earlier this month with the help of the telecom firm, have been receiving calls for business partnerships in the global markets.ISL Korea, which produces Bignote, a smart whiteboard solution consisting of a digital pen and a projector, is a beneficiary o

Technology March 15, 2015

Korean tech giant LG Electronics plans to give tough competition in the high-end large screen smartphone market dominated by Samsung and Apple, with its ace in the hole ― G4 Note, according to sources.The sources said Thursday that G4 may not be the only flagship handset of LG Electronics this year as it has a new phablet, called the G4 Note, in the works. The smartphone-maker has already applied for a trademark of the phablet at the Korean patent office last month.Some market watchers speculate

Technology March 12, 2015