SAN FRANCISCO, July 1, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–Kabam, the leader in the western world for free-to-play games for traditional players, and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced they will partner to co-publish two new mobile games based on The Lord of the Rings and Mad Max. “WBIE has been an amazing partner and we look forward [...]
LONDON, June 30, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–IDG Global Solutions (IGS) recently released the 5th annual Global Mobile Survey, the biggest ever study of consumer and business use of mobile devices. “The ‘mobile evolution’ is having a profound effect on consumers and businesses” The study highlights: Dramatic increase in mobile video consumption: 75% of consumers use a [...]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. June 30, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)– Almost one in two (47 percent) U.S. consumers admit they wouldn’t last a day without their smartphone, and many consider their devices more important than daily staples such as coffee and television, according to a new repcort released today by Bank of America. Of those who use their [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Corporation, the company behind the free call and messaging app KakaoTalk, today announced its addition of Arabic, making it the 15th language supported within the service. Arabic will be available to Android users (Android Jelly Bean 4.2 and higher) supported by a reverse UI allowing the text to [...]
BEIJING, June 25, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–Digital wallets1 adoption is growing in China, according to a new report from Forrester Research, Inc. (FORR). The growth is attributed to the burgeoning eCommerce market, explosive growth of smartphone penetration, and mobile payment technologies in recent years that have made digital wallets a convenient payment option. Aggressive promotional [...]
TOKYO, June 25, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–This smart phone app is the English-language version of Koyoi, Ayashii Kuchiduke wo, a game depicting a decadent, forbidden romance with a supernatural ayakashi. The English release comes fast on the heels of the original Japanese-language version of the app, which has topped charts and enjoyed enormous success since its [...]
PARIS, June 24, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–StreamWIDE (ALSTW.PA) (FR0010528059 – ALSTW), the Next-Generation Mobile Value Added Service expert, announced today the launch of Team on the Run (TOTR), a secure and reliable white label instant messaging application. The TOTR App is especially designed to meet the internal communication needs of businesses and organizations of all sizes [...]
VIENNA, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Speech Processing Solutions, the global leader in professional dictation solutions has just released its latest smartphone app:Philips Dictation Recorder for BlackBerry 10 v2.0. The updated app presents a new dimension to wireless working and now supports the new cloud-based dictation workflow solution Philips SpeechLive. Mobile dictation for enhanced productivity The new Philips [...]
NEW DELHI, India, June 23, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–After trending on Android for over a month, Chifro Alphabet is now live on Apple and is trending in more than 100 countries in the games and education category. The alphabet app continues the tradition of game-based design which has come to characterize the apps created by this [...]
NEW YORK, June 23, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–Phablets are generating strong consumer buying interest worldwide, particularly in emerging countries, an Accenture (ACN) survey has found. Blending smartphone and tablet PC features, phablets have five-to-seven inch screen sizes – larger than the four-to-five inches of conventional smartphones. The survey revealed that 57 percent of consumers plan to [...]