SK Telecom has invested the modest sum of 2 Million USD in an American based online video animation company Fix8. The company has a technology H.E.A.R.T. (Human Expression Analysis and Rendering Technology), that allows the digitalization of human movement and is capable of animating it. This is for use on webcams and other devices, and they […]
Two Korean companies are scheduled to offer free internet security programs that include real-time scanning. On one side we have the owner of the Korean search engine giant, Naver, through their parent company NHN Corp. in partnership with Ahn Labs have developed a program named PC Green which will be released in April.
On the other side, a smaller company, Altools, […]
Since everybody are having their eyes on Las Vegas this week and 2008 just has started, also I must give some comments on what to expect on the technology side in 2008. A list from BBC (as mentioned in the previous post) suggests Ultra Mobile PC’s, IPTV, WIMAX, Mobile VoIP and “Web to go”. Korean […]
Did you give your child an iPod for Christmas or maybe you received an iPhone yourself? Congratulations, you just supported the Korean industry. According to a recent Korean news report does an iPod Touch consist of up to 40% of products from Samsung or other Korean companies like Highnics.
Also the very much hyped iPhone […]
A major strangler for the growth of VoIP in Korea so far has been that people who want the service have to change their number. The for Koreans odd prefix 070- has been considered something unprofessional and the quality has been questioned. Traditionally the prefix is important in Korea and have been showing which service […]
The TV market is rapidly changing and of course this is notable also in Korea. Mobile TV, IPTV and so on are changing the playground and many changes and merges are to be seen. I’m currently working on a mobile TV report but I just thought I should mention something about IPTV in Korea as […]
Several Korean newspapers (such as The Electronic Times) reported today about how the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has made T-DMB one out of four global standards for mobile TV, the others being DVB-H, MediaFLO and 1seg.
All standards have their pros and cons of course. T-DMB is most extensively used and tested, with South Korea […]
As a supplement of Friday’s posting I have found the official video press release on www.futurizekorea.com – another interesting technology related blog about Korea. Have a look at this video, which shows the video phone application in action.
Following the Broadband Convergence Network program (initiated by the Ministry of Information and Communication), Yujin Robot, Spread Telecom and KTF have worked together to create a new domestic robot. Based on a vacuum cleaner model, like the iClebo, this prototype is able to communicate with your mobile phone, in order to let you control it, […]
As I have mentioned not long ago, I am forced to constantly move from one place to another due to the nature of my current position. If you are in the same situation as I am or simply want to save internet service costs, I introduce to you “Windy 31”, a portable USB like wireless […]
