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Twitter Platform / API Director Ryan Sarver Photo by James Duncan Davidson 다가오는 11월 15일, 새롭게 달라지는 공식 트위터 플랫폼이 아시아에서는 처음으로 한국에서 발표됩니다. “트위터 개발자 티타임 런칭 (Twitter Developer Teatime Launch)” 은 서울스페이스에서 독점적으로 주최합니다. 이번 행사는 트위터 플랫폼 팀 직접 만나 새롭게 바뀌는 트위터에 대해 소통할 수 있는 일생일대 절호의 기회입니다. 본격적인 공식 행사가… Continue Reading

Next Wednesday Seoullites will head to the polls to vote in a by-election to decide their new mayor. As progressive alliance candidate Park Won-soon faces off against Na Gyeong-won, representing the incumbent Grand National Party, their supporters are waging an equally-heated battle on the micro blogging service Twitter. Koreans are posting more than 60,000 tweets… Continue Reading

Korea’s quest for homegrown social media success continues with a new site called Showfar. Calling itself a “micro-cafe,” Showfar aims to take the basic format of Korea’s online cafes, make them more egalitarian, and also throw in the advantages of social media services. Though perhaps not as hip as they once were, “cafes” are the still… Continue Reading

In conjunction with the Korea Communications Commission, Money Today recently listed its top three Korean apps for April. Along with apps from the other months, this lot will be entered into the 2011 Korean App Awards at the end of the year. In no particular order, they are: Name: Kimgisa (김기사, “Driver Kim”) OS: iOS Developer:… Continue Reading

Just to confirm what you already knew, the Korean Twittersphere exploded with the news of Osama bin Laden’s death. The news broke here around lunchtime yesterday, triggering 2,794 related tweets and 397 related blog posts. Of those, 74.3% had mean and nasty things to say about the man, 20.2% could be considered neutral reports and… Continue Reading

Anyone who feels there are just too many apps these days has some handy new ammunition for their argument. Courtesy of the “Blue Park” group of young supporters and others, come not one, but two new Android apps devoted to dictator’s offspring, presidential hopeful and opportunist-in-chief Park Geun-hye. Called “A Country of Happy People,” the Blue… Continue Reading

A new survey from Nielsen Korea shows that more than 8 in 10 Korean netizens use or have used social media. This compares with around 64 percent of all internet users in the US. Broken down more precisely, 82.8 percent of respondents said they either use or have used social media, of whom 74.9 percent cited Cyworld,… Continue Reading

Of all Korea’s internet quirks, perhaps none has raised both domestic and international hackles like the real-name system. Implemented, at least in part, to curb the worst excesses of anonymous netizens in Korea, it has led to accusations of “big brother” politics at home, and saw YouTube (which was unwilling to have its Korean site submit to the… Continue Reading