[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Article One Partners (AOP), the world's largest patent research community, with Thomson Reuters, unveiled findings from a joint study of LTE patent portfolios. AOP and Thomson Reuters underwent a patent review process looking at all 3,116 patents and pending patents declared essential, as of September 30, 2011, by members of ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute). Findings showcase that Nokia, Qualcomm, Samsung and Ericsson have built the strongest LTE patent portfolios while also taking a leadership position in future LTE technologies. Companies use patent
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Peak Games, the fastest‐growing emerging markets games company in the world, has acquired Saudi social games giant Kammelna Games, marking a step forward to further cement the company‘s leadership in two of the world’s largest emerging markets, Turkey and Middle East North Africa (MENA). The Kammelna deal represents a massive opportunity to build upon Peak's culturally relevant games portfolio and become the de facto leader in the MENA region with strong executive leadership, local talent, a new studio and hugely popular games. “Peak Games is capitalizing on a growin
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Citibank Korea (CEO, Ha Yung-Ku) announced that it launches online alliance club which gives benefits to all customers who log in at its website. Online alliance club comprises of YES24 (an online bookseller), Shinsegaemall, Emartmall and Shilla Internet Duty Free Shop offering benefits upon purchase of books, performance tickets or groceries, overseas travel and shopping at duty free shop. In particular, YES24 gives 3% additional point accumulation on book purchase without any limitation on frequency and 2,000 discount coupon per day for purchasing performance tickets. Sh
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Cross Match Technologies, Inc., a global provider of biometric identity solutions, announced that Claus Huenting has joined the business to lead the company's Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) sales team. A former director of sales with LaserCard Corporation with extensive experience in the ID document industry, Huenting joins Cross Match as vice president, EMEA sales. He has driven global ID solutions initiatives and successfully penetrated the national ID market in the Middle East and Africa, having managed projects for the Saudi Arabian and Angolan governments' nat
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]LG Electronics (LG) makes its boldest move yet in its strategy to attain smartphone leadership with the launch of its new design identity, L-Style, at the 2012 Mobile World Congress (MWC). The core essence of L-Style involves a timeless design with finer details that further differentiate LG’s mobile devices from the competition. LG’s design leadership has been well established in the past with a successful track-record that includes the Black Label Series phones such as the Chocolate and Shine. “Design is consistently the top or second most important factor for customers
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]A botanical DNA ink “CustoMerQ” developed by Nissha Printing Co., Ltd. (hereafter, Nissha) in conjunction with Applied DNA Sciences (OTCBB: APDN), has been adopted by the Saganoseki Branch of the Oita Fisheries Co-operative Association. It will be used at hygienically controlled facilities beginning in April 2012. These facilities will have an integrated processing line from unloading to shipping for products including “Sekiaji” horse mackerel and “Sekisaba” common mackerel. CustoMerQ DNA ink will be used to print the shipping date and shipping number on the brand label th
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Insect Biotech (CEO Young-Jin Cho, www.insectbiotech.co.kr), which received the technology transfer for the advanced high-efficiency protein breakdown enzyme Protease Arazyme developed by Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology(KRIBB), has developed the cosmetic product ONB (One Night Beauty) ‘Arazyme’, ‘ONB(One Night Beauty) Arazyme peeling Gel’ which is hitting its stride to foreign markets. According to the research team of Dr. Ho-Yong Park of Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, “U.S. CNBC aired a special program related to Arazyme
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Syneron Medical Ltd. (NASDAQ: ELOS), the leading global aesthetic device company, announced today the publication of results from a clinical study evaluating the skin lightening efficacy and safety of its elure™ Advanced Skin Lightening product (lignin peroxidase cream) compared with 2% hydroquinone cream. The study, which demonstrated significantly faster and superior skin lightening results with elure, was published in the December 2011 issue of the peer-reviewed Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology. The Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology is the official journal of The Internati
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) today announced the creation of the Sports and Fitness Working Group and is now accepting members. This group will work together to enhance interoperability between Bluetooth enabled sports and fitness sensor products and training computers (Bluetooth Smart devices) and hub devices such as smartphones, PCs, TVs (Bluetooth Smart Ready devices), gym equipment, watches and more to allow a new generation of functionality. Bluetooth v4.0 with low energy technology gives any device, from a static data-collecting sensor to a laptop or ta
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Combining dynamic, sophisticated styling with maturity and prestige, the all-new cee’d five-door hatchback makes its world debut at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. The new cee’d is longer, wider and lower than its predecessor, with the same long wheelbase. The elegant simplicity of its coupe-like proportions is emphasised by a steeply raked A-pillar, a very low belt-line in the front and lengthened side windows. The front of the new cee’d is dominated by the latest interpretation of Kia’s trademark ‘tiger-nose’ grille and aggressive, wraparound headlamp clusters housing signat