A partnership that was first announced back in November has formally taken off today, as ‘Daum Mobage’ has been officially launched by Japan’s DeNA (TYO:2432) and Korean web portal Daum (KDQ:035720). As indicated in November, the two companies are targeting 10 million users in the first year of operation in Korea. Like the Mobage platform in general, Daum Mobage has an assortment of free-to-play games for smartphone users, as the platform and gaming apps are now available on the Android Market, with iOS in development. Users will be able to login ...
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Feb 15 2012
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GREE Announces Partnerships with Chinese and Korean Game Developers
Japanese mobile gaming company GREE (TYO:3632) has today announced multiple partnerships with leading social/mobile game developers in Korea and Greater China. The partnerships will result in 12 new iOS and Android titles coming to the new GREE platform when it launches later this year, we’re told between April and June. Among the most prominent of these titles on the way is Punchbox’s Fishing Joy which recently celebrated its 30 millionth download just last month . The complete list of companies and games coming to the new GREE platform are listed ...
Feb 3 2012
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Waffle: Making Public Wifi Social, and Hopefully Easier
This post is a part of our coverage of Startups in Asia (Singapore), Penn Olson’s first tech conference. Our full coverage of the event can be found here, or for our RSS feed, click here. Public wifi is often a nightmare for individuals, made to jump through ridiculous hoops by telcos, venues, or other providers. The Korean startup Waffle wants to make the process easier and more social for users, as well as actually profitable for businesses that need to provide wifi. Waffle, founded by Lee Min-ku (pictured below), is a platform ...
Jan 19 2012
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LG to Launch LTE Optimus Pad, Will Go on Sale Next Week
Electronics maker LG (066570:KS) announced today that it will be releasing an LTE-capable tablet for its domestic market in Korea, the Optimus Pad LTE . This follows the company’s Optimus LTE smartphone which has already been rolled out in Korea, Canada, the US, and most recently in Japan. The Android 3.2 tablet is powered by a Qualcomm 1.5 GHz dual core processor, and has an 8.9 inch screen which with 1280x720 resolution. Dr. Jongseok Park, the company’s president and CEO noted: With tablets generating five times more traffic than the average ...
Jan 16 2012
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GREE Partners with Korea’s Mobicle on Smartphone Game Development
Japanese mobile gaming company GREE (TYO:3632) has announced today that it will acquire shares of Korea’s Mobicle, and will cooperate the company in smartphone game development. While not specified in the announcement, reports indicate that GREE picked up 224,178 shares, amounting to 6.8 percent voting rights, of Mobicle. According to GREE’s own statement, it will work with Mobicle to “co-develop” social games for smartphones, taking advantage of the the Korean game developer’s expertise in “real-time simultaneous connections.” GREE says that the games will be first released in Japan, and then some ...
Jan 6 2012
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LG Looks to Show off Google TV at CES 2012
LG (066570:KS) has just announced that it will be introducing a Google TV at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas which kicks off next week. The television will feature an Android-based user interface, as well as LG’s Magic Remote Qwerty (a remote with a qwerty keyboard). The television will also have 3D functionality, although personally I find the Smart TV functions more attractive (sorry, I really hope 3D dies this year!). LG’s promo picture of its new television shows an assortment of web-related functions, something which I usually find far ...
Dec 28 2011
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LG’s Prada 3 Phone Launches in Korea, Promises Scheduled ICS Update
The sexy and slim Prada 3 smartphone, which LG (066570:KS) first unveiled two weeks ago in London, is available to Korean customers as of today with release in parts of Europe and Asia to follow in January. The phone will be first available on SK Telecom, and later on KT. This is following on the company’s first two Prada phones, with the Prada 3 featuring — as you might expect — very sleek black design and a smart looking user interface. The fashionable phone is super skinny, measuring 8.5mm thin, and ...
Dec 22 2011
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Japan and Korea Rule the Internet, Facebook Taking Full Advantage
Singapore’s WeAreSocial has whipped up two new reports on the internet in Asia, this time featuring Japan and Korea. For anyone looking for a broad overview of internet developments over the past few years in these two uber-wired nations, check out these presentations below. For the Japan report, there are a few facts and figures that make that market unique : Mobile penetration is 100 percent There are 98 million mobile internet subscribers 37 percent of Japan’s internet users play online games Slide 12 on social networks in Japan could use an asterisk though, ...
Dec 20 2011
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12 Major Android Stories From Across Asia in 2011
2011 has been a big year for Android in Asia, hitting milestones in Japan and South Korea, whilst also expanding the smartphone ecosystem across the region thanks to its open-source tweak-ability. Here are a dozen of the most significant Android-related stories we’ve covered at PO in the past year, in no particular order. Android Market Expands to 131 Countries – But Not China In a good, early omen for Android in Asia, the Android Market expanded to accept payments for apps in 131 countries across the globe. But a noticeable absentee was China, ...
Dec 15 2011
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Diablo 3 Korean Localization Nearly Done, Chinese Not So Much？
Blizzard games are big in Korea. Starcraft is a sport there and WoW is a passion, so Diablo 3 -- which will be released next year -- is obviously getting a lot of attention from Korean gamers. Unsurprisingly, then, Blizzard is giving the game the complete localization treatment in Korean, and according to the latest reports, they're very nearly done. That's good news, as Asian gamers are sometimes forced to wait around after games are released in the West because their localization hasn't been finished. It looks like Korean gamers ...
Dec 8 2011
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Korea Telecom Acquires Enswers For $40 Million
Enswer, a Korean tech firm founded by Jack Kim, mainly deals with video sharing, video search, and video advertising. It was acquired by Korea Telecom for $40 million, the company recently announced it on its blog. This acquisition was reported by Yonhap News Agency as “one of the largest deals in South Korea’s technology startup history.” It was also explained that the acquisition will help Korea Telecom “release a new multimedia service for purchasing, storing, managing and browsing online video content.” Besides video, Enswer also owns popular Korean entertainment portal, Soompi, and content ...
Dec 7 2011
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If You Feel Like an LG Optimus, Go and Brush Your Shoulders Off
So I received an email announcement this morning about LG’s (SEO:003550) social Christmas promotion, which gives users a chance to win free phones like its Optimus 3D or Optimus Black. I didn’t think much of the contest until I noticed their gangsta ‘Lay-Z’ Santa promo video. It looks as though someone in LG marketing broke out the eggnog a little early this year. The YouTube video they’ve put together is thoroughly cheeze-filled. The accompanying Facebook page invites fans to ‘like’ LG Mobile, and take a quiz for a chance to ...
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