Team Europe Opens Office In Asia
Berlin-based Internet startup incubator Team Europe is expanding to Asia with the establishment of a “market-watch” office in Seoul, South Korea. It will be headed by German-Korean Ludolf Ebner-Chung, a…
Blog Archives for the tag South Korea
Global Music Site Viki Moves into Music After Signing up Record Labels
International-focused TV and video site Viki has made a significant move into the music space, after it announced deals with a number of record labels and agencies, most notably Warner Music,…
K-Pop Comes to Facebook, Building on its Significant YouTube Presence
Have you heard of K-Pop? Two years ago the answer would almost certainly be no, unless you were living in Korea and other parts of Asia, but today the Korean…
Smartphone Penetration Passes 50% as Authorities Recognise Benefits
Despite a late start, smartphones have now passed 50 percent penetration among South Korea’s mobile phone owners, according to new data released by the Korea Communications Commission, which praised the associated…
Olaworks is Making Augmented Reality Smarter
Growing up watching movies like The Terminator, I always thought it would be amazing if humans too could have a visual system that could analyze we are looking at in…
More Proof of May 22 Samsung Galaxy S III Launch
Samsung has dropped the clearest hint yet that its Galaxy S III smartphone — the firm’s response to the iPhone 4S — will launch next month, after a Korean website…
Samsung China Plant Plan to see Record $7Bn Investment
Samsung has confirmed that the memory chip production plant that it is planning to develop in China will cost $7 billion, making it the largest overseas project that the Korean…
Samsung Tipped to Post Record Profits (Again)
Samsung is tipped to post record profit once again when it announces figures for business during the first quarter of the year, which are expected next month, according to a Korea Times report. Citibank…
Samsung Galaxy S 'Value Pack' Hits Korea
Following much speculation, Samsung has released a ‘value pack’ upgrade for Galaxy S devices which allows users of range to enjoy some of the benefits of the latest Ice Cream…
Codinator makes GUI Design for Apps Easy
Codinator is an efficient graphical user interface (GUI) design program made by South Korean startup Wit Studio. Until now, the software has only supported the niche and fairly unrecognized Windows Mobile…
ICS Samsung Galaxy S II Rollout Begins with Europe, Korea
Samsung has announced that it is all set to roll out Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) updates to the Galaxy S II at last and for real, following an accidental…
Samsung Stays Quiet on Apple Licensing Rumor
One important piece of Samsung-Apple news that may have been sounded out by a combination of the new iPad launch — “just iPad”, not iPad 3 or iPad HD —…
Samsung Files New Galaxy Phone Trademarks
Samsung has been at it again. No, we’re not talking fresh legal action with Apple, that happened yesterday; instead, the Korean electronics giant has been busy buying up new names…
Samsung U-Turns, Files Suit Against Apple in Korea
Samsung has backtracked on plans to avoid a legal dispute with Apple in Korea, after the company revealed that it has filed a suit in the country. According to a Reuters…
Korean Websites can no Longer Collect User IDs
Websites in South Korea will soon need to find new systems to authenticate users once new laws come into place in the country later this year. According to the Yonhap…
