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Number of Kakao Debit Card Holders Reaches 500,000 in 90 Days

Number of Kakao Debit Card Holders Reaches 500,000 in 90 Days

SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao Corp., a major mobile messenger service provider, said Friday it issued some 500,000 debit cards during the 90 days since the cards were launched. The operator of Kakao Talk began the debit card service in January to enter the offline payment business. While Kakao Corp. was already working with commercial banks and credit card firms, it decided to issue its own cards to enable offline use by more [...]

Korean Android Users Spend Most Time on YouTube, Kakao Talk

Korean Android Users Spend Most Time on YouTube, Kakao Talk

SEOUL, Nov.1 (Korea Bizwire) – Market research company Wiseapp publicly disclosed the results of a nationwide survey of 23,000 Android OS-based smartphone users on October 31, which revealed YouTube has overtaken messaging app Kakao Talk as the most used service. The results of the same survey that was conducted last year had Kakao Talk in [...]

Automatic Recommendation Functions for IT Content Becoming Ubiquitous

Automatic Recommendation Functions for IT Content Becoming Ubiquitous

SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Automatic recommendation systems, in which a machine analyzes a user’s interests and shows news articles, video-clips, music, and other items which suit his or her taste, are becoming ubiquitous. The function was unthinkable even a few years ago on domestic machines. As mobile services whose contents need to be selectively [...]