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.3 (Korea Bizwire) – A new type of identity authentication that does not require face-to-face interaction and will make it possible for clients to open new bank accounts without actually visiting a bank was demonstrated on December 2. ‘Bio authentication methods’, such as confirming one’s identity by putting their palm near a device, will [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Cases of Korean applications becoming popular in Central and South America without any marketing or advertising are increasing. This is a meaningful outcome considering that the Central and South American market is receiving attention as a new mobile application market that holds great potential for growth. According to industry [...]
DAEJEON, July 30 (Korea Bizwire)– An app that stops people from using their smartphones too much has been developed. Professor Lee Ui-jin and his team announced that they developed an app named ‘Lock n’LoL’ that will cut down the number of times one looks at their smartphone. The research team pointed out that alarm messages [...]
Seoul, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Distribution enterprises are launching smartphone applications for customers. According to industry watchers, GS25, a convenience store run by GS Retail, has been managing an app called ‘My Refrigerator’ since 2011. Through the app, consumers that buy 1+1 or 2+1 products can keep the additional products in a virtual refrigerator and [...]
AUSTIN, Texas, Jul. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Undercover Tourist, the trusted name in attraction tickets, announces a new app release, extending and enhancing their free Disney World Wait Times app. Designed to help families see more and wait less in the theme parks, the new Undercover Tourist app includes current wait times, touring plans, character [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Smart Card, the company behind Korea’s T-Money service, launched its own taxi reservation app on April 21, amidst an increase in popularity of similar applications. The company’s ‘T-Money Taxi’ app enables users to easily locate empty taxis around them in real time. Upon reservation, users are provided with [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – When the passenger ferry Sewol, was about to sink in the morning of April 16, high school students in the ferry made several calls to the police for rescue. But the coast guard spent precious time to pinpoint where the ferry was, asking the students of the latitude and [...]
Seoul, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) - A smartphone application that enables users to self-administer a urine test, which is the rudimentary stage of a medical checkup, has been developed. The research team of Professor Chang Byeong-yong of Bukyung University in Busan announced on May 6 that they have succeeded in developing an application that tests [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics (LG) announced the launch of its premium smart appliances with revolutionary HomeChat™ messaging service in South Korea. HomeChat™ employs Natural Language Processing (NLP) and LINE, the popular mobile messenger app with over 300 million users, to let homeowners communicate, control, monitor and share content with LG’s latest smart [...]