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Korea’s smartphone love affair lures foreign suitors: Addendum

Cool! Seoul Space Partners David Lee and I (Richard Min)–along with GroupOn, CEO Andrew Mason, and DaumSoft (Erik yah!)–got referenced a few times in this Reuters article about the smartphone market in Korea. A few things have changed in the market since our article, like the upcoming law change in the gaming board, but overall… Continue Reading

Google to Shut Down Android Game Category in Korea

“Strike Two!” for the state-run, Korea Games Rating Board. Google Korea finally made an announcement that it will officially shut down the Game category of the Android app store in Korea “to abide by local law”, which requires all video, computer/mobile and web-based games sold in S.Korea to be reviewed and rated by the government-operated,… Continue Reading

New Google Korea logo…

Google Korea has a mathematics theme new logo (for now) and a rotating “popular blog” section above thumbnail pictures. (about 5 sec rotation).  Korea is the only country right now with “moving” (updating) aspects of the index page. Cool. No where near adequate or sufficient for the market…but interesting for sure. Also, if anyone has an idea… Continue Reading