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Naver Corporation’s U.S. Subsidiary Launches BAND, A Korean Private Group Sharing App Sensation

Naver Corporation’s U.S. Subsidiary Launches BAND, A Korean Private Group Sharing App Sensation

PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – With a new office in Silicon Valley, Naver Corporation’s Camp Mobile Inc. today aunched a U.S. version of its BAND private group sharing mobile apps (iOS and Android). With 35 million registered users worldwide, BAND is an ad-free, invite-only mobile communications tool that makes it easy to [...]

Seven Co. Launches New App Showing Business Card Image on Other Caller’s Phone

Seven Co. Launches New App Showing Business Card Image on Other Caller’s Phone

SEOUL, Korea, Oct 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A new smartphone app that shows an image of your business card or a picture of yours on the screen of a smartphone on the other side of the line has been launched. After you hang up the phone call, the app even shows your social networking IDs [...]

LINE PLAY Surpasses 12 Million Players Globally, Introduces New Features

LINE PLAY Surpasses 12 Million Players Globally, Introduces New Features

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 17, 2013 (Korea Bizwire) – LINE Corporation, owner and operator of LINE, a free call and messaging app, today announced that LINE PLAY has surpassed 12 million users since its global release eight months ago. The service has also undergone a complete redesign to make more user friendly to users worldwide LINE PLAY is an avatar [...]

Who Are Buying E-book Readers in Korea?

Who Are Buying E-book Readers in Korea?

SEOUL, South Korea, Sept 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Koreans in their 40s made 42 percent of purchases of e-book readers, according to a recent survey on ‘Biscuit Tab’ buyers by Interpark, Korea’s online shopping mall. The Biscuit Tab is Interpark’s equivalent of Amazon’s Kindle, running on Android. And for what purpose did these 40s purchase [...]

A New Korean Profit Model for Free App Developers

A New Korean Profit Model for Free App Developers

Seoul, Korea, August 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Making profit is a tricky problem for free-of-charge app developers. App users just hate seeing ads on their free apps. Some users plead for add-free versions and say they are willing to pay for it. Then do they really pay for it when they have other free apps providing desired service? [...]