SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday that the number of devices registered in its SmartThings Find service that allows Galaxy device users to check the location of their devices or other personal belongings passed the 200 million mark. SmartThings Find is a location-finding service using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Corp., operator of South Korea’s most popular messaging app KakaoTalk, has decided to remove an external payment link from the Android version of the software, following a standoff with Google over the U.S. tech giant’s new in-app payment policy, sources said Wednesday. The standoff between the two companies [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Wednesday it was in talks with major overseas telecom operators to start rolling out its metaverse platform ifland in North America, Europe and other regions later this year. The announcement was made a day ahead of the one year anniversary [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The latest software update for KakaoTalk, South Korea’s most popular mobile messaging app, remained suspended for a week on the Google Play store Thursday, following the refusal by tech giant Kakao Corp. to comply with Google’s new in-app payment policy. Google turned down Kakao’s submission application for the latest [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Inc. said Thursday it will allow alternative payment options for apps sold in South Korea in compliance with a law that bans app store operators from forcing their own in-app payment systems. The U.S. tech giant announced on its developer site that apps distributed on the company’s App [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Display Co. has acquired German display startup Cynora GmbH for about US$300 million to advance technology for foldable smartphone screens, a report said Wednesday. Bloomberg reported that the South Korean firm purchased Cynora’s “intellectual property and technology” on organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels used in foldable smartphones. Cynora’s [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobile navigation service T Map will provide location information on about 166,000 fire hydrants across the country. The National Fire Agency said Monday it had signed an agreement with T Map Mobility Co., the operator of T Map, to strengthen its capability of responding to fires through [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — More people are using apps for leisure activities such as movie-watching, outdoor dining and travel since the government scrapped most COVID-19 social distancing restrictions, data showed Tuesday. Local market analysis firm IGA Works analyzed some 2 billion data records from 40 million mobile devices between May 2020 and May [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Corp., operator of South Korea’s top mobile messenger KakaoTalk, has kept in place an external payment link in the Android version of the popular messaging software against Google’s new in-app payment policy. In April, Google required all app developers selling digital goods and services on the company’s Play [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, said Tuesday it plans to release a limited Samsung Galaxy S22 smartphone model themed on the newly released “Diablo Immortal” mobile game by Blizzard Entertainment Inc. LG Uplus said it plans to exclusively sell 100 units of the Galaxy S22 Diablo [...]