SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — After the government temporarily lifted regulations on online medical diagnosis and treatments amid the COVID-19 pandemic, competition is heating up among new players to get the upper hand in the online medical connectivity market. Goodoc, a search/reservation service for medical services in the country, saw its monthly active users [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans have become the world’s 4th largest spenders on smartphone apps, data showed Thursday. Industry tracker App Annie reported that mobile consumers worldwide spent US$170 billion on mobile apps last year, which was 19 percent more than the previous year. Chinese consumers spent the most on mobile apps, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean smartphone users are spending more time on video sharing platform TikTok and video streaming service Netflix than last year, a survey showed Tuesday. Mobile app tracker Wiseapp conducted a survey of 38.7 million Android smartphone users and 8.6 million iOS smartphone users over 10 years of age, [...]
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SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — New services are taking care of ‘cumbersome tasks’ on behalf of those who want to stay indoors following the coronavirus outbreak. Fitco introduced a service in November that comes up with various recommendations on fashion, picked by professional stylists based on the ‘Style Quiz’ questionnaire that asks customers some [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — With the persisting spread of the coronavirus pandemic, ride-sharing electric scooter hailing apps, over-the-top (OTT) service platforms, and second-hand shopping apps have risen as the most installed apps among smartphone users. The ‘2021 App Trend Report’ released on Monday by NHN Corp., South Korea’s leading game and internet company, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — App-based taximeters used under temporary permit issued by the country’s so-called regulatory sandbox program will be permanently approved by the government. A regulatory sandbox is a concept that allows small-scale, live testing of innovations by private firms in a controlled environment under the regulator’s supervision. The Ministry of Land, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Controversy is flaring up over Google Inc.’s alleged profit-sharing collusion with local mobile carriers and smartphone makers. Rep. Yoon Young-chan of the ruling Democratic Party disclosed in the National Assembly’s parliamentary audit of the Ministry of Science and ICT held on Friday that Google, in collaboration with local mobile [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has launched an antitrust investigation into Google over its plans to enforce commission fees for in-app purchases made through its mobile application store, a top official said Thursday. The U.S. tech giant has come under intense scrutiny from South Korean regulators after it updated its global policy [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of users of medical-related mobile applications has more than doubled since the outbreak of the new coronavirus. In addition, the volume of travel-related payments took a nosedive, although the amount of payments made on home or Internet shopping increased. Industry tracker WiseApp said the use of medical, health, [...]