Cream is a mobile commerce platform that allows boutique fashion designers to sell products directly to consumers. The platform markets goods sold via fashion bloggers, where designer…
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12 Takeaways from The NYC K-Startup Showcase
In Conversation with Organizers of NYC’s Premier K-Startup Showcase
This Friday, April 24, the doors to 11 Times Square will welcome New York to its first Korean Startup Showcase. Co-hosted by the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), the…
South Korean Designated Driver Services Go Mobile
One thing South Korea is quite well-known for is its drinking culture. In terms of number of liquor servings consumed per week, South Korea ranks first, outdrinking countries like Russia…
The South Korean Mobile Ads Market at a Glance – MOBIscape KR1.4
(Click to view full-sized image) Mobidays Inc., the mobile specialized marketing company, has announced the update of Mobiscape, the Korean mobile advertisement business map, which…
IoT Startup n.thing Launches Kickstarter for Smart Garden Pot Planty
IoT (Internet of Things) startup n.thing launched a Kickstarter campaign for Planty, a smart garden pot that enables houseplant caretaking over the Internet. The company aims to raise $100K…
South Korean Noah Camera for Facebook Messenger Unveiled
On Mar. 29, social network giant Facebook unveiled its plans to advance the company’s Messenger app as a distinct platform, with APIs and developer programs to allow for the creation of…
Academic Q&A Platform Bapul Now with Naver Login and Encyclopedia
Social homework helper platform Bapul announced on Mar. 17 that it will soon release updates to its web and mobile apps. The new version will enable users to register and login using their…
March 2015 Korea Mobile Report – Mobidays
Mobidays Inc. | Mobidays Facebook Page
Anonymous Q&A SNS Tellme Assesses its First Year Performance
Anonymous Q&A SNS Tellme.am recently published its annual report in infographics, highlighting growth in the number of users for its website and Android app. On Tellme, counsel-seeking…
Born2Global to Introduce 9 Korean Startups at Euro Demo Day
Born2Global (Managing Director David Oh), an agency under the Korean government’s Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (Minister Choi Yanghee) that supports Korean startups…
C2C Fashion Marketplace Dottegi To Go Online
Hip tech startup Union Pool recently announced that it will soon launch Dottegi Market online, a marketplace for secondhand fashion goods. The company plans to release Android and iOS apps…
Beat Doubles User Number to 200M in Four Months
Beat Packing Company, maker of free music streaming app Beat, announced that the app has reached 200 million registered users. The new record comes just four months after the app surpassed…
February 2015 Korea Mobile Report – Mobidays
Mobidays Inc. | Mobidays Facebook Page
Mustadd Opens A Relation-Based Restaurant Review Platform
Mustadd is an online restaurant reviewing, social networking platform that opened its beta services in November 2014. Currently available as an app on Google Play and a mobile-optimized…
Iamschool Saves Time and Paper by Digitizing School Communiqué
Released just over two years ago, Iamschool is a news app that consolidates and digitizes announcements made from schools and hagwons (cram schools) in South Korea. Iamschool (developed by…
South Korean Efforts to Move Away From ActiveX
In a nation where many aspects of life are driven by the phrase “quick quick” (bbali bbali), South Korea’s infrastructure for digital payments can come across as an anomaly. Whereas…
4:33 Becomes Largest Shareholder of Thumbage
On Jan. 8, mobile game distributor 4:33 (Four Thirty Three) announced that it would become a strategic investor in Thumbage to become its largest shareholder. The investment sum was not…
Auto-Repair Platform Cardoc Secures Additional $900K
Auto-repair platform Cardoc announced on Dec. 29 that it had secured an additional $900K in investments. Launched in February 2013 as an in-house startup of pre-merger portal giant Daum…
Bapul, a Social Q&A-based Homework Helper for Students
One startup present at the recent K-Tech China 2014 conference was Bapul, an EdTech company that provides a social Q&A platform for students. The name is short for Baro Pulki, Korean…