On September 29, Social Commerce TMON of Ticket Monster (CEO Hyeon-seong Shin) reported that its prices are on average 25% lower than the Weekly Prices released by Korea Price Research...
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Simple, Swift, and Secure File Transfers with Send...
Data drives our current mobile era and the engineers at ESTmob, Inc. present us with a powerful product to optimize how data is managed. Short for “Emotional Science and Technology...
Users Concerned About Privacy on KakaoTalk Turn to...
With over 130 million users (as of May 2014), KakaoTalk is unarguably the number one mobile messenger in South Korea. However, its dominant position is being threatened as users are opting...
Hancom Expands its Business into Mobile and Image...
Established in 1990, Hancom created a word processing software for the Korean language called Hanword (a.k.a. Hangul, hwp). As the Korean equivalent of Microsoft Word, Hangul has gained...
Carffeine Secures $500M from Hanwha S&C
Carffeine Motor Cube announced that it had secured half a billion dollars in investment from Hanhwa S&C on the 24th. Hanhwa S&C plans to globalize Carffeine Motor Cube’s business...
Microsoft Satya Nadella at TechDays Korea 2014
TechDays Korea 2014 opened on Wednesday, September 24th, at the Grand Intercontinental Hotel in Samseong-dong, Seoul. Attended by more than 1000 guests, TechDays Korea is a forum hosted by...
Daum Maps Renews API Website for Greater Accessibility
Daum Communications has revealed a new Maps API website to the public this week in hopes of making the integration process more accessible for developers. The upgrade includes a completely...
6 Tech Stories of the Week (09/15-09/19)
Here is a quick recap of some noteworthy tech stories from last week. South Korean conglomerate groups are expected to have a huge decline in their operating profits this year due to...
This Week’s App Market (09/15-09/19)
Here is the quick overview of the app market in Korea. As of September 19th, Kakao Talk, Facebook, and Facebook Messenger are still securely holding their places on the chart, with few new...
This Week’s App Market (09/08-09/12)
Here is a quick overview of how the South Korean apps performed this week. While some of the top ranked apps continued its popularity from last week (i.e. KakaoTalk, Facebook Messenger, and...