Category Archives: Web

Waffle is revolutionizing the way people connect to WiFi. Based in Seoul, their product was initially targeted towards small-business owners like coffee shops.  A coffee-shop owner using Waffle has their customers send out a tweet, post on Facebook, answer a quiz, or watch an advertisement in order to access the Internet. In today’s post, I… Continue Reading

Yay!  Finally, a decent overview of Naver search marketing (keyword marketing)! I saw this article at SearchEngineWatch, one of the original, authority search engine industry sites (highly recommended), and thought it really needed a repost as its a great place to start if you want to try out SEM advertising in the traditionally difficult to… Continue Reading

“How can you use a Mac in Korea?” To those of you who don’t live in Korea, this might sound like a rather odd question. But with this country’s well-documented Microsoft monoculture it’s a legitimate one. When, in typical fanboy fashion, I lift the lid on my Macbook Pro or Air at a business meeting or… Continue Reading

Next week the New York Times will set the final stones in its labyrinthine and over-priced paywall. While newspapers in the West (i.e. Wall Street Journal and Financial Times) increasingly adopt this pay-to-read model, it has not caught on in Korea and, in my view, is not likely to catch on anytime soon. Here are… Continue Reading

Seoul Space had an exclusive interview with Benjamin Beomjin Kim (@beomjinkim), co-founder of Cizion, a startup company that offers social commenting service called LiveRe (In Korea “Re” is abbreviated term for “reply”), similar to Disqus in the US with different twist. LiveRe is serviced in several websites including Bloter.net (Korean tech news site), ZDNet Korea,… Continue Reading

In case you haven’t heard, once again a hoard of malware-infected zombie computers, possibly under the control of North Korea, are being used as part of a distributed denial of service or DDoS attack on some of South Korea’s biggest websites. Last time this happened South Koreans retaliated against the North by attacking their websites…. Continue Reading

Seoul Space invites you to limited space, special engagement as part of our “IT Industry Leaders” series. Join us for a conversation over coffee with one of the most respected and pioneering Internet and Social Network Industry Leaders, Jin Ho Hur (CEO of Crzyfish, former CEO NeoWiz Internet, Chairman Korea Internet Corporations Association, twitter: @hur… Continue Reading

Ubiquitously placed interactive displays in subway stations in Korea started showing ads designed to invoke passerby’s curiosity. The ad consisted of a large calligraphy-styled word “everyday” (reads “mannal”) followed by a small writing that said “have you eaten?” (used commonly to greet). Interestingly enough, the website domain “mail.co.kr” is written at the bottom of the… Continue Reading