[ Screenshot of Estimote ] Many people think buying products online is a better way to save money than shopping offline. We sometimes see people who browse the online shopping malls to check the best price at the retailer shops. As Amazon and eBay grow rapidly, consumers shopping habit of shopping more economically is becoming […]
These days I am hooked on Clash of Clans. I play this game from time to time if I have some free time. I don’t feel any strong interest in the game but unintentionally push the start button if I am not doing anything that needs my immediate attention. Clash of Clans is a well-made […]
Information is fulcrum to push a service to the next level, which obtains a certain amount of business fundamental in the internet service industry. As described on the previous post, crowd sourcing is a very effective method if it works well as it was intended. Sometimes companies give freebies to users or promote services to […]
As network effect increasingly accelerates, internet services are putting more stress on two core essentials: the number of user and the number of interaction. If a service fails to garner sufficient volume to support it, it is hard to sustain the service for the long term. Upon concentrating on the quantitative growth, business models become […]
A few days ago, Hugo Barra, the ex-head of product management at Google and currently the head of global for Xiaomi, urged high potential of Chinese market based on many index including its number of internet users. As he mentioned, maybe the Chinese market may become the largest one after several years and some Chinese […]
Groupon announced that it will acquire its copy-cat service in Korea for US$ 260 million, which consists of US$ 100 million cash and Groupon stocks equivalent of US $160 million. Daniel Hyunsung Shin, the founder and present CEO of Ticket Monster, sold his company to LivingSocial for US$ 350 million in 2011 which […]
According to IT Media, LINE, NHN’s mobile messenger, ranks as the number one application most used by smartphone users in Japan with 17,130 users on May 20th. It is followed by Google Play (16,188) and Google Maps (14,229). This fast growing chat application is extending its business territory into Asia and Europe while Whatsapp […]
Marissa Mayer mentioned interest graph as one of important directions for internet service providers. The word itself is not new but its nuance is a little different from the remarks of other experts. This is because she experienced the real world of contextual play at Google as the head of search business. Many people […]
Mobile advertisement is a very difficult area to get a meaningful result in spite of its potential. Most mobile ads are still delivered by in-app banner or search result like on-line advertisement. And many players are trying to break this limit by connecting their advertisement platform to other features. One of the mainly used platform […]
After the success of ‘Pinterest’, curation is becoming new trend of mobile internet. When I discussed about some applications with developers and service managers, many people didn’t know what curation is exactly. The unclear fever for curation will be maintained. For now, curation is just one of many functional differentiators. It means that curation is […]