[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and Panasonic Corporation (TOKYO:6752) announced the release of the new 2014 World Heritage calendar application for PCs and tablets. The calendar application is available in five languages (Japanese, English, French, Chinese and Spanish). After installing the application on a PC or tablet, the user can enjoy stunning photographs of World Heritage sites from around the world. January features a photograph of Mt. Fuji, which was added to the World Heritage List in June 2013. The calendar also includes fun facts and trivia about World Herita
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]More than 2,000 business leaders and senior government officials from around the world are expected to take part in the seventh Asian Financial Forum (AFF), 13-14 January, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Under the theme, “Asia: Powering World Growth,” AFF 2014 will present a variety of discussion sessions, thematic workshops and panel luncheons. With the global economy continuing to shift to the East, prospects on the Chinese mainland and throughout the Asian region will dominate the two-day forum. Forum highlights were presented today at a press confer
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]LG Electronics (LG) won 35 top-tier awards at this week’s 2014 International CES, including six awards for the LG 77-inch class CURVED ULTRA HD OLED TV, making it the most recognized TV at the show. Reviewed.com, show’s the Official Editors’ Choice partner, and Digital Trends, the show’s Official Digital Home partner, recognized a number of LG’s newest products among the tens of thousands on display at CES. Further solidifying its position as one of the world’s most innovative leaders in consumer electronics, LG earned top awards and accolades from Popular Mechanics, Popu
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]LG Electronics (LG) will showcase its stunning LG Studio premium kitchen appliance lineup at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Jan. 7-10 in Las Vegas. LG Studio delivers a winning combination of ultra-premium styling and innovative technologies. This year, LG has joined forces with top decorator and product designer Nate Berkus to help position LG Studio both as a premium kitchen appliance solution and as a personalized addition to the home to truly make it the customer’s own. Berkus, an award-winning interior designer, television host and New York Times best-sell
[By H. J Yook]LG Electronics (LG) will showcase its stunning LG Studio premium kitchen appliance lineup at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Jan. 7-10 in Las Vegas. LG Studio delivers a winning combination of ultra-premium styling and innovative technologies. This year, LG has joined forces with top decorator and product designer Nate Berkus to help position LG Studio both as a premium kitchen appliance solution and as a personalized addition to the home to truly make it the customer’s own. Berkus, an award-winning interior designer, television host and New York Times best-selling auth
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]LG Electronics (LG) today announced that its broad new 2014 line of Ultra HD TVs with LG’s proprietary webOS Smart TV platform will support content streaming in Ultra HD 4K from Netflix, the world’s leading Internet television network. In total, 12 new models comprise LG’s 2014 Ultra HD lineup, which will be demonstrated for the first time this week at the 2014 International CES. “LG and Netflix have had a long-standing history of first-to-market introductions including the first network Blu-ray player to offer Netflix streaming back in 2008, which created the new categor
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]LG Electronics (LG) today unveiled its newest Smart TV platform at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. webOS, which was purchased from Hewlett-Packard in March last year, has been reinvented and reintroduced as LG’s new Smart TV platform. The new operating system offers an intuitive user interface for an experience that is both seamless and refreshingly uncomplicated, based on years of experience collected by the webOS team. Furthermore, the new platform makes it extremely easy for developers to create applications and enhances the compatibilit
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Porous Power Technologies, LLC (PPT) announces the launch of SYMMETRIX® NC2020, a ceramic battery separator designed to significantly improve thermal stability and safety of large-format lithium-ion batteries. Applications include batteries for electric vehicles, flat-cell consumer electronics, utility-grade energy storage, and other high-power or high-energy applications. The battery separator is a vital component in the safety/cycle life/performance equation. SYMMETRIX NC2020, developed by PPT in partnership with Ahlstrom, delivers sizable improvements in all three area
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]LG Electronics (LG) today took the cover off the world’s first Flexible OLED TV at the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. With this groundbreaking TV unit, viewers can control the angle of curvature for the ultimate viewing experience that was only available in the realm of science fiction. “LG’s Flexible OLED TV is a product that has to be seen to be believed because it defies description,” said H. H. (Hyun-hwoi) Ha President and CEO of LG’s Home Entertainment Company. “What curved is to flat, flexible is to curved. LG continues to lead the
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]LG Electronics (LG) will be unveiling its latest front loading and top loading washer-dryer pairs at the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The comprehensive range of convenience-enhancing products also includes the 29-inch front loader washer with Tur-boWash™ (model WM8000HVA) which was named an Honoree in this year’s CES Innovation Awards for its high-efficiency washing performance. In addition to the eco-friendly WM8000HVA, LG will be showcasing 29-inch front loading washer-dryers with NFC technology and the 27-inch front loader washer-dry