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| 02.10.2024 | US-based Moloco riding Chinese firms' energetic overseas expansion | Visitors gather at Moloco Inc's booth during a digital entertainment expo in Shanghai in July 2023. CHINA DAILY
As the global landscape evolves, an increasing number of Chinese companies are pursuing markets overseas, driven by new opportun... |
| 30.08.2024 | Uber CEO says growth in South Korea promising despite underdog status | SEOUL : Uber Technologies Inc's CEO on Friday expressed commitment to the South Korean market, where it is an underdog to local tech group Kakao, and said the platform will attract more taxi drivers for growth.
"The fact is that a taxi... |
| 03.07.2024 | 4 стратегии, которые помогли южнокорейским брендам покорить мир | Новый подход к поиску потребителей
Среди причин инновационности Южной Кореи часто выделяют высокую плотность городского населения и огромные инвестиции в НИОКР (4,9% ВВП в 2021 году). По мнению экспертов, это создает конкурентную среду, в к... |
| 01.07.2024 | South Korea June exports log ninth month of growth, misses forecasts | SEOUL : South Korea's exports increased for a ninth month in June, albeit at a slower pace than seen by analysts, as robust demand for chips continue to lead the export recovery in Asia's fourth-largest economy.
Overseas sales in June incre... |
| 03.05.2024 | Chasing Social Media Algorithms Is Out — Community Is in. Here's How to Create Connections That Matter. It's time to ditch the noise and create meaningful connections. | - |
| 28.03.2024 | BRANDSTARS Announces 2024 Korea Representative Brand | SEOUL, South Korea, March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The BRANDSTARS Selection Committee hosted the 6th 2024 Korea Representative Brand and selected Korea's best brands by industry.
This event, which is announced annually through major media o... |
| 13.12.2023 | Kakao names Shina Chung, previously its VC lead, as new CEO amid ongoing crisis | South Korean internet giant Kakao — in the middle of multiple investigations over antitrust and securities violations — has appointed a new CEO as it tries to turn the ship around. Shina Chung, who had been running the company’s venture arm... |
| 02.11.2023 | TikTok early investor to put one-third of new $1b fund into Asia | Premium Content
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Thu Huong Le · 2 Nov 2023 · 6 min readTikTok early investor to put one-third of new... |
| 12.07.2023 | Kakao ups its game in generative AI with Karlo 2.0, an AI image generator | South Korean tech giant Kakao wants a piece of the action in the generative AI race, and today it made a bid for it, with big updates to its AI image generator Karlo and its KoGPT large language model, as well as a new fund to back AI image... |
| 18.03.2023 | Познакомьтесь с Mave: женской K-pop группой, созданной с помощью искусственного интеллекта | Виртуальная женская к-поп группа Mave:, состоящая из четырех участниц, уже набрала 20 миллионов просмотров для своего дебютного сингла «Pandora»
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| 19.10.2022 | Kakao Co-CEO Namkoong Whon Steps Down After Massive Outage Disrupts 53 Million Global Users | Joseph Henry, Tech Times 19 October 2022, 05:10 am
Whon Namkoong, Kakao's co-CEO has officially stepped down from his post after a fire broke out and hit its data center. The incident has reportedly disrupted 53 million users around the wor... |
| 18.10.2022 | Kakao co-CEO resigns, company to invest over $300M to build data center after mass outage | Whon Namkoong, the co-chief executive of Kakao, has resigned in a remarkable demonstration of corporate accountability after a fire incident at an SK C&C data center in the south of Seoul caused a mass outage over the weekend and disrup... |
| 04.08.2022 | Kakao says emoji subscription purchases fell by a third due to Google’s new in-app policy | The number of emoji subscription purchases on the South Korean messaging app KakaoTalk has dropped by a third over the year, parent firm Kakao said in quarterly earnings call Thursday. It blamed Google’s new in-app payment policy, which for... |
| 27.07.2022 | Rise of Super-Apps Puts Pressure on Incumbents | In Asia, bigtechs and new digital banking challengers are rapidly gaining ground, forcing incumbent banks to rethink their business strategy and become a part of the super-app ecosystem, a new report by Finextra, in association with Infosys... |
| 14.07.2022 | Kakao confirms it is removing its external payment option after standoff with Google | South Korean messaging giant Kakao confirmed today it will remove an external payment option after Google blocked the South Korean company behind KakaoTalk from issuing updates.
Kakao continued using an external payment link in its Android ... |
| 09.07.2022 | This Week in Apps: Google battles KakaoTalk, Twitter deal in jeopardy, FTC asked to investigate TikTok | Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy.
The app industry continues to grow, with a record number of downloads and consumer sp... |
| 05.07.2022 | Google halts KakaoTalk updates on Play Store in Korea after messaging app refused to remove its own payment links | Google has stopped providing updates to popular messaging app KakaoTalk in South Korea, according to a local report, after Kakao continued using an external payment link in its Android app, against Google’s new in-app payments policy. Googl... |
| 12.05.2022 | Kakao Mobility partners with Splyt to expand mobility roaming services across Southeast Asia | Kakao Mobility Partners with Splyt
Kakao Mobility partners with Splyt to enable smartphone users across Southeast Asia to book and pay for ridehailing services directly within their Kakao T app.
This partnership is a cornerstone for Kakao M... |
| 01.12.2021 | Kakao Mobility picks up additional $55M funding at over $4.2B valuation | Kakao Mobility, the South Korea-based mobility as a service (MaaS) startup behind Kakao T, a ride-hailing app, said it has raised an additional $55 million (65 billion won) from strategic investor GS Retail. This brings its total raised to ... |
| 23.09.2021 | Dr.FORHAIR Offers Best-Selling Folligen Original Shampoo at Special Price Through Leading U.S. Membership Retailer | LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr.FORHAIR, a leading provider of scalp and hair care solutions, today announced that its signature Folligen Original Shampoo product will be available for a new discounted rate in the U.S. The of... |
| 14.09.2021 | Kakao’s Founder Faces Antitrust Probe, Loses Top Spot As South Korea’s Richest | Kim Beom-su, the founder and chairman of Kakao. AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon |
| 26.08.2021 | Dr.FORHAIR Unveils Easy and Effective After-Summer Scalp Care | LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr.FORHAIR unveils easy and effective after-summer scalp care with Folligen Original Shampoo.
Dr.FORHAIR's Folligen Original Shampoo
Strong UV rays and elevated temperatures in the summer, heat the... |
| 17.08.2021 | Korean Internet Icon Kakao Launches Blockchain Business In Fintech Hub Singapore | The KakaoTalk app are displayed on the phone and laptop.SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images |
| 10.08.2021 | Dr.FORHAIR Positioned for Growth as Part of a $41 Million Investment from Wyatt Corp | - Premier Korean scalp and hair care brand receives continued backing to fuel global market expansion with capital increase -
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyatt Corp today announced the intent to substantially increase funding... |
| 03.08.2021 | Как фан-клубы K-POP превращаются в соцсети и меняют представления об айдолах | Иллюстрация от Ari Liloan для The Verge
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| 21.07.2021 | Dr.FORHAIR Launches Its No.1 Best-Selling Folligen Original Shampoo Online in the U.S. with a Leading Membership-Based Discount Retailer | LOS ANGELES, July 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr.FORHAIR, a leading provider of scalp and hair care solutions, today announced the success of the recent release for its signature Folligen Original Shampoo product in the U.S. for the first time... |
| 29.06.2021 | Korea’s Richest Person Seeks To Raise Up To $2.3 Billion With Kakao Digital Bank IPO | Kim Beom-suJAE-HYUN KIM/FORBES ASIA |
| 09.06.2021 | KAKAO CORP.
South Korea's Kakao Mobility secures $126 million investment from TPG consortium, Carlyle | With this, total investments from TPG consortium, Carlyle and Google in Kakao Mobility has reached 920 billion won ($825.96 million), Kakao said in a statement.
Kakao Mobility's app, Kakao T, offers South Korea's most popular taxi-hailing s... |
| 09.06.2021 | THE CARLYLE GROUP INC.
Kakao Mobility Co., Ltd. announced that it has received KRW 140 billion in funding from National Pension Service, TPG Capital, L.P., The Carlyle Group Inc. | Kakao Mobility Co., Ltd. announced that it has received KRW 140 billion in equity round of funding on June 9, 2021. The transaction included participation from existing investors National Pension Service for $100 million (KRW 112 billion), ... |
| 02.04.2021 | Google to invest over $44 million in taxi-hailing firm Kakao Mobility | Tech giant Google will invest more than 50 billion won ($44.15 million) in Kakao Mobility Corp., the top taxi-hailing company in South Korea.
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Google will invest in Kakao Mobility by acquiring new shares worth 56.51 billion won... |
| 15.01.2021 | Will New Hire From Chanel Enhance L’Occitane’s Asian Prospects? | L'Occitane store in Hong Kong. (Photo by Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images |
| 25.12.2020 | Дизайн-джем #23: Пицунда, Стамбул, Чефалу и другие меcта для изучения мозаики, а также секрет впечатляющих супераппов... | В предпраздничном дайджесте от Futura by Redmadrobot.
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| 16.01.2019 | Korea's Largest Mobile Carrier set to Challenge Apple's iMessage and FaceTime
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Search | Yesterday Korea’s largest mobile carrier SK Telecom launched a next-generation messaging service, called Rich Communication Services. The service will be available first on Samsung's flagship models Galaxy S9 and S9+ and then Samsung's new ... |
| 14.01.2019 | 3 Reasons Why Korea is Shaping up to Be A Blockchain Hub | When talking to South Koreans, the word “blockchain” has become a household buzzword. Most people have heard of it via the mainstream local media, especially when there was a massive fervor around bitcoin and cryptocurrencies towards the en... |
| 28.08.2018 | Korean Gaming Scene Sees Major Capital Injection | It seems like every day that another gaming company is receiving a 100-million-dollar capital injection from a major tech overlord or private investor. Korea’s Long, Booming Relationship with Gaming
The amount of investment that is piling i... |
| 22.01.2018 | Korea’s Kakao eyes overseas acquisitions following $1 billion raise | Korea’s Kakao, the internet giant behind the country’s top messaging app, is actively seeking overseas investment opportunities after it raised $1 billion via a placement.
Kakao is valued at over $7 billion and its services are used by more... |
| 02.11.2017 | South Korean messaging service Kakao Games hits 550 million users | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Kakao Games said today it has reached over 550 million registered users across its games portfolio and services. A newly formed divisio... |
| 02.11.2017 | South Korean messaging service Kakao Games hits 550 million users | Kakao Games said today it has reached over 550 million registered users across its games portfolio and services. A newly formed division of South Korea’s Kakao, the group also reported more than 10 million daily active users across mobile, ... |
| 24.07.2017 | Kakao is putting speech recognition tech into cars from Hyundai and Kia | Less than a month after announcing plans to spin out its transportation and mobility business, Korean tech firm Kakao has inked deals to put hands-free systems inside cars from Korea’s second largest automotive firm Hyundai and its Kia affi... |
| 30.06.2017 | Chat app Kakao raises $437M for its Korean ride-hailing service | Korea’s Kakao, the country’s top mobile messenger company with some 50 million monthly users, has continued to diversify its business with a move to spin-out the unit managing its mobility services, which include a ride-hailing app that is ... |
| 01.11.2016 | South Korea: Playsnak closes $1.3m seed from K Cube Ventures | Premium
Global gaming company Playsnak, which is based in Berlin and Los Angeles, has closed a $1.3 million seed financing round from South Korean venture capital firm K Cube Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of KOSDAQ-listed Inte... |
| 12.09.2016 | The inside story of how Fluenty made their smart reply function | Fluenty is a chatbot that makes you sound like James Bond is writing your auto replies. The team began building its Smart Reply systems in 2014. By the summer of 2015, the app Fluenty was able to respond to SMS message, paving the path towa... |
| 12.09.2016 | The inside story of how Fluenty made their smart reply function | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Fluenty is a chatbot that makes you sound like James Bond is writing your auto replies. The team began building its Smart Reply systems... |
| 09.06.2016 | Philippines: Kakao’s KVG backs fintech startup Satoshi Citadel | Premium
Philippine-based financial technology (fintech) startup Satoshi Citadel Industries (SCI) has secured a seed round with K Venture Group (KVG), the investment arm of South Korea internet company Kakao Corporation.
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| 16.03.2016 | Super hot Korea gets a new startup fund | Korea is sizzling, and the fact isn’t lost on Altos Ventures or its backers. The early-stage venture firm, with an office on Sand Hill Road and in Seoul, has just raised an oversubscribed $110 million fund to invest exclusively in the count... |
| 16.01.2016 | M&A roundup - week ending 1/16/16 | Microsoft bought Event Zero; Bloomberg acquired Netbox Blue; Distil Networks purchased ScrapeSentry
Beijing Kunlun Tech, a Chinese gaming company, acquired a majority stake in Grindr, the social network dating app aimed at gay men. It bough... |
| 10.01.2016 | Chat App Kakao Buys Majority Stake In Korea’s Top Online Music Service For $1.5B | Kakao, South Korea’s dominant mobile messaging app that merged with Internet company Daum in a $3 billion deal in 2014, is pinning its international expansion hopes on music after it announced plans to spend $1.5 billion buying a majority s... |
| - | ComfortDelGro 🤝 Alipay+ for foreign e-wallet payments in SG | FintechNewsTransportation
Qishin Tariq · 1d ago · 1 min readComfortDelGro 🤝 Alipay+ for foreign e-wallet payments in SG
Transport company ComfortDelGro has partnered up with payment solution platform Alipay+ to enable cashless payments for ... |
| - | Экосистемные новости: как растет корейский «Яндекс», почему кошелек создал миниаппы и зачем девелоперу цифровой помощник... | Рассказываем, как изменились цифровые экосистемы, и объясняем, к чему все это приведет.
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| - | Kakao co-CEO resigns after mass outage locked 53 million users out | “I feel the heavy burden of responsibility over this incident and will step down from my position as CEO and lead the emergency disaster task force overseeing the aftermath of the incident,” co-CEO Namkoong Whon said at a press conference.
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