SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) —Yogiyo made an announcement on Wednesday about the introduction of YogiPassX, which is the first subscription service in the industry that offers unlimited delivery services for a fixed fee. This move comes as consumers are increasingly reducing their usage of delivery apps due to the rising costs associated with deliveries. [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. introduced a tactical edition mobile device during its participation in the 2023 Special Operations Forces Week (SOF Week) convention held in Tampa, Florida last week. Derived from the Galaxy S23 and the rugged smartphone Galaxy X Cover 6 Pro, the tactical edition mobile device aims to enhance [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — For the past few years, Samsung Electronics has been the dominant player in the global foldable smartphone market, where early tech adopters have lugged around small tablet-sized phones in exchange for creative dual screen use. Now, the South Korean tech giant is facing its most serious competitor yet — [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) —Samsung Electronics announced on Saturday that its SmartThings Find service, which assists users with locating electronic devices, has reached over 300 million registered devices in just 30 months. SmartThings Find was launched in October 2020 and has enabled Galaxy users to easily find devices such as smartphones and tablets. Samsung [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A month after its launch in South Korea, Apple Pay has received a positive response from the market, especially among the tech-savvy Generation MZ who value convenience. As per Hyundai Card Co.’s announcement today, approximately 355,000 new cards were issued, marking a significant increase from the same period last [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of installations of service marketplace applications that enable users to find and offer various services has surged in recent years. According to the report released by industry tracker WiseApp, the number of service marketplace app installations stood at 1 million in January 2019 and has been on [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s antitrust regulator said Tuesday it has decided to slap a fine of 42.1 billion won (US$31.8 million) on Google LLC and its regional arms for unfair business practices aimed at solidifying its dominance in the Korean mobile gaming app market. The punishment came as the U.S.-based global [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has been emphasizing the versatility of its mobile payment service, Samsung Pay, in its efforts to keep Apple Pay in check as the latter recently entered the South Korean market. “Samsung Pay was a groundbreaking change that enabled consumers to pay without having to separately subscribe [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of smartphones in South Korea fell 6 percent last year from a year earlier amid an economic slowdown, industry data showed Monday. Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s leading smartphone maker, saw its smartphone sales decline 2 percent on-year in its home country in 2022, while sales of Apple [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed a new smartphone app that can check the change in the amount of urine produced by analyzing the sound of urination. A joint research team from the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital and the Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital announced on Wednesday [...]