The world’s largest mobile lockscreen media platform, Buzzvil, has acquired India and Pakistan’s leading lockscreen content curator SlideApp as part of its effort to tighten its grip in the global mobile ad market. Financial terms were not disclosed.John Lee, CEO of Buzzvil, said, “By taking SlideAp
South Korean Internet portals, such as Naver Corporation and Kakao Corporation, are seeking to break YouTube’s dominance of the domestic video sharing market.According to industry sources on July 25, Naver and Kakao are planning to strengthen their video sharing services in the second half of this y
Employees of the Kumho Asiana Group, including Asiana Airlines, are pushing for a protest at the heart of downtown Seoul on July 6 to reveal chairman Park Sam-gu’s alleged abuse of power and irregularities.The employees’ collective action against the group chairman was triggered by Asiana's in-f
Kakao will merge with its subsidiary Kakao M (formerly known as Roen Entertainment), the operator of MelOn, Korea’s most popular digital music service provider. The merger reflects Kakao’s determination to nurture its mobile platform, KakaoTalk, and its content business.Kakao announced on May 17 tha
Google YouTube is found to be the most popular app among all Korean Internet users. In particular, among teenagers, YouTube usage time eclipses the combined time of Kakao Talk, Naver and FaceBook use.A big spike in Google YouTube’s dominance of the Korean Internet market is heightening Korean Intern
A survey found that the number of Korean smartphone users using YouTube has more than tripled over the past two years.App researcher WiseApp released the results of the survey on the total usage time of four apps popular among Korean consumers such as YouTube and Kakao Talk. Korean people’s use time
Global information and communication technology (ICT) companies set their sights on videos and cameras that can shoot videos. This fact is construed as a strategy for those of a 'new consumer generation' who have been familiar with videos rather than texts or photos while using smartphones from thei
It has been found that Netmarble recorded the third highest revenue among app publishers in the world including Apple App Store and Google Play Store last year.App Annie, a mobile app analysis company, said on January 31 that Netmarble claimed third place on the list of the top 52 publishers in term
As virtual currency speculation has spread like wild fire among Korean people, the number of those who invested in virtual currencies and suffered loss is on the rise. A typical example is a sharp rise and fall in the value of Bitcoin Cash on November 12. The Bitcoin Cash, which traded at 1,069,200
Kakao announced on October 12 that the company signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Samsung Electronics to link KakaoTalk and AI platform “Kakao I” to Samsung household appliances.A smart home appliance service that Kakao will carry out with Samsung Electronics enables to control househol
As Internet-only Kakao Bank fever has been sweeping, the power of the platform of the nation's most widely used messenger KakaoTalk has been confirmed once again.Kakao Bank has attracted nearly 1.52 million accounts in eight days since its launch. Its huge popularity is largely due to convenience an
Facebook started as a global social network service (SNS) provider and dominated the smartphone world. Its influence is getting bigger and bigger.According to Priori Data, a market research firm of Germany on July 13, six of the top ten download apps in the Adroid app market were Facebook-affiliated
As Kakao Bank goes into full-fledged service later this month as the second internet-only bank in Korea, some raises concerns whether the bank can be seized upon by conflicts between China’s Tencent and Alibaba. The close cooperation with Kakao Pay, a fintech subsidiary of Kakao, is vital for Kakao
Two consortiums led by South Korean Internet giant Kakao and no. 2 telecom operator KT, were approved to launch the nation’s first Internet-only banks next year. The two banks, which won a preliminary license, will start operation in earnest in the first half of next year after receiving a final app
Samsung Electronics announced on Sept. 16 that it will release its new messaging app called Socializer through Samsung Tomorrow, its official blog, mounting a serious challenge in the mobile messaging app market once again.Based on the Telegram source code for the Android operating system (OS), the
Huawei Korea plans to expand the number of its customer service centers in Korea.On July 7, Huawei Korea announced that the company would increase the number of its service centers across the country from 42 to 50.Huawei Korea said, “With this expansion, we will improve customer service accessibilit
Global video platform YouTube is actively seeking to target the Korean mobile video ad market using its "selection and focusing" ad strategies. Naver is also scheduled to showcase an open-source video platform called Play League on Oct. 5. As a result, competition between global companies to make pr
Naver and Daum Kakao, which have been leading the Korean Internet industry, are waging an all-out mobile war with each other. The war started when Daum Kakao decided to focus on mobile-oriented Kakao, de-emphasizing the name of Internet-based Daum.Moreover, as the number of mobile searches, which is
An increasing number of mobile game developers are making use of pre-existing intellectual property (IP) these days. Popular webtoons, online games, and messenger character emoticons are being incorporated into mobile games.The 2D mobile role-playing game God of High School, developed by YD Online a
LG Electronics announced on July 21 that it has released a new premium robotic vacuum cleaner, the “Roboking Turbo Plus,” which has improved smart cleaning and surveillance functions.The previous vacuum cleaner model had two cameras -- one on the top and one on the bottom. The new Roboking Turbo Plu