[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]In the 1990s, South Koreans, who were quite used to PC communications Chollian, HiTEL, and Nownuri, encountered ‘Yahoo Korea’ for the first time in 1997. Afterwards, Yahoo Korea demonstrated its power as a ‘portal dinosaur ’ with nearly 80% market share until the early 2000s. However, it plummeted to 0.25% in 2012 after being defeated by ‘NHN(It operates the Naver portal)’ that featured knowledge search since 2002, forcing Yahoo Korea to withdraw from the South Korean market. After launching a commercial website in 1999 while studying abroad, I tried to register it with s
[NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Isola Group S.a.r.l., a market leader in copper-clad laminates and dielectric prepreg materials used to fabricate advanced multi-layer Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), today announced Astra™, the company's breakthrough very low-loss dielectric constant (Dk) product for millimeter wave frequencies and beyond. Astra revolutionizes RF and microwave designs, as it delivers a thermoset solution, which is very easy to process and has stable electrical properties over a wide range of temperatures and frequencies. The lead-free Astra laminate materials exhibit exceptional electrical p
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), an IT management leader serving over 85,000 licensed network management tools and solutions customers worldwide, today released the results of a survey exploring whether current network management or monitoring solutions offer enough value to justify the price tag. The survey results, along with four SolarWinds' customer testimonials, indicate that affordability and ease-of-use are the more favorable network management or monitoring qualities in terms of features and capabilities. According to a recent survey* of over 100 IT professionals with a co
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]GRAVITY COLLECTION, INC. (GRAVITY) announced today that it has agreed to the purchase of a stake in the world-famous Caribou Ranch based outside of Boulder, Colorado. GRAVITY COLLECTION'S plan is to expand its national and global reach with key acquisition, programming, distribution, branding and now a world-class media facility for production, post-production and distribution for both its sport programming and music. GRAVITY COLLECTION‘S’s CEO, Harry S. Vested, Jr.: "This agreement with Caribou Ranch will be instrumental in the expansion of our projects and programming.
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Jeb Stuart, writer of DIE HARD and THE FUGITIVE and veteran of over 25 years of experience in film and television industry, has joined Gravity Collection, Inc., Board of Directors, and will serve on the media company's Feature Film Committee. “I am honored to join Gravity Collection and excited to help create what I am convinced will become the premier provider of action sports news, aggregated information and entertainment across multiple media platforms.” “We are thrilled to bring Jeb Stuart on board because of his experience and stature in domestic and international fi
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]ZMD AG (ZMDI), a Dresden-based semiconductor company that specializes in enabling energy efficient solutions, today announces their “Energy Efficiency Challenge of the Month(http://www.zmdi.com/ee-challenge-august-2013)” and the “Tech NewZ & ViewZ(http://www.zmdi.com/sensing-different-forms-suppor...)” blog. As a global supplier of analog and mixed-signal solutions for automotive, industrial, medical, information technology and consumer applications, ZMDI provides integrated circuits that enable their customers to create products that ease the demand for energy. In the sp
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]GM Korea Company and its employees’ labor union formalized their 2013 wage agreement today at the company’s Bupyeong headquarters in Incheon. The agreement was signed by GM Korea President and CEO Sergio Rocha, Korea Metal Workers’ Union Vice-Chairman Dongkyu Yang, and GM Korea Labor Union Chairman Ki Min. The two sides held 27 rounds of wage negotiations starting on April 23. They reached a tentative agreement on July 23. The agreement includes a KRW 92,000 basic monthly wage increase, a lump-sum payment of KRW 4 million, a KRW 6 million performance bonus, and implementa
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]LG Electronics (LG) today unveiled its latest flagship smartphone LG G2, the first smartphone introduced under LG’s new “G” Series for premium devices, exemplifying LG’s aim to bring forth more customer-centric innovations. Nearly 700 guests from over 30 countries converged at the renowned Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York for the global introduction of the device. Based on LG’s research of consumer lifestyles and behaviors, the smartphone offers users more real-life benefits such as ergonomic design, practical functions and an intuitive u