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Google Maps North Korea
Google Inc. on Tuesday revised its Google Maps application to add information for North Korea, which has been blank since it started providing maps online and for mobile devices eight years ago, and included outlines of some of the country’s notorious, city-sized prison camps.Voices
Has Apple Lost Its Cool to Samsung?
Samsung Electronics Co. is succeeding where other technology companies have tried and failed: Closing the coolness gap with Apple Inc.Voices
Samsung Expects Record Operating Profit
Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday that it capped its best year ever with another record quarterly profit, but momentum slowed in the last three months of 2012, and analysts anticipate the company will rely on chips more than smartphones for profit growth in 2013.Voices
Samsung’s Profit Jumps 91 Percent
Samsung Electronics Co.’s third-quarter profit jumped 91 percent in a period when it was the only big manufacturer with new phones at the high end of the market. But the company indicated that momentum may stall in the current quarter.Voices
Apple Asks Judge for More From Samsung
Apple Inc. asked the judge in its U.S. patent case with Samsung Electronics Co. to raise the $1 billion damage award assigned by a jury last month by $707 million, while Samsung asked the judge to reduce it greatly and order a new trial.At Home, Samsung Seen as Underdog
SEOUL — After a U.S. jury ruled that Samsung Electronics Co. copied ideas from Apple Inc. AAPL to make smartphones and tablet PCs, a different view was heard in Samsung’s home country.Voices
South Korea Court Says Samsung, Apple Infringed Each Other’s Patents
A South Korea court on Friday delivered a split decision in its piece of the global legal battle between Apple and Samsung Electronics over mobile computing patents.Voices
Samsung Posts Record 2nd-Quarter Net on Mobile-Device Strength
Samsung Electronics on Friday reported a record second-quarter net profit as its mobile devices continued to sell well even though consumer spending was hit by the struggling global economy during one of the slower times of the year for technology companies.Voices
Samsung Names New CEO
Samsung Electronics Co. named Kwon Oh-hyun, head of its chip and liquid-crystal-display units for the past six months, as chief executive officer.Voices