SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. introduced the next line of its Galaxy S flagship smartphones in San Francisco on Wednesday (local time), as the tech giant is facing economic headwinds that compel consumers to postpone discretionary purchases like personal electronic devices. Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone maker, unveiled three models of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech firms are cutting off support for various add-on services to focus on their primary services and overcome the current economic downturn. Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s largest messenger app KakaoTalk, shut down a subscription platform service last month. This service was launched in June [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Toss Mobile, a new budget telecom arm of South Korean fintech service provider Viva Republica Inc., said Sunday it has attracted 150,000 pre-applications ahead of its official launch this week. Toss Mobile, which will open Monday, is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that aims at providing affordable subscription [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Among the many startups founded and operating in South Korea, TagHive, an education technology company launched in 2017, is distinguished for its founder and CEO Pankaj Agarwal. Pankaj was born in a small town in northern India and studied at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi. He [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top messenger app operator Kakao Corp. said Tuesday it has introduced “memorial profiles” to KakaoTalk to keep deceased users in remembrance. Previously, KakaoTalk profiles of deceased people that were locked for not being accessed for more than a year or their phone being deregistered would be set [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it will run dozens of Galaxy Experience Spaces around the world after a product release event early next month. The world’s largest smartphone maker is set to introduce new Galaxy S smartphones in San Francisco on Feb. 1 in the first in-person Unpacked event [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Korea’s sales rose slightly to 7.3 trillion won (US$5.9 billion) last year, data showed Monday. The South Korean unit of U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. logged 7.3 trillion won in sales from Oct. 1, 2021, to Sept. 30, 2022, up from 7.1 trillion won the previous one-year period, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — New security standards will allow Apple Inc.’s iPhone and iPad devices to be used at state or public institutions, a South Korean spy agency said Wednesday. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) announced the security requirements for iOS and iPadOS devices used at state institutions via its official website. The [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it will unveil new Galaxy S smartphones next month in the first in-person Unpacked event in three years after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the biannual offline event. The world’s largest smartphone maker said it will hold a Galaxy Unpacked event in San Francisco on [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The usage rate of food delivery apps developed by municipal governments to reduce the burden on small businesses remains low despite lower commission fees compared to private delivery apps, a report said Thursday. According to a survey of about 3,000 dining businesses conducted by the Korea Agro-Fisheries Trade Corp. [...]