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Herald strengthens mobile news offering

Jan 29, 2012

Some of the iPad app’s features are similar to the iPhone app’s. But the new app incorporates more multimedia content, designed to help readers enjoy not only English news but also other English education content. It offers translated versions of selected Korea Herald news articles and editorials, along with audio services. Short video lectures by Lee Bo-young, an English teacher famous for her...
'We care about every worker': Apple CEO

Jan 29, 2012

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Apple chief executive Tim Cook has responded to media reports alleging harsh working conditions in China for manufacturing employees of the popular gadget-maker. Cook, who took over as chief executive from Apple's late co-founder, Steve Jobs, addressed the reports of long hours and occasionally unsafe conditions in an email obtained by the 9to5mac.com website. Cook's message...
Chief of telecom regulator resigns

Jan 27, 2012

Choi Si-joong, chairman of the Korea Communications Commission, offered his resignation on Friday amid surging public criticism over a string of bribery and influence-peddling scandals. “It’s time to leave and take responsibility,” Choi said at a hastily arranged news conference, referring to his aide’s alleged implication in the bribery scandal. “I hope that my departure will help the watchdog ...
Samsung Q4 profit surges 17% on smartphones

Jan 27, 2012

Samsung Electronics said Friday its fourth-quarter earnings surged 17 percent from a year earlier on the back of stronger sales in smartphones and flat screens. The technology giant’s net income reached 4 trillion won ($3.5 billion) in the October-December period, registering the largest gain since the third quarter of 2010. Revenue went up 13 percent to an all-time high of 47.3 trillion won and...
Chief of telecom regulator resigns over bribery scandal

Jan 27, 2012

Choi Si-joong, chairman of the Korea Communications Commission, offered his resignation on Friday amid surging public criticism over a string of bribery and influence-peddling scandals. “It’s time to leave and take responsibility,” Choi said at a hastily arranged news conference, referring to his aide’s alleged implication in the bribery scandal. “I hope that my departure will help the watchdog ...
Chief of telecom regulator resigns

Jan 27, 2012

Choi Si-joong, chairman of the Korea Communications Commission, offered his resignation on Friday amid surging public criticism over a string of bribery and influence-peddling scandals. “It’s time to leave and take responsibility,” Choi said at a hastily arranged news conference, referring to his aide’s alleged implication in the bribery scandal. “I hope that my departure will help the watchdog ...
Twitter able to now selectively block tweets

Jan 27, 2012

Twitter said Thursday that it now has the ability to block tweets from appearing in a specific country if legally required to do so. "As we continue to grow internationally, we will enter countries that have different ideas about the contours of freedom of expression," Twitter said in a blog post. "Some differ so much from our ideas that we will not be able to exist there," the San Francisco-ba...
Apple’s iPad leads surge in tablet shipments, research firm says

Jan 27, 2012

Tablet-computer shipments more than doubled in the fourth quarter, reflecting demand for Apple Inc.’s iPad and Amazon (AMZN).com Inc.’s new Kindle Fire, according to market-research firm Strategy Analytics. Global tablet shipments rose to a record 26.8 million units in the last three months of 2011, up from 10.7 million a year earlier, Boston-based Strategy Analytics said in a report. Consumers ...
Apple briefly passes Exxon as most valuable co.

Jan 26, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) _ Apple briefly surpassed Exxon as the most valuable U.S. company after an excellent quarter, though the oil company has regained the lead at the market's close. Apple's stock rose as much as 8 percent, while Exxon's fell as much as 2 percent during trading Wednesday. Exxon Mobil Corp.'s stock closed up 4 cents at $87.22 for a market capitalization of $418 billion. Apple's increas...
LG Electronics wins fridge patent dispute with Whirlpool

Jan 25, 2012

LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s leading consumer electronics maker, said Wednesday that it won a patent dispute with Whirlpool Corp. over technology used in refrigerators. In 2009, Whirlpool, a major American producer of home appliances, filed complaints against LG Electronics with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, claiming that it developed technology used to make a water and ice dispens...
Carriers race to grab LTE market

Jan 25, 2012

Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. and other industry players are ramping up efforts to claim a bigger share of the fast growing long-term evolution market deemed a future money spinner, market watchers say. The LTE service, or the fourth-generation of wireless technology, enables smartphone users to access a stream of data faster than the current 3G network and download and watch movies ...
Samsung, Apple anxious over upcoming verdict in Germany

Jan 25, 2012

A win for the Korean tech giant in patent lawsuits could see iPhone sales banned in the European country Attention is on a German court’s second ruling regarding Samsung Electronics and Apple Inc.’s ongoing patent dispute, scheduled to be made this Friday. This comes shortly after Samsung lost a patent infringement suit against its American rival over third-generation wireless telecommunication...
Scorsese's 'Hugo' leads Oscars with 11 nominations

Jan 25, 2012

BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) _ Martin Scorsese's Paris adventure ``Hugo'' leads the Academy Awards with 11 nominations, among them best picture and the latest director nod for the Oscar-winning filmmaker. Also nominated for best picture Tuesday: the silent film ``The Artist''; the family drama ``The Descendants''; the Sept. 11 tale ``Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close''; the Deep South drama ``...
Apple unveils digital textbooks app for iPad

Jan 20, 2012

Apple is taking aim at the textbook market. The California-based gadget-maker unveiled a free iBooks 2 application for the iPad on Thursday that brings interactive textbooks to the popular tablet computer. "Education is deep in Apple's DNA," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of marketing. "With iBooks 2 for iPad, students have a more dynamic, engaging and truly interactive way...
Protest exposes Silicon Valley-Hollywood rivalry

Jan 19, 2012

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ In a move that heightens the growing tension between Silicon Valley and Hollywood, Wikipedia and other websites went dark Wednesday in protest of two congressional proposals intended to thwart the online piracy of copyrighted movies and TV programs. The web-based encyclopedia is part of a loose coalition of dot-coms and large technology companies that fear Congress is prepared...