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At Samsung, we are proud to constantly innovate to improve consumers' everyday lives. Over the past year, technologies that were once nice to have' became a need, as our homes became offices, schools, gyms, and more," said James Fishler

The new firmware at 2.2MB in size is currently seeding in South Korea but users in other regions will get it in the coming days as well, reports GSMArena.

According to a new report from South Korean news site Chosun Biz, Apple and Kia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) last year, "agreeing to pursue cooperation in eight sectors, including electric vehicles".

Samsung's foundry business was estimated to log a market share of 18 per cent with revenue of $4.05 billion in the January-March period, up 11 per cent from a year earlier, according to a report from industry tracker TrendForce.

LG said some 20 TV manufacturers, including RCA, Konka and Ayonz, will release TVs installed with its webOS platform.

The South Korean tech giant said that "PM9A3E1.S" is the industry's first data centre-use SSD product based on sixth-generation V-NAND chips.

According to lawmakers from the parliamentary committee on science and technology, Google Korea representatives have told committee members that they were persuading the company headquarters to lower its planned 30 percent commission on in-app purchases.

The next Galaxy Watch will replace Tizen with Android, which means Galaxy Watches could be making the jump from Samsung's proprietary wearable OS to Google's Wear OS.

Total mobile game transactions in the country were estimated at 5.3 trillion won in 2020, up 24.3 per cent from the previous year, according to data from mobile app tracker IGAWorks based on estimated sales of Google's Play store

Samsung Kiosk is an all-in-one self-service machine that allows consumers to select, order and pay for services and products at restaurants, marts and pharmacies.

The Galaxy Book Pro will be available in an LTE variant as well, and the Galaxy Book Pro 360 will also come in a 5G version.

Using processing-in-memory (PIM) technology, the South Korean tech giant said it integrated AI engines onto its ‘HBM2 Aquabolt', becoming the first in the industry to develop a HBM-PIM semiconductor.

The country ended last year with a total 11.85 million 5G subscribers, with SK Telecom Co., the country's largest wireless carrier, leading the pack with 5.48 million users, followed by KT Corp. at 3.62 million and LG Uplus Corp.

The new budget phone comes with a quad rear-camera setup with a 48MP main shooter, 5MP ultra wide lens, 2MP depth sensor and 2MP macro camera. It also has an 8-MP selfie camera.

Samsung and Apple were the only smartphone makers to post sales growth in the US in the last three months of 2020, according to Counterpoint Research.

The social media company said that Indonesia ranked as the top market tweeting about K-pop by volume, followed by Thailand and South Korea.

The mobile carrier said it will offer the device in South Korea on Tuesday as an extension of its partnership with the US social media giant in 2019.

Sales growth for DRAM and NAND flash were projected to be 18 per cent and 17 per cent, respectively, making them the two sharpest-growing chips among the 33 integrated circuit (IC) products in 2021

LG Electronics accounted for 18.4 per cent of the global TCU shipments in 2020, to rank second behind Continental AG with a 20.3 percent market share, according to market researcher Counterpoint Research.

South Korea's 5G users stood at 11.85 million as of end-December last year, up over 900,000 from the previous month, according to the data from the Ministry of Science and ICT.