SEOUL, Dec.4 (Korea Bizwire) – LG U+ has announced the launch of a new app called ‘God of Contacts’ that helps users find phone numbers. Through the app, phone numbers and addresses can easily be found without searching on portal sites or calling 114 for information. Also, useful phone numbers such as numbers of hospitals [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) - South Korea’s No. 1 mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. vowed Wednesday to beef up its efforts to tap deeper into the media industry through the acquisition of the nation’s top cable operator, amid rising criticism from its rivals over the deal. In early November, SK Telecom struck a deal [...]
SEOUL, Nov.30 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of Korean mobile subscribers in October reached a new high since the activation of the Mobile Device Distribution Improvement Act in 2014, thanks to the iPhone 6s. According to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, the number of mobile subscribers last month was 2,409,200. This was [...]
Afreeca TV has announced that it will be officially launching its new ‘FreeCap’ service, which allows users to invest in overseas futures through social trading methods. (Image : Firmbee / Pixabay) SEOUL, Nov.29 (Korea Bizwire) – Afreeca TV has announced that it will be officially launching its new ‘FreeCap’ service, which allows users to invest [...]
SEOUL, Nov.27 (Korea Bizwire) – Small ideas that have the power to change an individual’s everyday life were presented at the ‘Creative Economy Expo’ held at COEX, on November 26. Featured products included 3D printers that only cost 290,000 won, fermented brown rice that includes lactic acid bacteria, and ‘Car-Talk’, which offers drivers of nearby [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Various technical regulations that were blocking the diversification of services among pay TV providers such as cable networks (SO) will be moderated. The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning announced that it will be drafting an item on ways to restructure the current regulations. Various technical methods could [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Daum Kakao has announced that it will be expanding its News Funding crowd funding service into a new service called Story Funding. Story Funding allows creators of content other than news such as books, music, movies and new technologies to receive funding. The company’s goal is to expand its [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – LG U+ has announced that two American TV series from NBC Universal, which it recently started showing in Korea, have already exceeded 1.5 million views in one month. LG U+ started to provide its viewers with ‘Heroes Season 5: Reborn’ and ’12 Monkeys’ in mid-September. NBC Universal is a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. said Monday it has rolled out pet-care devices equipped with Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology, allowing owners to feed their animals from long distance. The company said its Pet Station can provide meals to pets at pre-set times, allowing owners to leave [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Naver’s global messenger ‘LINE’ is dominating mobile communications in Thailand with the lion’s share of the mobile messenger market. According to Naver, there are currently 33 million LINE users in Thailand. Considering that the country’s total population is 68 million and that 63 percent of Thais own a smartphone, [...]