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Finally, two Korean leaders have called a truce and made peace with each other. Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics said Tuesday they would bury the hatchet for all existing legal disputes, bringing some tranquility between two of the largest and best known South Korean companies. In Samsung and LG’s joint statement released Tuesday, the companies said they were ending the disputes to focus on improving the quality of their products and their customer service.

The companies resolved to address their disagreements through dialogue and cooperation, instead of resorting to legal action. "Both sides have agreed to avoid legal action and resolve any future conflicts or disputes through dialogue and mutual agreement," the companies said. For years, the two corporate giants had been at war with each other, trying to tear each other down as each grew bigger and bigger, to the point where they both sponsor some of the biggest soccer clubs in Europe. Televisions, home appliances, and mobile phones are both companies’ biggest sellers. The settlement between the two companies was signed on Monday and made public in a statement on Tuesday. Among other disputes, terms of the agreement cover an incident in which Samsung accused LG of vandalizing their $2,700 high-end Crystal Blue washing machines at an industry event in Berlin last September. LG accepted that two machines were damaged, but said it was accidental and a result of poor manufacturing, not something that was done on purpose. While it may not evoke the emotion of a match between Chelsea and Bayer Leverkusen, the companies still ask for leniency from the officials. "For ongoing legal disputes, we will take necessary steps to drop the charges and will ask for leniency from the relevant (law enforcement) authorities,” the statement said.

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Announced in March 2015, Amazon.com Inc. will begin providing an unlimited storage plan for their Amazon Cloud Drive. The plan will start at $59.99 per year. An alternate plan of photo-only with 5 GB for other file types will cost $11.99 per year. Currently, the only other service offering an unlimited storage plan to a broader consumer segment is Microsoft’s unlimited OneDrive storage exclusively for Office 365 subscribers. Although Microsoft intends to offer an unlimited plan more broadly in the upcoming months, unlimited storage offerings have traditionally been reserved for business or enterprise operators.

Other competitors in the cloud storage market include Dropbox (which offers unlimited storage only to its enterprise customers on Dropbox for Business) and Google (which offers an unlimited option in its Drive for Work cloud storage product). For individual consumers, Dropbox and Google provide a capped amount of space, with the former selling 1 terabyte for $99 annually and the latter selling 1 terabyte for $99.99 per year, making Amazon’s new Unlimited Everything plan the least expensive option. Amazon’s web storage application debuted in 2011. Amazon Cloud Drive is accessible across devices including desktop, laptop, tablet or phone. In addition, the Cloud Drive can be accessed on Amazon’s Fire TV and the Amazon Instant Video app for certain TVs and gaming consoles. Both Amazon and Google also offer other cloud service products for alternate storage uses for data that is infrequently accessed (known as cold storage services). Amazon’s version, part of their Amazon Web Services, is called Glacier. The company also maintains a data warehousing service, called Redshift. Google’s version, Cloud Storage Nearline, was recently introduced in March of 2015.

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