http://www.mail.com/companies/298676-lg-electronics-inc.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/companies/298676-lg-electronics-inc.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2047516-smartphones-overtake-dumb-phones-worldwide.html NEW YORK (AP) — Research firm IDC said more smartphones than "dumb" phones are being made this year, a milestone in a shift that's putting computing power and Internet access in millions of hands worldwide. Manufacturers shipped 216 million smartphones worldwide in the first three months of this year, compared with 189 million regular cellphones, accordin... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:04:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2047516-smartphones-overtake-dumb-phones-worldwide.html 2013-04-26T20:04:33Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2040872-lg-electronics-profit-plunges-slow-tv-sales.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday its first quarter earnings shrank to less than one tenth of the year-earlier quarter as its TV business languished, masking a recovery in mobile phone sales. It forecast higher profit for the current quarter as new smartphone models and a revamped lineup of TVs hit shelves in global markets. Bu... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:51:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2040872-lg-electronics-profit-plunges-slow-tv-sales.html 2013-04-24T08:51:52Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1914680-hp-finally-parts-with-webos-lg-electronics-deal.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hewlett-Packard is selling its webOS software to South Korean electronics company LG Electronics, securing a new home for a technological orphan. The deal announced Monday rids HP of the centerpiece of its ill-fated, $1.8 billion purchase of Palm Inc. three years ago. HP used webOS as its springboard into the smartphone and tablet com... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:51:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1914680-hp-finally-parts-with-webos-lg-electronics-deal.html 2013-02-25T23:51:07Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1913666-lg-aims-to-raise-smartphone-sales-52-percent.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — LG Electronics Inc. is aiming to raise its smartphone sales by more than half this year as it makes a shift from basic phones to high-end devices after lagging competitors for several years. The South Korean company aims to sell more than 40 million smartphones in 2013, it said in a statement on Monday. LG shipped 26.3 million sm... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:14:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1913666-lg-aims-to-raise-smartphone-sales-52-percent.html 2013-02-25T11:14:38Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1898546-lg-to-release-full-hd-smartphone-skorea.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — LG Electronics Inc. said Monday its new smartphone with a full high-definition screen will go on sale in South Korea this week before hitting shelves in Japan in April. The Optimus G Pro smartphone features a 5.5-inch screen that packs over 2 million pixels, or twice as many as smartphones with HD screens. The new Android-powered... Mon, 18 Feb 2013 03:45:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1898546-lg-to-release-full-hd-smartphone-skorea.html 2013-02-18T03:45:24Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1866324-asia-stock-markets-up-us-rally.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly higher Monday as investors continued to feel confident about stocks following last week's U.S. jobs report and Wall Street's rally. Solid corporate earnings reports and expectations that the weaker yen will enhance the bottom line of Japanese exporters also lured investors to stocks. Japan's Nikkei... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 04:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1866324-asia-stock-markets-up-us-rally.html 2013-02-04T04:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1855552-lg-electronics-sinks-to-loss-eu-fine.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — LG Electronics Inc. reported its first quarterly loss in a year Wednesday after Europe slapped it with a massive fine for price fixing. Its net loss totaled 468 billion won ($429 million) for the last quarter of 2012, compared with a loss of 112 billion a year earlier. The European Union fined it 492 million euros ($664 million) ... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 07:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1855552-lg-electronics-sinks-to-loss-eu-fine.html 2013-01-30T07:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1807524-smart-tvs-smarter-bit.html LAS VEGAS (AP) — In the not-so-distant future, couch potatoes will be waving, pointing, swiping and tapping to make their TVs react, kind of like what Tom Cruise did in the 2002 movie "Minority Report." That's the vision of TV manufacturers as they show off "smart TVs." The sets will recognize who's watching and will try to guess what viewers want to see.... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1807524-smart-tvs-smarter-bit.html 2013-01-08T23:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1804888-ces-unveils-big-tvs-with-ultra-high-definition.html LAS VEGAS (AP) — The race to make TVs larger and larger has created a colossal problem for manufacturers: As screens grow, picture quality worsens — unless the viewer moves farther away from the screen. The issue is playing out in cozy dens and family rooms around the world. To get the full benefit of a large high-definition screen, viewers must move back... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1804888-ces-unveils-big-tvs-with-ultra-high-definition.html 2013-01-08T03:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1804114-lg-kicks-ces-with-55-inch-ultra-hd-tv.html LAS VEGAS (AP) — LG unveiled a 55-inch TV that sports "ultrahigh-definition" resolution with four times the sharpness of regular HD television sets, kicking off what is likely to be a mini-obsession with the latest super-clear format at the annual International CES gadget show. The model announced Monday is the smallest in a 2013 lineup that includes 65-i... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1804114-lg-kicks-ces-with-55-inch-ultra-hd-tv.html 2013-01-07T22:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1805028-samsung-unveils-gesture-control-tvs-gadget.html LAS VEGAS (AP) — New TVs from Samsung will recognize an expanded range of gestures so people can swipe through on-screen menus in a way that revolutionizes the old remote control. Samsung Electronics Co., the Korean electronics maker that is successfully challenging Apple in smartphones, touts the new user interface as faster and more intuitive than befor... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1805028-samsung-unveils-gesture-control-tvs-gadget.html 2013-01-07T21:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1799150-china-fines-lg-samsung-flat-panel-price-case.html BEIJING (AP) — China fined South Korean and Taiwanese makers of LCD display screens $56 million on Friday for price-fixing, joining the United States and Europe in a crackdown on the industry. Suppliers have been hit by American and European regulators with penalties totaling more than $3 billion for colluding to push up slumping prices of display screens... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 09:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1799150-china-fines-lg-samsung-flat-panel-price-case.html 2013-01-04T09:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1795276-lg-beats-rivals-race-to-sell-oled-tvs.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — LG Electronics Inc. started taking pre-orders on Wednesday for the world's first big TVs that use an advanced display technology promising startlingly clear images on wafer-thin screens. The South Korean company said the 55-inch TVs, which use a technology called "OLED" and have a price tag of 11 million won ($10,335), will be de... Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1795276-lg-beats-rivals-race-to-sell-oled-tvs.html 2013-01-02T11:58:00Z