SEOUL, Sep. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — KakaoTalk, a multi-platform mobile messenger application company in South Korea, announced on September 23 that more than 500,000 users have joined its new mobile payment service KakaoPay only in 19 days right after the launch on September 5. Indicating an upward surge in the newly launched mobile payment solution, [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics announced that it would launch the sixth edition of its Wine Smart, a flip-style smartphone for seniors, on September 26. The smartphone for the elderly who have difficulties in using other smartphones has been popular since its launch of the first edition in 2007, hitting the sales [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao Inc. will introduce a new service called “Story Channel” on its KakaoStory similar to Facebook page. Unlike a series of postings by friends, this is news feeds on certain topics. Kakao, the operator of popular mobile messenger service KakaoTalk, said on September 4 that it would launch on the 16th Story [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) - The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety launched an investigation after it received consumers’ complaints that they noticed a strong smell of disinfectant when they opened a Cass can, Oriental Brewery’s flagship product. As it fuels fears among consumers, the rumor seems to have a bad effect on its sales. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics will load Joyn Blackbird service, dubbed as a “mobile carrier version of KakaoTalk,” in its smartphones for the first time in the industry. On August 4, Samsung announced that it became the first smartphone handset manufacturer by securing the service into its Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S5. Joyn Blackbird [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Even if you are a good-hearted who believes there are many people out there in this world who are less fortunate and in desperate need of help, it is often hard for you to put the idea into action. Making donations for good causes may often be a burden [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) – “Snowball,” a mobile ad app that gives out reward points to anyone who makes recommendations to their friends, is gaining popularity from smartphone users. According to Google Play and Apple App Store on June 2, the number of downloads for Snowball on their services is rapidly on the rise. [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s No. 1 mobile messenger KakaoTalk will start its own mobile wallet service by which the users can make wire transfers and transactions in the second half of 2014. On May 29, according to financial industry sources, Kakao Inc. will start servicing “Bank Wallet Kakao” which is an electronic [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Bidworks, a company specializing in public bid-related services, said on May 26 that it has launched a new smartphone app “Bid App” that allows users to view information on all available public auctions. The app provides a variety of information on bids announced by Public Procurement Service’s KONEPS (Korea [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 25, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – As Kakao transformed itself into a mobile commerce company officially, a tectonic change is afoot in the mobile commerce industry. Recently, Korea On-Line Shopping Association (KOLSA) approved Kakao, the provider of Korea’s largest mobile messenger service KakaoTalk, as its new member. As KOLSA is an umbrella group [...]