NEW YORK (AFP) ― General Motors plans to stop advertising on Facebook because it determined paid ads had little impact on consumers, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The news comes at a bad time for Facebook, which is expected to launch an initial public stock offering Friday valuing the social networking site at around $100 billion. GM’s pullbac...

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of TVs, maintained its dominant global market position in the first quarter of this year, international market researchers said Wednesday. According to the Germany-based GfK Group and NPD Group, a U.S. market researcher, Samsung products accounted for 30.2 percent of all flat-panel TVs sold throughout the world in the January-March period. Flat...

The stars of much-loved classic film "Casablanca" may always have Paris, but on Wednesday they will have Facebook. The legendary black-and-white film starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Berman will be streamed free at Facebook in the United States to celebrate the release of a 70th anniversary edition by Warner Home Video. "Movie fans across the United States are invited to microwave some popco...

Apple Inc., maker of the iPhone and iPad, can pursue efforts to halt sales of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer in the U.S. while a patent-infringement case is pending, a U.S. appeals court ruled. Apple’s patent on a design of the tablet is likely to withstand validity challenges, so the trial judge should consider if it’s in the public interest to block sales until a tri...

Samsung Network Services & Solutions, a Korean network systems developer, plans to hire interns by June this year. The company said in a press release on Tuesday that its five divisions including telecom networks, overseas sales and marketing and human resources will accept applicants until May 24 via its homepage. University students in their junior or senior years, or those expected to gradua...

If you spot a dangerously rattling manhole cover on a street, think English translations should be extended to subway announcements, or need some tips on important life decisions, where would you turn for help? For Seoulites, the quickest help may come from the city mayor via Twitter. Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, who took office in October with strong support from younger generations, checks and ...

HONG KONG (Yonhap News) ― Global demand for active-matrix organic light-emitting diode displays is expected to remain robust thanks to their increased use in smartphones, a report said Friday. “Our channel checks indicate that Samsung is likely to expand its AMOLED capacity from July 2012 to meet robust demand for AMOLED-based smartphones. We expect AMOLED equipment vendors to benefit from this ...

Millions of iPod owners may be surprised to learn they're suing Apple, industry analysts said. A lawsuit against Apple by RealNetworks, which developed the Real Player app and the Harmony music service, has been given class-action status U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Mashable reported Thursday. Consumers who purchased iPod devices between Sept. 12, 2006, and March...