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The Optimus 3D, the first 3D-equipped phone, will be unveiled at this years Mobile World Congress, LG says.

LG Electronics <066570.KS> plans to launch a swipe payment system for product and service retailers in Europe next year, which would allow consumers to make payments at the check-out using their smartphones.

Mobile industry's service to consumers is getting better with time. A new report shows that Apple is planning to enable a feature in iPhone and iPad to facilitate purchases directly through these devices.

LG Electronics signaled a bottom for its money-losing mobile phones and TV businesses, after the world's No.2 TV brand reported a record quarterly loss.

South Korea's LG Electronics reported a record quarterly loss on Wednesday, as its phone business remained weak and its TV division also lost money, hurt by steep price declines in television.

LG Display, the world's No.2 LCD flat screen maker, posted its first quarterly loss in seven quarters, hit by a $289 million price fixing fine and as panel prices plunged on weak demand from television makers.

LG Display, the world's No.2 LCD flat screen maker, warned of lower shipments and weaker screen prices after posting its first loss in seven quarters, as it battles weak demand from television makers.

Facebook's global reach has been the envy of many companies, as about 70 percent of its 500 million users are from outside US and now Facebook has launched an app for feature phones to further bolster its march.

Verizon has received a crop of 4G phones at the CES 2011, sufficient enough to handle an onslaught of phones from other carriers. Here is a comparison of 4G phone releases by Motorola, HTC, Samsung and LG for Verizon network.

South Korea's LG Electronics Inc aims to more than quadruple smartphone shipments this year and will focus on expanding premium products to catch up with bigger rivals, an executive said on Thursday.

(Corrects headline, 1st and 6th paragraph to reflect LG's official correction that it targets 2011 smartphone shipments of 30 million units, not 2-3 times rise)

South Korea's LG Electronics Inc aims to more than double smartphone shipments this year and will focus on expanding premium products to catch up with bigger rivals, an executive said on Thursday.

LG Electronics unveiled its first tablet, running on Google's Android platform, through T-Mobile USA, as it seeks to grab some share of the emerging tablet market from Apple.

Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics trotted out bigger and thinner 3D TVs on Wednesday as they laid out plans to expand their lineups further to spur demand for a nascent technology that has seen weak sales so far.

Nvidia rolled out its Tegra 2 processor by showing off its capabilities in an LG phone, but the company's real bet is on content and ARM architecture.

LG Display said on Wednesday that the company is in a TV screen supply deal with Japan's Sony Corp, a major breakthrough for the South Korean company after Sony switched to Samsung six years ago for flat screen purchases.

Corrects first paragraph to read flat screen purchases, instead of flat screen TV purchases

LG Electronics Inc, the world's No. 2 flat-screen TV maker, expects flat-screen TV sales in North America, its biggest market, to be unchanged this year at 34 million units, an LG executive said on Wednesday.

The South Korean electronics giant introduces a slew of new products at the CES.

Prior to Apple's launch of iPhone 4 on June 7, HTC had launched its Android-based Evo 4G phone on June 4 and now a report prior to Apple's launch of iPad 2 says that HTC is working on tablet to rival iPad.

Sony Corp. has filed a patent suit against LG Electronics, seeking to stop its import of mobile phones to the US. It is the latest in a series of patent complaints that have plagued the technology industry.

Sony Corp has filed a patent infringement complaint seeking to block LG Electronics Inc from shipping smartphones such as its Rumor 2 model to the United States.

Apple is expected to release three versions of iPad 2, supporting either or a combination of Wi-Fi, UMTS and CDMA, for 2011 with mass production to start as early as the latter half of January.

LG Group, South Korea's fourth-largest conglomerate, said on Tuesday that it aims to raise 2011 sales by 11 percent to a record high 156 trillion won ($135.8 billion).

The tech blogosphere has been rife with rumors that LG Electronics plans to unveil a portable 3D television at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Key patent lawsuits that punctuated the smartphone industry in 2010.

South Korea's LG Group said on Monday it is boosting 2011 investment by 12 percent to a record $18.2 billion, as it seeks to revive the struggling handset business of its core unit LG Electronics Inc.

Charles Manson, who is serving a life sentence for his conspiracy role in the killing of seven people in the Tate-LaBianca murders in Los Angeles, 1969, has been handed down an extra 30 days on his life term after being found in possession of a contraband cellphone within jail premises.

LG Electronics has released its LG Optimus 2X, the world's first smartphone with a dual-core processor.