Reuters | July 29, 2011 | Miyoung Kim
Samsung Electronics Co is relying on the smartphone market to boost group profits after its flat screen unit reported a second quarter of losses and the mainstay chip business struggled.
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DigiTimes | August 1, 2011 | Yenting Chen, Adam Hwang
Samsung Electronics, in view of booming sales of its Galaxy i9000 and S2 smartphone, has placed orders for 30 million touch sensors used to make 4-inch AMOLED screens
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BBC News | July 28, 2011
South Korea has blamed Chinese hackers for stealing data from 35 million accounts on a popular social network.
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Bloomberg | August 1, 2011 | Robert Schneider, Robert Fenner
Apple Inc. won an agreement from Samsung Electronics Co. that the South Korean company won’t sell the newest version of its tablet computer in Australia until a patent lawsuit in the country is resolved.
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Bloomberg | July 25, 2011 | Mariko Yasu, Maki Shiraki
Yuko Ishii, a 53-year-old factory worker in central Japan, used to feel reluctant about buying products made in neighboring South Korea.
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The Korea Herald | July 22, 2011 | Kim Ji-hyun
Smartphone manufacturer HTC Corp. is considering switching to Samsung’s mobile application processors in a move that may help the local electronics maker extend its market share, industry sources said.
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The Korea Herald | July 26, 2011 | Kim Ji-hyun
The smart device boom may be a blessing for many who now have instant access to everything from emails to the nearest restaurant serving their favorite foods, but smart products also are making electronics companies...
The Korean Herald | July 25, 2011 | Kim Ji-hyun
Companies fail to lure customers due to lack of killer products.
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Bloomberg | July 25, 2011 | Jun Yang
Samsung Electronics Co., maker of the Galaxy mobile phone, may have surpassed Nokia Oyj and Apple Inc. in smartphone sales for the first time on demand for devices that run on Android software, a research company said.
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The Korea Herald | July 18, 2011
South Korea's umbrella federation of small and medium-sized enterprises on Monday said it will seek to set up the country's fourth mobile carrier as part of an ongoing effort to boost growth of local venture firms.
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The Korea Herald | July 18, 2011
South Korea's umbrella federation of small and medium-sized enterprises on Monday said it will seek to set up the country's fourth mobile carrier as part of an ongoing effort to boost growth of local venture firms.
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Reuters | July 20, 2011 | Miyoung Kim
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co launched a thinner and lighter version of its Galaxy tablet in its lucrative home market, trying to chip into blockbuster sales of Apple Inc's iPad.
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When you were a child how did you imagine supermarkets would be in the future? Maybe you thought it would no longer even be necessary to go into a physical store. Or that, if we had to go, the experience inside would be completely...
The Korea Herald | July 18, 2011 | Cho Ji-hyun
SK Telecom, the country’s top mobile carrier, has introduced an education platform for tablet PCs called “T Smart Learning,” to be rolled out next month.
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BCG | July 15, 2011 | Press Release
The BCG e-Intensity Index Highlights National Differences in Internet Activity and the Need for Strong Regulatory, Payments, and Consumer-Protection Schemes
LONDON, July 15, 2011—South Korea is the nation with the most far-reaching and deepest digital activity, according to...
Apple may dump Samsung and move to Taiwanese chip manufacturer TSMC for production of its A6 chip, it has been claimed.
According to ComputerWorld, the 28nm chip will be fabbed in Taiwan, rather than Korea, after a spate of legal disputes between Apple and Samsung...
Reuters | July 13, 2011 | Tarmo Virki, Miyoung Kim
Samsung Electronics and HTC are predicted to be the big winners in the global cellphone market in the second quarter, benefiting from booming demand for their smartphones running Google's software.
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Bloomberg Businessweek | July 11, 2011 | Saeromi Shin, Jun Yang
July 11 (Bloomberg) -- SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile-phone operator, and units of shipping magnate Kang Duk Soo’s STX Group fell in Seoul trading after they disclosed plans to bid...
France Telecom - Orange | July 11, 2011 | Press Release
Samsung and Orange signed July 6th 2011 a European partnership agreement to provide an Orange content and services portal for Samsung Smart TVs.
The portal will be available in France in the coming weeks on...
Reuters | June 17, 2011 | Hyunjoo Jin and Jungyoun Park
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics and other Asian technology stocks tumbled on Friday on fears the sputtering global economy will crimp demand for computers and TVs and hurt earnings at chip and panel makers for...
The Hindu | June 14, 2011
South Korean mobile handset maker Samsung is betting big on smartphones and expects the segment to contribute 15 per cent to the sales volume by the year—end.
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Reuters | June 13, 2011 | Miyoung Kim
(Reuters) - South Korea plans to install or upgrade 300,000 mobile payment checkouts at major retailers and transport services this year in its latest push in the potentially lucrative market as the likes of Google Inc and Apple Inc...
