Articles by Shin Ji-hye
Shin Ji-hye
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Kakao to launch mobile news service
Kakao Corp., the operator of Korea’s most-used mobile messenger Kakao Talk, is scheduled to launch a news content service later this year.“We plan to start offering news content that collects and shows information from news, blogs and social networking services. For this, the company is in talks with media outlets to open the new mobile service in the second half of this year,” Kakao’s spokesperson said Friday. The service will reportedly be launched in September. Kakao’s move to launch a news s
Industry July 25, 2014
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Windshield navigation may become a reality
Displaying navigation information on car windshields may become reality in about a decade, according to a local display expert. “If thin, transparent and curved display panels could be attached to a windscreen, drivers would be able to see navigation information displayed there,” Chu Hye-yong, head of the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute’s display research department, said in an interview with The Korea Herald. The related technology is expected to become commercialized by n
Industry July 23, 2014
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Foreign handset makers eye Korea
Foreign smartphone makers are eyeing the domestic market, which has so far been nearly impenetrable due to strong local brands. Experts say that although the foreign brands may not perform impressively in the short term, they may gain more popularity down the road as more users become attracted to the lower prices and unique designs. Sony, Acer and Asus already launched smartphones in the domestic market over the last couple of months, with prices ranging between 160,000 won and 350,000 won ($15
Industry July 21, 2014
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Foreign companies eye local mobile game market
Foreign game companies are eyeing South Korea’s 1.3 trillion won ($1.2 billion) mobile game market, which is the second largest globally, behind only Japan. The London-based King Digital Entertainment and Helsinki-based Supercell in may began promoting their marquee mobile games “Candy Crush Saga” and “Clash of Clans” in the domestic market. Supercell spent around 10 billion won advertising “Clash of Clans” on television, subway platforms and billboards over the last couple of months. The commer
Industry July 20, 2014
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iPhone may adopt sapphire glass for premium models
Apple may adopt sapphire glass for the highest-end models of its new smartphone, the iPhone 6, according to a display research company. “Apple’s sapphire material supplier, GT Advanced Technologies, appears capable of producing the glass for around 45 million smartphones. Still, only the iPhone 6’s most premium models may adopt it due to its high cost and a possible supply (set aside) for the iWatch,” said Brian Huh, a senior analyst at NPD DisplaySearch Korea, at its touch conference in Seoul.
Industry July 17, 2014
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[Herald Interview] Staying cool in summer
Winix, once a parts supplier for Samsung Electronics’ refrigerators and water dispensers in the 1980s, has grown into a leading dehumidifier manufacturer in South Korea, beating home appliance giants including LG Electronics.Dunstin Yoon, senior director of Winix’s management innovation, said the company will make all-out efforts to retain its leadership in the dehumidifier market, especially during July and August, the hottest and most humid months of year.“We will continuously forge ahead to m
Industry July 16, 2014
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ETRI invents sensors for flexible, transparent displays
Flexible and transparent displays have emerged as the next promising technology that could change the way consumers watch content on screens.A local researcher, however, said they require new components such as circuits and sensors that also need to be flexible and transparent before the displays can be fully commercialized.A team of South Korean researchers has recently developed flexible, transparent touch sensors which can better detect the intensity, direction and location of users’ fingers.
Industry July 16, 2014
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Samsung, Kakao may enter mobile payment market
South Korean tech giants Samsung Electronics and Kakao are expected to muscle into the domestic mobile payment market, which has long been dominated by financial companies, industry sources said. A recent media report said that Samsung Electronics was exploring the business potential in cooperation with local retail companies. Shares of related companies including Korea Cyber Payment, Korea Information & Communications, and Danal all rose on Friday, following the media report. Samsung Electronic
Industry July 11, 2014
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Power of praise
Professor Lee Kwang-hyung at KAIST is known in the university as an eccentric scientist. He puts his television upside down, ties his shoelaces in different colors and hangs picture frames at slanted angles.But Lee’s reputation, however, mostly comes from his achievements in incubating start-up business leaders. The companies that his students set up generate around 2.5 trillion won ($2.4 billion) in annual sales and employ 7,000 people. The nation’s largest game company Nexon, created by Kim Ju
Technology July 11, 2014
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Pantech chief appeals for support
The CEO of the nation’s third-largest handset maker, Pantech, pleaded on Thursday for support from telecom carriers and its creditors in a bid to save the struggling company. “Pantech can be a viable company if mobile carriers agree to a debt swap and the company carries out its plan to normalize the management,” said Lee Jun-woo, CEO of Pantech, at a press conference at its headquarters. The press conference comes with the country’s three telecom giants ― SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus ― dragging
Industry July 10, 2014
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Samsung Electronics expects 24% drop in operating profit in Q2
Samsung Electronics’ quarterly operating profits are expected to fall below 8 trillion won ($7.9 billion) for the first time in two years. The company said in its earnings guidance Tuesday that it posted 7.2 trillion won of profit in the second quarter, a 24 percent drop from the 9.5 trillion won recorded a year ago. Its sales were at 52 trillion won, representing a 9.5 percent fall compared to the same period in 2013. Samsung Electronics tried to explain the profit decline, saying that a strong
Industry July 8, 2014
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케이 글래스(K-Glass) 내년 초 상용화 예정
구글 글래스보다 30배 빠른 케이 글래스(K-Glass)가 내년 초에 상용화될 예정이다. 케이 글래스 연구팀을 지도한 유회준 카이스트 전기전자공학과 교수는 코리아헤럴드와의 인터뷰에서“올해 말 또는 내년 초 카이스트 졸업생들과 협력해서 소량으로 생산할 예정”이라고 말했다. 안드로이드 기반의 이 스마트 안경은 인터넷, 유튜브, 이메일과 사진 촬영 등 구글 글래스의 대부분의 기능을 지원하지만, 가장 큰 차이점은 케이 글래스는 증강현실 기능에 초점을 맞추고 있다. 증강현실은 현실세계에 3차원 가상물체를 겹쳐 보여주는 기술이다. “구글 글래스는 애초에 증강현실을 고려하지 않고 만든 스마트 안경이지만, 케이 글래스는 증강현실 구현을 위해서 만들어진 기기이다. 스마트 안경이 스마트폰을 대신하게 된다면 안경의 제한된 유저인터페이스로 인해 증강현실 기능이 중요해질 것”이라고 유 교수는 전했다. 현재 구글 글래스는 TI의 스마트폰용 AP를 사용하기 때문에 증강현실을 구현할 경우 화면이 끊기는 현상이
한국어판 July 8, 2014
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Strong quake hits Mexico, Guatemala; 2 dead
A magnitude-7.1 earthquake on the Pacific Coast has jolted a wide area of southern Mexico and Central America. At least two people are reported dead in Guatemala.The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake hit at 6:23 a.m. (7:23 a.m. EDT; 11:23 GMT) on the Pacific Coast 5 miles (8 kilometers) northeast of Puerto Madero, near the Guatemala border. Firefighters spokesman Raul Hernandez says at least two people were killed in the Guatemalan town of San Marcos. In Mexico local news media reported the
World News July 7, 2014
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Olympics: Almaty, Beijing, Oslo shortlisted for 2022 Games
Beijing, Oslo and Almaty will contest the race to win the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Monday.The three cities, which in IOC-speak were granted formal candidate status, were the only remaining bidders in the race after the Swedish capital Stockholm, Krakow in Poland and Lviv in Ukraine pulled out.The IOC's president, Thomas Bach, told reporters that a meeting of the Olympic body's executive committee had "extensively discussed" th
World News July 7, 2014
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China's Xi commemorates start of war with Japan
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday commemorated the 77th anniversary of the official start of war with Japan, condemning those who "ignore the iron facts of history" in an oblique jab at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.Xi and a cast of hundreds of soldiers and schoolchildren gathered for a ceremony on the edge of the capital to mark the Marco Polo Bridge incident, a skirmish between Chinese and Japanese troops on July 7, 1937 that served as a pretext for Tokyo's forces to seize Beijing and trigger
World News July 7, 2014
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