SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao, the corporation behind the eponymous messaging service Kakao Talk, has created a translation service that can handle both informal and formal Korean input, the first of its kind developed in South Korea. Formal or polite Korean is referred to as “jondetmal” or “nopimmal” and is employed when addressing [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) –Naver Line has jumped ahead of its fellow South Korean instant messaging service KakaoTalk by upgrading its text delete capabilities. Previously, deleting a wrongly sent text would only make the mistake disappear on the sender’s screen, but the message would remain on the recipient’s device. After the announcement made by [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean search engine leader Naver announced today that its AI speakers will become available for purchase on its music service website starting October 26. The special promotional deal will offer the capsule-shaped, Brown and Sally-inspired (popular emoji characters from Naver’s messaging service Line) AI speaker with a one-year [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – There are no losers, only winners, in the first round of the AI speaker confrontation between Kakao and Naver, as pre-sales of each tech company’s flagship product were effectively over minutes after they began. Pre-sales of the Kakao Mini started on September 18 and lasted only 38 minutes. The [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top mobile messenger operator Kakao Corp. said Monday its artificial intelligence (AI) speaker was sold out on the first day of the preorder. Kakao, which also operates the country’s No. 2 portal, said it sold all of the 3,000 units of the Kakao Mini allocated for preorders [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top mobile messenger operator Kakao Corp. on Tuesday showcased its smart speaker, Kakao Mini, which will officially hit shelves later this month. Kakao, which also holds the country’s No. 2 portal Daum under its wing, said the Kakao Mini will come with its artificial intelligence platform, Kakao [...]