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...German border, was neglected under communism, its Gothic architecture blackened by coal dust and its shop shelves bare. Nowadays, the elegant old market square in the city center, once the site of a few scruffy museums, is lined with designer shops, sushi bars and restaurants. Companies from LG Philips (LCD screens) to Google (service support) have poured $5 billion into the local economy in the past five years, creating 200,000 jobs in a city of just 650,000. The mayor's office reviewed 560 investment projects last year alone. Since 2002, unemployment dropped from 14% to under 5%. Mayor...
...Cell-phone users can also expect to get months of free access to a catalogue of songs. Nokia will launch its Comes With Music service later this year, reimbursing artists and their labels from expected new sales of its music-compatible phones; a similar service, available through Korean giant LG, will come out in the summer. The first record company to offer its music for both these services? Universal, led by the once skeptical Morris...
TORONTO Shoppers admire the display of the LG TU720 Shine ($200), which doubles as a mirror...
...Harvard’s Visual and Environmental Studies department for one semester. He will spend his time at the College acclimating to the United States, continuing work on his latest book, and teaching two film courses—one on government and film, the other on silent cinema. LG: I’ve really enjoyed it so far. Cambridge seems like the kind of place where you can walk around, the public transport is great, and it’s nice to be close to Boston. And I didn’t find it as cold as I was fearing...
...wait till the next generation: LG makes a phone with a breathalyzer built in. Sprint and Nextel have introduced Sprint Family Locator, kind of like LoJack for your kids. Several companies are trying out scented phones, while Nokia dreams of developing one with smell sensors. Samsung is at work with South Korean scientists on cell phones, according to the Korea Times, "that can feel, think, evolve and reproduce" and have "artificial chromosomes," all of which suggests that our gadgets will eventually replace us as parents--pestering, tracking, supervising and ultimately procreating...