SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday its foldable phone sales to enterprise customers more than doubled over the past year, thanks in part to increased adoption by finance professionals. The number of Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip the company contracted to enterprise customers went up by 105 percent [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s antitrust regulator said Tuesday U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. has expressed its intention to voluntarily correct its commission policy, which ends up charging more for local app developers. The move came after the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) launched a probe into Apple amid criticism that the company [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — As Apple Pay will likely land in South Korea later this month, the long-awaited arrival of the U.S. tech giant’s mobile payment service is drawing mixed views on the industrial landscape of the local mobile payment market dominated by Samsung Pay provided by Samsung Electronics Co. According to industry [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Home rental platform Airbnb Inc. hopes to make hosting easier and travel experiences more unique, through stronger host protections and a wider variety of listings included in its latest platform upgrade, a top executive has said. Airbnb announced a series of upgrades to its platform Thursday, consisting of an [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s online payment service providers are setting up near-field communication (NFC) devices and other services as Apple Pay, Apple Inc.’s mobile payment service, is expected to be introduced in South Korea later this month. NHN KCP Co. recently posted “Apple Pay Accepted” on its website before taking it down soon [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. live video-streaming platform Twitch said Thursday it will suspend its video-on-demand (VOD) service in South Korea next month, seen as a protest against the country’s controversial network usage fee. “From Dec. 13, 2022, viewers in Korea will no longer be able to watch VOD content,” it said [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The photo- and video-sharing platform Instagram saw the largest increase among South Korean users in their teens and 20s among all social media apps in the last 12 months, data showed Tuesday. Mobile app tracker Wiseapp conducted a survey of Android and iOS users over 10 years of age, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s three mobile carriers said Wednesday that they will launch their own ID verification service enabling users to conveniently confirm their identities through smartphones without a plastic card. The country’s three mobile carriers — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. — said the resident registration mobile verification [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — For many people, waking up on time in the morning might be the most difficult part of the day. They may have to get up early to get to work, attend an important interview or meeting, or just want some time to work on their hobby. Alarm clocks or [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Publishers Association (KPA) said Tuesday it has filed a suit against Google over forcing content providers to use its in-app payment system on Android apps, marking the first such suit filed in South Korea. The association claimed the U.S. tech giant abused its monopoly power to force [...]