SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Mobility Corp., a mobility unit under South Korean internet giant Kakao Corp., said Monday it was launching a trial of an electric vehicle (EV) valet charging service through its navigation app Kakao Navi. Kakao Mobility expects this service to contribute to enhancing user convenience through the combination of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Mobile phone-based vehicle management services that enable users to enjoy Wi-Fi inside vehicles and provide them with various information, including vehicle location and driving route, are enjoying rising popularity with the number of subscribers growing at a steady pace, data showed Sunday. The number of subscribers for such services [...]
BERLIN, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Making a new hinge mechanism that is slimmer and lighter while maintaining its sturdiness was one of the greatest challenges in the development of the latest foldable phones, a Samsung executive has said. “There are two core elements needed to produce a successful foldable phone: a flexible and foldable [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean game industry association has filed a complaint with the antitrust regulator here against Apple Inc., accusing the U.S. tech giant of purportedly overcharging developers for in-app payment commissions, sources said Thursday. The Korea Mobile Game Association (KMGA) filed the complaint with the Fair Trade Commission last [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. launched its latest foldable smartphones in some 40 countries Friday, hoping the new products could jump-start the lackluster global smartphone sales amid high inflation. The world’s largest smartphone maker said the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Flip 4, along with the Galaxy Watch 5 and the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The best-selling color for Samsung Electronics Co.’s next-generation foldable smartphone, Galaxy Z Flip 4, has thus far not been the most-touted Bora Purple but rather Pink Gold. According to the tech giant, SK Telecom users showed a preference for Pink Gold (28 percent), Blue (23 percent) and Bora Purple [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Internet portal giant Naver Corp. said Monday it has become the first South Korean internet company to join RE100, a global renewable energy initiative to achieve carbon neutrality in business operations. Naver said it was recently accepted as a member of the RE100 initiative of The Climate Group, a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Facebook, the U.S. social media network operated by Meta Platforms Inc., has seen an over 25 percent decline in the number of monthly active users (MAU) in South Korea across the past two years, an industry analysis report showed Friday. According to Mobile Index, the big data analysis unit [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Corp. said Thursday it has canceled its plan to sell part of its shares of Kakao Mobility Corp. to a private equity fund over repeated demands from the company union to scrap the plan. The South Korean tech giant, which currently owns a 57.5 percent stake in Kakao [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. aims to raise the ratio of foldable phones to half of its total smartphone sales by 2025, a top executive has said, after the tech giant unveiled its latest foldable smartphones in an online event. Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone maker, will work to make its [...]