Evernote has landed a $50 million deal in a new funding by Sequoia Capital. Evernote is aiming to grow the company into a hundred year company. According to the company’s statement, the growth speed is “crazy” and its business model is moderately profitable. (http://blog.evernote.com/2011/07/13/evernote-gets-50-million-in-funding-with-faq/) Evernote topped 10 million users in June 6, and the […]
As cloud computing began to recieve alot of interest, N screen and sync also became a highlighted issue. But still various functions on cloud computing are needed to enhance their usability and mobility. For example, Google Docs gives a perfect editing and sharing service feature to users. So does Picasa. But those services have to […]
As SK Telecom enters the market, all carriers in Korea have their own mobile advertising platforms. Since the scheme of the platform is similar to one another, the difference in how to make an eco-system is crucial. Compared to other rivals, SK Telecom maintains a better condition such as Hoppin (N screen media service) and […]
Facebook announced that all games on Facebook must adopt Facebook Credits as a payment method by July 1st. And this is the signal that Facebook is utilizing its power to make revenue through Facebook Credits. The social games and commerce sites (so called ‘F commerce’) especially are rapidly growing and becoming more profitable. According to […]
Recently many people were worried that Samsung may follow the path of Nokia which grew fast and took more than half of the market share. Although the company maintains its number one market share, its market leadership and growth speed has sharply plummeted. Even Nokia couldn’t help giving up Symbian. Because of these warnings, Samsung […]
As the telecommunication and media services converge, the moving photographs of a newspaper from the ‘Harry Potter’ series are no longer a make-believe story created from your imagination. This is a rising trend driven by the advancement of network infra and its widened coverage. Furthermore, in the advent of smart devices with high performance such […]
Until last month, exactly before the announcement of Apple’s iMessage, Kakao Talk was one of the most popular messaging services in Korea. Because of this service, there are many conflicts and disputes between carriers and free messaging services. And these controversies have ignited the issue of network-neutrality. After the success of Kakao Talk, Daum launched […]
As the environment for multi screen business is rapidly activated and various network systems are enhanced, many types of services are launched based on cloud system. This sudden boom-up of cloud computing causes alot of people to be confused what the cloud service is and how it will be evolved. Four Categories of Cloud Services […]
When you stop by a Starbucks, you can ‘check-in’ to that Starbucks. It is not a real check-in but a virtual behavior. In the beginning, the concept of ‘Check-in’ which is originated from “Foursquare” was used as a positioning method. But now, check-in no longer orients only to a behavior to register a user’s location […]
SK telecom, the largest carrier in Korea, released its updated cloud service on May 8th, T Bag Plus, to provide more storage up to 10GB. The original service, T Bag, supported only a phone-book, messages and a restricted memory of photos. This upgraded version of T Bag will ignite the competition among personal cloud services. […]