SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Coupang, an online shopping site, was tops in terms of mobile app users among major e-commerce companies for the past three years. According to market researcher Neilsen Koreanclick, Coupang maintained its top position in the Korean e-commerce industry, including open markets, home shopping and composite online shopping malls in terms [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has trumped other major countries in terms of mobile application (app) usage, with smartphone owners in the country spending most of their time on social messengers, a report showed Thursday. The index gauging the mobile data usage by South Korean smartphone users reached 125 in the first [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will strengthen its supervision on mobile apps made available by state-run agencies. Until now, a thousand of apps has been launched by government agencies and public or semi-public organizations but their features are limited and often overlapping. According to government sources on July 17, the National Information Society [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Although the June 4 Local Elections are near at hand, the streets are quiet and calm compared with the previous elections when candidates were desperately trying to make them recognized using loud speakers mounted on the campaign vehicles. As the elections are to be held just after the tragic [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Smartphone extends its reach of personal assistance features to making “personalized suggestions” of where to eat, in particular when finding out a gourmet restaurant for a special occasion. LG UPlus, one of Korea’s top three wireless carriers, has announced on May 13 that it has added a food map service to its [...]
LOS ANGELES, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – What is the best way to spark your children’s creativity by taking advantage of the ubiquitous digital tools? Legacy Games, a global game developer and publisher from the US has partnered with Crayola for the development of a series of apps designed to engage children in the creative process, [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 30, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Mr. Kim who came to the Seoul Citizens Hall to enjoy a concert turned on a smartphone app called “Seoul Citizens Hall” at the entrance of the hall. As soon as he took the QR code placed in the entrance, he was positioned in the 3D indoor [...]
ATLANTA, April 25, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Available from iTunes on April 24, a new weather app for iPhone set to excite true weather enthusiasts who want a full view of the weather with the expertise, technology and scale of The Weather Channel. The Weather Channel® app’s new design and interface have been upgraded in terms of user [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 22, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Internet usage patterns are undergoing significant shift affecting the business paradigm in general, according to a survey conducted by South Korea’s local authorities. According to the Korea Internet and Security Agency, more and more users connect to the Internet through mobile devices rather than on desktop computers and tend [...]
Mar 28, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) - The UAE currently boasts the highest number of mobile phone users per capita, as noted in a recent 2013 article by Mashable. With that being said, it comes as no surprise that the nation also has the largest ratio of mobile app subscribers. It is because of these reasons [...]