C’est lors du salon Japan Mobility Show 2023 que le CEO de Honda, Toshihiro Mibe, a dévoilé quelques nouveautés à venir au sein de la gamme du célèbre constructeur japonais. Ce fut également l’occasion pour la marque de célébrer son 75e anniversaire. Plusieurs annonces ont été faites à cette occasion en lien direct avec la […]
Read MoreSamsung has been the world’s biggest smartphone brand for years now in terms of number of smartphones it sells every year. However, it is Apple that makes the most profit and sells the costliest smartphones on average. But what about which countries buy the costliest smartphones? Well, a new report from market analysis firm TechInsights […]
Read MoreThe Xreal Beam starts shipping today in the US and Japan. The Beam is an alternative way to connect AR headsets like the Xreal Air to your PC, console or phone. Normally, you need a wired USB C-to-C connection between the headset and your device. With the Beam, however, you can go wireless. It still […]
Read MoreSamsung could be planning on building a new semiconductor manufacturing facility in Japan. The facility would include Samsung’s first chip packaging test line in the country, and a new report says that the Japanese government is willing to offer subsidies worth roughly 15 billion yen ($110 million) to the Korean tech giant, should the latter […]
Read MoreSamsung, the world’s biggest memory chip maker, is reportedly building a new chip development facility in Yokohama, Japan. This highly symbolic initiative will bring together Japanese and South Korean chip firms to combat competition from the Chinese and Taiwanese markets. This new chip development facility will cost over JPY 300 billion (around $222 million) and […]
Read MoreSharp is right on cue with its latest Japan-exclusive flagship smartphone release – the Aquos R8 and R8 Pro. Aquos R8 Pro builds on last year’s Aquos R7 with the latest generation flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset from Qualcomm. Aquos R8 and R8 Pro Aquos R8 Pro gets a 6.6-inch Pro IGZO OLED screen […]
Read MoreSmartphones are slowly adopting the capability to connect to satellites for emergency calls and messages with the help of special hardware components. The iPhone 14 was the first smartphone to offer emergency communications via satellite connectivity. Samsung is also expected to bring a similar feature to its Galaxy smartphones in the future. But what if […]
Read MoreNetflix is among the most popular video streaming platform worldwide. While there are paid plans for you to hop onto to watch the content in its best quality, Netflix introduced the ‘Basic With Ads’ plan in November for $6.99/month. As soon as this tier was announced in the US, it faced harsh criticism from users […]
Read MoreNew developments indicate that Samsung is planning to set up its first semiconductor chip test line in Japan. Sources close to the matter said that Samsung will use this chip test line to bolster its advanced packaging business and deepen ties with Japanese semiconductor equipment and materials manufacturers. This move will also help diversify its […]
Read MoreAs per the recent reports coming in from Japan, the pioneering leader in OLED inkjet printing, JOLED, has officially filed for bankruptcy protection at the Tokyo District Court. The company’s inability to raise funds combined with liabilities amounting to approximately $257 million has led to this outcome. Apparently, JOLED has been facing financial hardships for […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Microsoft is trying to buy Activision-Blizzard for $69 billion dollars, with regulators across the world investigating how it may impact competition. Sony PlayStation has been a vocal opponent of the deal, and has sought to frustrate or block the merger. However, U.S. congress members are now asking why Sony, a […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know The United States and Japan are currently in talks to expand co-operation in various areas. One of those areas is trade, and during a Senate trade hearing, Washington senator Maria Cantwell raised the issue of competition between Xbox and PlayStation in the region. Using the FTC’s “high-end” console market designation, […]
Read MoreSamsung is rebranding itself for the Japanese market. Starting today, February 28, Samsung’s online store and social networking services in Japan will carry the company’s name rather than being known simply as “Galaxy.” Thanks to this new change, Japan is now joining the rest of the world in calling the Korean tech giant by its […]
Read MoreApple’s App Store policies may be violating Japanese antitrust law, according to a new report from the Japan Fair Trade Commission (FTC) that was shared by Nikkei. Japanese regulators do not believe there is enough “competitive pressure” on Apple and Google as the two companies have a duopoly in mobile operating systems and dominate the […]
Read MoreLast month, Samsung successfully demonstrated SLA network slicing on a live 5G network in Tokyo, Japan. And today, that demonstration appears to be paying off, as Samsung Electronic has just announced that it has been selected as the cloud-native 5G Standalone (SA) Core provider by network operator KDDI across Japan. A major advantage of Samsung’s […]
Read MoreJapan and the Netherlands have joined the United States in banning semiconductor equipment exports to China. This move may put a damper on Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor manufacturing capacity in China, where the company is manufacturing DRAM and NAND flash chips. The three countries held negotiations for several days under the National Security Advisor of the […]
Read MoreThe latest information from Business Korea confirms that Samsung Electronics has hired two former Ericsson executives. Samsung has taken this move to expand its telecommunications equipment business by bringing on board the experience of the two former Ericsson executives. Henrik Jansson, formerly the strategic sourcing manager for Ericsson, has been named to lead the Strategy Task […]
Read MoreJapan and the Netherlands will join the United States in imposing chip bans on China, Bloomberg revealed in a report. The goal is to “undercut Beijing’s ambition to build its own domestic chip capabilities”, according to people aware of the situation. The Dutch company ASML Holding HV will be prevented from transferring deep ultraviolet lithography […]
Read MoreIn an official newsroom post, Samsung announced that it, along with KDDI, has successfully completed the demonstration of Service Level Agreements (SLA) assurance network slicing on a live 5G SA (Standalone) network in Tokyo, Japan. This is the first time in the industry that companies have generated multiple slices of the network using the RAN […]
Read MoreWhen Apple CEO Tim Cook visited Japan earlier this month, he met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to discuss the App Store, Apple’s investments in Japan, and iPhone features that could be adopted in the future, according to a new report from Nikkei. Kishida asked Cook to enable a digital version of Japan’s My […]
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