SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top financial regulator said Wednesday it will allow local credit card firms to issue mobile-only credit cards, rather than conventional plastic ones, to clients later this month as part of efforts to improve convenience and speed in electronic transactions. Under the current law, mobile cards have played [...]
TOKYO, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — NEXON Co., Ltd. (“Nexon”) (3659.TO), a worldwide leader in free-to-play online games, announced a strategic relationship with Socialspiel Entertainment GmbH (“Socialspiel”), a Vienna-based social and mobile game development studio. Led by industry veterans Mike Borras and Helmut Hutterer, Socialspiel is a highly-acclaimed European game development studio focused on high-quality, [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 28, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – The mobile applications are revolutionizing the ways of charitable giving to fun, engaging and simple. Now users can engage in philanthropic deeds and have fun at the same time just by connecting to mobile. “World Vision” has developed a mobile app called ‘My Kids,’ which is an [...]
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 [...]
Nashville, TN, Mar 27, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – SocialCoaster, a Nashville-based tech startup, just launched their highly anticipated mobile app. Founded by 25-year-old entrepreneur Jonathan Burdon, the app will provide the world with a new and exciting way to share experiences through photos. “We have a lot of great social networks in the world that [...]
Seoul, Korea, August 16 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics is holding a ‘G2 Street Trend Festa’ for 11 days from August 8 to 18 to celebrate the release of the new ‘LG G2’ smartphone on Garosu Road in Apgujeong, the fashion central of Seoul’s Gangnam. In collaboration with more than 30 popular restaurants, fashion boutiques, and beauty [...]