[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Following in the footsteps of last year’s glasses-free 3D smartphone, LG Electronics will publicly unveil the Optimus 3D Max at the 2012 Mobile World Congress (MWC). With powerful 3D technology and sleeker design, the Optimus 3D Max provides a complete 3D entertainment platform and marks a big leap forward in the ever-expanding 3D ecosystem. “The Optimus 3D Max was born from LG’s constant efforts to bring user entertainment experience to a higher level,” said Dr. Jong-seok Park, President and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “The introduction of the Opt
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Efficient Drivetrains, Inc. (EDI), a global leader in advanced, high-efficiency HEV, PHEV, and CVT solutions, today announced that EDI and Toyota Motor Corp. (Toyota) have resolved a dispute regarding a portfolio of patents owned by the University of California (UC), which originates from the work of Dr. Andrew A. Frank, Ph. D., at the University of California-Davis (the Frank/UC Portfolio). Dr. Frank is a co-founder of EDI, the exclusive licensee to the Frank/UC Portfolio. On July 20, 2011, Toyota filed a federal declaratory judgment action against EDI in San Jose, Califo
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Poly Plant Project, Inc. (PPP), worldwide provider of advanced polysilicon production process technology and polysilicon production equipment systems used to produce high-purity polysilicon for the solar industry and semiconductor industry, announced today that it has filed suit against Dan Huber and RMT International, in federal district court in Los Angeles. The lawsuit alleges that, after reaching agreement for PPP to purchase RMT, and paying RMT a half million dollars in furtherance of that agreement, and introducing Huber and RMT to PPP‘s clients and prospective clien
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Objectivity, Inc. announced today the additions of a new Plugin Framework, integrated Visualizer, and support for Tinkerpop Blueprints in their graph database InfiniteGraph. These advanced features are designed to allow application developers to get started quicker, make queries reusable, and receive query results interactively. With InfiniteGraph, Objectivity brings to market commercially proven Big Data Analytics that complement existing infrastructure. “Of the numerous varieties of NoSQL databases, graph databases have the potential to significantly alter the analytics
[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