All posts tagged "technology"

  • Attendees watch a presentation at the Samsung booth at the International CES, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
    Samsung announces new push into Internet-connected gadgets

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Samsung wants to sell the digital brains that will go into billions of “smart” home appliances, industrial sensors and other Internet-connected gadgets — even if the gadgets aren’t made by Samsung. At a...

    • Posted May 13, 2015
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  • A woman works at Google Campus Seoul in Seoul's Gangnam Ward on May 8, 2015, after Google Inc. opened the campus on the same day, where start-ups will be able to receive consulting services from Google experts and have opportunities to exchange ideas with overseas firms based at other Google campuses. (Yonhap)
    Google opens its first Asia startup campus in Seoul

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Google’s first campus for startups and entrepreneurs in Asia opened on Friday in a glitzy neighborhood of South Korea’s capital Seoul. Google Inc. cited South Korea’s flourishing startup scene and pervasive smartphone...

    • Posted May 8, 2015
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  • Jan Outters, an official from Samsung's British office explains a demonstration of HDR UHD TV transmission to attendees at the SES Industry Day in Luxembourg on May 6, 2015. (Yonhap)
    Samsung tests high-imaging UHD TV in Luxembourg

    SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) — South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it has demonstrated a digital transmission of a high-imaging ultra-high definition (UHD) TV in Luxembourg, as it seeks to pave the way for...

    • Posted May 8, 2015
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  • Attendees gather outside the Samsung booth, featuring its new SUHD TV, at the International CES Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
    S. Korean LCD TVs top global market: data

    SEOUL, May 5 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s top two tech companies maintained their leading presence in liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs in the first quarter, followed by emerging Chinese manufacturers, data showed Tuesday. Samsung Electronics Co.’s market...

    • Posted May 5, 2015
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  • Top row shows human skin and hair follicle. a) through c) are imaged with an Olympus IX-70 microscope at a magnification of 40, 100 and 200. d) is imaged with a Nokia Lumia 520 smartphone with a PDMS lens. Bottom row shows magnified regions. (Courtesy of University of Houston)
    [ScienceDaily] Lens turns smartphone into a microscope: Costs only 3 cents

    Researchers at the University of Houston have created an optical lens that can be placed on an inexpensive smartphone to magnify images by a magnitude of 120, all for just 3 cents a lens. Wei-Chuan...

    • Posted May 5, 2015
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    LG’s new G4 phones to sport leather backs

    NEW YORK (AP) — LG is making smartphones with leather backs as it seeks to distinguish its phones from Apple’s iPhones and Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones. The message at Tuesday’s announcement of the new G4: We’re not like...

    • Posted April 28, 2015
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  • Downtown Beijing (Courtesy of Trey Ratcliff via Flickr/Creative Commons)
    S. Korea, China open joint tech research center in Beijing

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — South Korea and China opened a joint research and development center in Beijing Tuesday to forge closer cooperation in industrial and information technology. The new center is aimed at helping private companies from the...

    • Posted April 21, 2015
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