1. Park Cheong Mi 2. Already? 3. These days smart goods are pouring. I start to using smart phone, twitter and facebook recetly and study it. However, other goods appear. What is Apple's tablet PC? Now people tell each other about it. I starting to study smart phone have to study it. I don't know how to use Apple's tablet PC and why it needs to our daily life. I feel hard to catch up with the speed of smart world. I scare it. -------------------------------------- South Korean telecom titan KT Corp. said Sunday that it will begin sales of Apple Inc.'s iPad on Nov. 30, amid looming competition in the burgeoning tablet PC market in South Korea.
KT, the exclusive local distributor of the iPhone, said in a release that it will roll out all six models of Apple's tablet PC from Nov. 30, noting it has received more than 40,000 pre-orders over the past week.
KT is South Korea's dominant fixed-line operator and the second-largest mobile carrier.
South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. released Samsung Electronics Co.'s contender, the Galaxy Tab, on Nov. 13, which sold more than 25,000 units here in about one week.
Samsung, which is eyeing sales of 1 million units of its first tablet computer in 2010, had shipped more than 600,000 Galaxy Tab computers to global mobile operators in some 30 countries as of Friday, according to company officials. The model was launched globally last month.
In South Korea, the 9.7-inch iPad with 16-gigabyte storage and cellular connectivity is priced at 784,000 won ($693). The 7-inch Galaxy Tab with the same features comes with a price tag of 995,000 won ($880). (Yonhap News) ------------------------- http://www.koreaherald.com/business/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20101121000068
2.how would the relationship between The traditional Internet environment and social networks?
3. Naver is the biggest portal site in korea. However, because these days an increase in smart phone users, Of a traditional desktop environment, the Internet is also engaged in oppression. I think that naver and many portal site like daum and nate has evolved in the form of coexistence about Social networks, rather than rejecting it. We have found it very comfortable in dealing with social networks. Using the iPhone is not been out four months, but now I'm sure. This smart phone in my life have given comfort to many. And I can do a variety of Functional to my smart phones. I can call my parents and friends, in addition to a variety of information without regard to space and time are available. Nowdays, Social networks have been flooded that societies across. I think we are feeling it. Internet companies to analyze usage patterns of smart phone users to configure and construct a good Internet experience structure will want you.
Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough. In a news conference in Seoul Tuesday, NHN, which operates Naver and the popular online gaining site, Hangame (www.hangame.com), announced a number of changes in the pipeline that may inject Naver with a Facebook-inspired mutation.
At the center of the strategies is ``Naver ME,’’ a new section of the website that will be launched later this year, described as a personalized Web page that provides an one-stop access to media content, social networking services, blogs, instant messaging, e-mail and its ``N-drive’’ online storage services. Another feature will be ``Naver Talk,’’ a chatting application that allows users to communicate instantly over personal computers and mobile phones and also share multimedia files and location-based information, such a digital maps, or basically, ``Twitter on steroids.’’
Naver’s success in the Internet business in the past decade has been based on the three pillars of search, personalized web services and user-generated content. We believe social media will provide the fourth pillar,’’ Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’ Naver is also planning to introduce a mobile application for the users of smartphones like the Apple iPhone and devices powered by the Google-backed Android operating system.
1. Kim heejun 2. Is social networking trap catching Naver? 3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough. ------------------------- Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Naver’s success in the Internet business in the past decade has been based on the three pillars of search, personalized web services and user-generated content. We believe social media will provide the fourth pillar,’’ Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is also planning to introduce a mobile application for the users of smartphones like the Apple iPhone and devices powered by the Google-backed Android operating system.
The tentatively-named ``Naver Mobile Search App’’ will include functions such as the mobile version of Naver’s question-and-answer search services, voice search, which is to compete with Google’s existing service, barcode scanning that is designed for use in shopping outlets and also a function to identify unknown music.
With intriguing products like the iPhone and Samsung Electronics Galaxy S introduced in waves, smartphones are going mass market here, and the trend appears to be fuelled further by the public’s increasing appetite for social media.
It remains to be seen whether Naver’s renewed commitment toward social media will be enough to woo mobile Internet users who have been happy to use the products from globally-present companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter on the smartphones as they discover that there is indeed life beyond Naver.
And there have been debates over the past year over whether Naver has ceased to be interesting, with critics questioning its ability to adjust its desktop-oriented business model to match the behavior of mobile Internet users.
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users. ------------------------- http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun 2. Is social networking trap catching Naver? 3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough. ------------------------- Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Naver’s success in the Internet business in the past decade has been based on the three pillars of search, personalized web services and user-generated content. We believe social media will provide the fourth pillar,’’ Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is also planning to introduce a mobile application for the users of smartphones like the Apple iPhone and devices powered by the Google-backed Android operating system. Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users. ------------------------- http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun 2. Is social networking trap catching Naver? 3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough. ------------------------- Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Naver’s success in the Internet business in the past decade has been based on the three pillars of search, personalized web services and user-generated content. We believe social media will provide the fourth pillar,’’ Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is also planning to introduce a mobile application for the users of smartphones like the Apple iPhone and devices powered by the Google-backed Android operating system. Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users. ------------------------- http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun 2. Is social networking trap catching Naver? 3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough. ------------------------- Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Naver’s success in the Internet business in the past decade has been based on the three pillars of search, personalized web services and user-generated content. We believe social media will provide the fourth pillar,’’ Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users. ------------------------- http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun 2. Is social networking trap catching Naver? 3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough. ------------------------- Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Naver’s success in the Internet business in the past decade has been based on the three pillars of search, personalized web services and user-generated content. We believe social media will provide the fourth pillar,’’ Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users. ------------------------- http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun 2. Is social networking trap catching Naver? 3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough. ------------------------- Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Naver’s success in the Internet business in the past decade has been based on the three pillars of search, personalized web services and user-generated content. We believe social media will provide the fourth pillar,’’ Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users. ------------------------- http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun 2. Is social networking trap catching Naver? 3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough. ------------------------- Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Naver’s success in the Internet business in the past decade has been based on the three pillars of search, personalized web services and user-generated content. We believe social media will provide the fourth pillar,’’ Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users. ------------------------- http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun 2. Is social networking trap catching Naver? 3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough. ------------------------- Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Naver’s success in the Internet business in the past decade has been based on the three pillars of search, personalized web services and user-generated content. We believe social media will provide the fourth pillar,’’ Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users. ------------------------- http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun 2. Is social networking trap catching Naver? 3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough. ------------------------- Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users. ------------------------- http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun 2. Is social networking trap catching Naver? 3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough. ------------------------- Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users. ------------------------- http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun 2. Is social networking trap catching Naver? 3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough. ------------------------- Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users. ------------------------- http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun 2. Is social networking trap catching Naver? 3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough. ------------------------- Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users. ------------------------- http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun 2. Is social networking trap catching Naver? 3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough. ------------------------- Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users. ------------------------- http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629
1. Kim heejun 2. Is social networking trap catching Naver? 3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough. ------------------------- Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users. ------------------------- http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun 2. Is social networking trap catching Naver? 3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough. ------------------------- Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users. ------------------------- http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun 2. Is social networking trap catching Naver? 3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough. ------------------------- Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users. ------------------------- http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
3. Most korean have enjoyed computer games (specially teenagers) a few year ago. But today's someone of them simply not 'enjoy' computer games. Korean news are often report side-effect of computer games like heart attack, killing, fraud etc. Actually last semester I did simple speech about side-effect of computer games. That is - one couple who met through online game. Soon, they give birth to a baby but someday, they addicted to online game and neglected their baby for three days! (Baby was found dead) I like computer games, but I can't play computer games 'cause I know that it break my life balance. However today game addicts are often seen and they don't think about that. Maybe, this problem will get worse year by year 'cause the human ethics can't meet the development of internet - It is really serious.
A 15-year-old boy, after being scolded by his mother, apparently for being addicted to violent Internet games, killed her and then committed suicide, police said Tuesday.“I was scolded by my mother because I played Internet games too much and I did something that I should not have done,” the boy said in a suicide note. “I’m sorry.”
The 43-year-old mother was found dead on her bed in the house in Daeyeon-dong, Busan, by her daughter at 7 a.m. Tuesday. The daughter called the police; they found that the boy had hung himself on a pipe on the balcony. Given the bruises on the woman’s face and scratches on her neck, police suspect that the son had beaten and strangled her.
The boy’s younger sister said to police: “He was often absorbed in playing Internet games and used to stay up several nights doing it. I also heard my mother and brother having a fight last night [because of the games]. When I woke up, I found my mother dead.”
According to the police investigation, the boy had argued with his mother whenever she urged him not to play the games. The sister said that since he started middle school, the boy frequently beat his mother when he had conflicts with her about playing the games. Police said the game the boy was most absorbed in was a shooting game.
According to police, the boy’s father left the family to do business in China when the boy was young. The boy’s mother worked in a photo studio to support the family. The grandmother said the boy’s addiction to the games began when his father left.
Meanwhile, police in Jincheon, South Chungcheong, said yesterday that a 2-month-old baby girl died while her mother was playing computer games.
Police said the mother fed her daughter at 9 p.m. and kept her in a baby walker while she played the game in the next room until 2 a.m. The mother took her daughter to the nearest hospital, but she was already dead. Police said they are investigating the mother to determine the exact cause of the baby’s death.
3. In the past, TV viewer is just consumer. They didn't choose the information provided by TV. TV and broadcasting station provide the information and contents unilaterally. But now viewer's role is chagned. They are no longer mere consumers. A typical example is UCC. UCC is contents that is made by general users who are not expert or contents provider. Unlike seperated between producer and consumer, consumer can make new contents. Developing the information technique, making UCC and providing UCC are easier.
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Korea-based video-sharing portal Pandora TV said yesterday it has begun selling user-created content online. The company said it launched "My PC Download" service to allow Web surfers to buy and sell video content.
To date, video content has been sold only by movie and broadcasting productions.
They did not comment on why anyone would pay for UCC when it is free on such sites as youtube.co.kr
Not surprisingly, no other company in the world has tried selling user created content online.
Regardless of the size of the file and playing time, the fee for downloading is 100 won per file in general resolution, and 200 won in high resolution.
Users who upload their videos can choose whether or not to sell the content.
1.Yun Yeon Jung 2.More automakers building smartphone-like systems into their cars 3.Whenever I watched SF movies especially, when I was young, I always looked at movies in admiration. Especially, smartcar did. In SF movies, every car has fantastic smart functions. But, soon, It can be real. Many automakers building smartphone-like systems into their cars. They are trying to invent more 'smart' car. But It will have problems as well I think. I think it is good idea but, really drivers can concentrate their driving fully? Sometimes surely, they feel annoyed or confusing when they drive.
------------------------------ In order to attract consumers who want to use smartphones while they drive, automobile companies are keen on making cars equipped with smartphone-like devices.
A growing number of automakers are producing "infotainment" systems that put touchscreens, and the ability to talk and text, right into the *dashboard. The word "infotainment" is a combination of information and entertainment.
In the near future, a large number of new cars are expected to come out *equipped with the ability to update Facebook statuses by voice and even *surf the Web from the drivers` seat.
However, it is still unclear whether these devices could be used without any danger. Some say that while *hands-free devices remove part of the danger from using cell phones while people drive, it remains to be seen how such devices are going to be used. Ford has been a leader in the field with its Sync and MyFord Touch system, in which phones, MP3 players, radio and navigation tools all can be run by voice or by using an in-dash LCD screen.
Microsoft and Kia Motors have teamed up to produce UVO, which is short for "Your Voice." It`s a touchscreen and voice-*enabled system that allows drivers to make calls, send text messages, change radio stations and play music files. The system is currently gaining huge popularity in the United States.
UVO features a 4.3-inch dashboard screen, about the same size as a large smartphone screen.
1.Yun Yeon Jung 2.More automakers building smartphone-like systems into their cars 3.Whenever I watched SF movies especially, when I was young, I always looked at movies in admiration. Especially, smartcar did. In SF movies, every car has fantastic smart functions. But, soon, It can be real. Many automakers building smartphone-like systems into their cars. They are trying to invent more 'smart' car. But It will have problems as well I think. I think it is good idea but, really drivers can concentrate their driving fully? Sometimes surely, they feel annoyed or confusing when they drive.
------------------------------ In order to attract consumers who want to use smartphones while they drive, automobile companies are keen on making cars equipped with smartphone-like devices.
A growing number of automakers are producing "infotainment" systems that put touchscreens, and the ability to talk and text, right into the *dashboard. The word "infotainment" is a combination of information and entertainment.
In the near future, a large number of new cars are expected to come out *equipped with the ability to update Facebook statuses by voice and even *surf the Web from the drivers` seat.
However, it is still unclear whether these devices could be used without any danger. Some say that while *hands-free devices remove part of the danger from using cell phones while people drive, it remains to be seen how such devices are going to be used. Ford has been a leader in the field with its Sync and MyFord Touch system, in which phones, MP3 players, radio and navigation tools all can be run by voice or by using an in-dash LCD screen.
Microsoft and Kia Motors have teamed up to produce UVO, which is short for "Your Voice." It`s a touchscreen and voice-*enabled system that allows drivers to make calls, send text messages, change radio stations and play music files. The system is currently gaining huge popularity in the United States.
UVO features a 4.3-inch dashboard screen, about the same size as a large smartphone screen.
3. Many of my friends has been going to army. The most recent one is now just private. (Super misery) Some days ago I've got a SNS message from him. Now a day, It's not a surprise that a soldier use internet in army. They visit 'Cyber information room (we call Cy-ji-bang) to use internet. The news tell me US air force warn Facebook may reveal location, In matter of fact, Cyworld is worse. I saw a lot of photos of soldiers with camp on his background. How the took those pictures? Mysterious
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US Air Force warns Facebook 'may reveal location'
The US Air Force has warned its troops that using Facebook and other social networking sites could inadvertently reveal their location to the enemy.
The warning, posted on an internal website and sent to commanders, concerns new technology allowing users to pinpoint their location on the map.
It said careless use could have "devastating operations security and privacy implications".
The US Army is set to send a similar warning to its troops.
Air Force officials are concerned that troops using BlackBerrys and other devices with GPS capabilities could reveal their location to internet services with geo-location features - Facebook, Foursquare and others - and that the enemy could discover their location, the Associated Press reported.
On most of those sites, users can adjust privacy settings to enable or disable the geo-location features.
The US has about 95,000 troops in Afghanistan and 50,000 in Iraq.
3. Sometimes I think that korean netizen is very awesome. For example, we read a article that not mention their name. A little later, we can find that who the person is. Because NCSI track those people's personal information. This is funny. But it cause problem too. It can harm the wrong person or invasion of privacy.
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The “Netizen Crime Scene Investigation” phenomenon
All of this was done without the use of any illegal hacking programs, and the feat was attributed to the power of a new internet phenomenon, and what is now nicknamed the NCSI (Netizen Crime Scene Investigation).
South Korea is a unique case, at least in the sense that in other countries, especially America, the personal lives and other breaking news of celebrities are found through professional paparazzis and news agencies. However, South Korea, being one of the strongest IT nations in the world, puts netizens at the front of the investigations.
Netizens have made headlines on more than one occasion lately, and mostly for their ultra-fast pace in finding information. They are able to solve cases before police investigations even know where to start, making the confessions made by celebrities seem like child’s play.
A representative of a security enterprise stated, “As long as you’re skilled in making searches, finding personal information on a specific person isn’t that hard. People use their name, age, gender, and phone number without any suspicion online. All you need is one of those pieces, and it’s easy to gather all of the scattered data.”
1.Mintae Kim 2.Top judge says Internet'could kill jury system' 3. The Internet-the most comfortable facility of civilisation-has been regarded as a tool of the realisation of human beings' Utopia by free sharing people's ideas. However, the merit of the Internet threatens justice which is quite crucial to actualise an ideal land. By using the web and noticing the case, jurors violate a principle of the presumption of innocence, which makes people consider suspect as criminal. When the person under suspicion is found not guilty, others still believe him as a criminal, that is, the Internet creates another witch hunting. Ergo, people need to re-think about harmfulness of the net without recklessly trusting that it is beneficial. _______________ Earlier this year a judge in Manchester had to dismiss a jury and restart a trial, The Sun reported, after a juror went onto her Facebook page, gave details of a trial and asked friends: "Did he do it?"
Lord Judge, who is the most senior judge in England and Wales, said it was too easy for campaigners to bombard Twitter with messages in a bid to put pressure on jurors who might be looking at it. Lord Judge added: "We cannot accept that the use of the internet, or rather its misuse, should be acknowledged and treated as an ineradicable fact of life, or that a Nelsonian blind eye should be turned to it or the possibility that it is happening.
"If it is not addressed, the misuse of the internet represents a threat to the jury system which depends, and rightly depends, on evidence provided in court which the defendant can hear and if necessary challenge." ____ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11796648
1. Jung Jae Hoon 2. Smartphones and idiot boxes 3. Today, It is fashionable to have a smartphone now. So Many people spend too much time in smartphone. And they carry smartphone at all times. As a result, they don't have time to read. always, they depend upon the smartphones for daily life. smartphone users can't live without smartphone. Smartphone make people fool.
With the widespread use of smartphones, this means that Koreans can do much more than just talk while roaming the deep conduits of Seoul’s underbelly. They can engage in a whole array of tasks on the internet, such as checking their emails and ``homepys,” searching for nearby cafes and restaurants, or updating themselves with the latest global news and stock market developments.
According to the OECD, Korea has the highest rate of households with broadband access in the world (as of July 2010). It is a staggering 95.9 percent, including broadband access through cell phones. More astonishingly, it has maintained this top spot for several years in a row. With fourth-generation (4G) phones now intensifying the competition between foreign and domestic smartphone makers in the Korean telecommunications market, what is for certain is that more Koreans will come to possess ubiquitous ``smart (phone) power” in the palm of their hands.
But are smartphones making us smarter? A cursory glance, unfortunately, suggests ``no.” More often than not, people on the Metro are found using ``smartphones” to watch ``idiot boxes” ― a Western euphemism to mean the television.
The issue, however, is not whether or not foreigners would be judgmental of Koreans. It is neither whether Koreans have the right to relieve themselves from work-related stress through phones. The issue is that the (ab) use of smartphones seems to come at the detriment of reading.
According to the NOP World Culture Score Index survey, Korea was found to have the lowest adult reading time among 30 countries, including OECD countries. It was a mere 3.1 hours a week. Although this statistic is from a few years back, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the average weekly reading time of Korean adults in 2009 only amounted to 3.3 hours. The concern here is that less people seem to be reading on the Metro than a few years ago because of smartphones. If so, the hope is that Koreans are making up for this lost time by reading elsewhere.
One way out of this conundrum may by the wider use of tablet PCs ― the large-screen version of smartphones, originally developed to compete with e-readers, such as the Kindle. In this way, Koreans can read e-books on the Metro without the hassle of having to heave around hardcopies. But to date, despite the widespread use of smart phones, tablet PCs and e-readers have not caught on in Korea. Is this a symptom or cause of low levels of reading felt on the Metro? The few such devices this author did spot were being used to read comics!
1. Jung Jae Hoon 2. Smartphones and idiot boxes 3. Today, It is fashionable to have a smartphone now. So Many people spend too much time in smartphone. And they carry smartphone at all times. As a result, they don't have time to read. always, they depend upon the smartphones for daily life. smartphone users can't live without smartphone. Smartphone make people fool.
With the widespread use of smartphones, this means that Koreans can do much more than just talk while roaming the deep conduits of Seoul’s underbelly. They can engage in a whole array of tasks on the internet, such as checking their emails and ``homepys,” searching for nearby cafes and restaurants, or updating themselves with the latest global news and stock market developments.
According to the OECD, Korea has the highest rate of households with broadband access in the world (as of July 2010). It is a staggering 95.9 percent, including broadband access through cell phones. More astonishingly, it has maintained this top spot for several years in a row. With fourth-generation (4G) phones now intensifying the competition between foreign and domestic smartphone makers in the Korean telecommunications market, what is for certain is that more Koreans will come to possess ubiquitous ``smart (phone) power” in the palm of their hands.
But are smartphones making us smarter? A cursory glance, unfortunately, suggests ``no.” More often than not, people on the Metro are found using ``smartphones” to watch ``idiot boxes” ― a Western euphemism to mean the television.
The issue, however, is not whether or not foreigners would be judgmental of Koreans. It is neither whether Koreans have the right to relieve themselves from work-related stress through phones. The issue is that the (ab) use of smartphones seems to come at the detriment of reading.
According to the NOP World Culture Score Index survey, Korea was found to have the lowest adult reading time among 30 countries, including OECD countries. It was a mere 3.1 hours a week. Although this statistic is from a few years back, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the average weekly reading time of Korean adults in 2009 only amounted to 3.3 hours. The concern here is that less people seem to be reading on the Metro than a few years ago because of smartphones. If so, the hope is that Koreans are making up for this lost time by reading elsewhere.
One way out of this conundrum may by the wider use of tablet PCs ― the large-screen version of smartphones, originally developed to compete with e-readers, such as the Kindle. In this way, Koreans can read e-books on the Metro without the hassle of having to heave around hardcopies. But to date, despite the widespread use of smart phones, tablet PCs and e-readers have not caught on in Korea. Is this a symptom or cause of low levels of reading felt on the Metro? The few such devices this author did spot were being used to read comics!
1. Jung Jae Hoon 2. Smartphones and idiot boxes 3. Today, It is fashionable to have a smartphone now. So Many people spend too much time in smartphone. And they carry smartphone at all times. As a result, they don't have time to read. always, they depend upon the smartphones for daily life. smartphone users can't live without smartphone. Smartphone make people fool.
With the widespread use of smartphones, this means that Koreans can do much more than just talk while roaming the deep conduits of Seoul’s underbelly. They can engage in a whole array of tasks on the internet, such as checking their emails and ``homepys,” searching for nearby cafes and restaurants, or updating themselves with the latest global news and stock market developments.
According to the OECD, Korea has the highest rate of households with broadband access in the world (as of July 2010). It is a staggering 95.9 percent, including broadband access through cell phones. More astonishingly, it has maintained this top spot for several years in a row. With fourth-generation (4G) phones now intensifying the competition between foreign and domestic smartphone makers in the Korean telecommunications market, what is for certain is that more Koreans will come to possess ubiquitous ``smart (phone) power” in the palm of their hands.
But are smartphones making us smarter? A cursory glance, unfortunately, suggests ``no.” More often than not, people on the Metro are found using ``smartphones” to watch ``idiot boxes” ― a Western euphemism to mean the television.
The issue, however, is not whether or not foreigners would be judgmental of Koreans. It is neither whether Koreans have the right to relieve themselves from work-related stress through phones. The issue is that the (ab) use of smartphones seems to come at the detriment of reading.
According to the NOP World Culture Score Index survey, Korea was found to have the lowest adult reading time among 30 countries, including OECD countries. It was a mere 3.1 hours a week. Although this statistic is from a few years back, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the average weekly reading time of Korean adults in 2009 only amounted to 3.3 hours. The concern here is that less people seem to be reading on the Metro than a few years ago because of smartphones. If so, the hope is that Koreans are making up for this lost time by reading elsewhere.
One way out of this conundrum may by the wider use of tablet PCs ― the large-screen version of smartphones, originally developed to compete with e-readers, such as the Kindle. In this way, Koreans can read e-books on the Metro without the hassle of having to heave around hardcopies. But to date, despite the widespread use of smart phones, tablet PCs and e-readers have not caught on in Korea. Is this a symptom or cause of low levels of reading felt on the Metro? The few such devices this author did spot were being used to read comics!
3. information soceity change our whole life even gift that for kids. Our nextgeneration certainly samrt more than our. Development of IT change everythings.
4.CHICAGO ― Two-year-old Marcelina Doleglo walked straight up to the Dora the Explorer game playing on an iMac at the Oakbrook, Illinois, Center Apple Store, set her Barbie doll down on the table and wrapped her tiny hand around the computer mouse.
But no matter how expertly the toddler clicked through the cartoon adventures, her mother, Agnieszka Doleglo, wasn’t about to buy the $1,199 unit for a child who still fusses every day at naptime.
“Right now, she’s definitely too small. She would drop it and break it, probably,” said Doleglo, who added that she would reconsider when Marcelina is older ― perhaps 5 or 6.
Oh, how holiday shopping has changed in an era of technologically savvy kids.
Forget new bicycles, hula hoops and telescopes; even Nintendo Wii’s and Microsoft Xboxes have fallen lower on this season’s wish lists. According to a Nielsen study released last month, 31 percent of kids ages 6 to 12 want an Apple iPad, more than all other electronics this year. Computers and the iPod Touch tie for the next most requested devices, at 29 percent.
Those who study the retail industry and technology say kids’ desires for big-ticket electronics are not surprising, given the way gadgets have evolved ― with applications specifically designed for children as young as 3 ― in recent years.
1. Park Cheong Mi
ReplyDelete2. Already?
3. These days smart goods are pouring. I start to using smart phone, twitter and facebook recetly and study it. However, other goods appear. What is Apple's tablet PC? Now people tell each other about it. I starting to study smart phone have to study it. I don't know how to use Apple's tablet PC and why it needs to our daily life. I feel hard to catch up with the speed of smart world. I scare it.
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South Korean telecom titan KT Corp. said Sunday that it will begin sales of Apple Inc.'s iPad on Nov. 30, amid looming competition in the burgeoning tablet PC market in South Korea.
KT, the exclusive local distributor of the iPhone, said in a release that it will roll out all six models of Apple's tablet PC from Nov. 30, noting it has received more than 40,000 pre-orders over the past week.
KT is South Korea's dominant fixed-line operator and the second-largest mobile carrier.
South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. released Samsung Electronics Co.'s contender, the Galaxy Tab, on Nov. 13, which sold more than 25,000 units here in about one week.
Samsung, which is eyeing sales of 1 million units of its first tablet computer in 2010, had shipped more than 600,000 Galaxy Tab computers to global mobile operators in some 30 countries as of Friday, according to company officials. The model was launched globally last month.
In South Korea, the 9.7-inch iPad with 16-gigabyte storage and cellular connectivity is priced at 784,000 won ($693). The 7-inch Galaxy Tab with the same features comes with a price tag of 995,000 won ($880).
(Yonhap News)
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1.LEE Hak Rin
ReplyDelete2.how would the relationship between The traditional Internet environment and social networks?
3. Naver is the biggest portal site in korea. However, because these days an increase in smart phone users, Of a traditional desktop environment, the Internet is also engaged in oppression.
I think that naver and many portal site like daum and nate has evolved in the form of coexistence about Social networks, rather than rejecting it.
We have found it very comfortable in dealing with social networks. Using the iPhone is not been out four months, but now I'm sure. This smart phone in my life have given comfort to many. And I can do a variety of Functional to my smart phones. I can call my parents and friends, in addition to a variety of information without regard to space and time are available.
Nowdays, Social networks have been flooded that societies across. I think we are feeling it. Internet companies to analyze usage patterns of smart phone users to configure and construct a good Internet experience structure will want you.
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Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough.
In a news conference in Seoul Tuesday, NHN, which operates Naver and the popular online gaining site, Hangame (www.hangame.com), announced a number of changes in the pipeline that may inject Naver with a Facebook-inspired mutation.
At the center of the strategies is ``Naver ME,’’ a new section of the website that will be launched later this year, described as a personalized Web page that provides an one-stop access to media content, social networking services, blogs, instant messaging, e-mail and its ``N-drive’’ online storage services.
Another feature will be ``Naver Talk,’’ a chatting application that allows users to communicate instantly over personal computers and mobile phones and also share multimedia files and location-based information, such a digital maps, or basically, ``Twitter on steroids.’’
Naver’s success in the Internet business in the past decade has been based on the three pillars of search, personalized web services and user-generated content. We believe social media will provide the fourth pillar,’’ Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is also planning to introduce a mobile application for the users of smartphones like the Apple iPhone and devices powered by the Google-backed Android operating system.
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun
ReplyDelete2. Is social networking trap catching Naver?
3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough.
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Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Naver’s success in the Internet business in the past decade has been based on the three pillars of search, personalized web services and user-generated content. We believe social media will provide the fourth pillar,’’ Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is also planning to introduce a mobile application for the users of smartphones like the Apple iPhone and devices powered by the Google-backed Android operating system.
The tentatively-named ``Naver Mobile Search App’’ will include functions such as the mobile version of Naver’s question-and-answer search services, voice search, which is to compete with Google’s existing service, barcode scanning that is designed for use in shopping outlets and also a function to identify unknown music.
With intriguing products like the iPhone and Samsung Electronics Galaxy S introduced in waves, smartphones are going mass market here, and the trend appears to be fuelled further by the public’s increasing appetite for social media.
It remains to be seen whether Naver’s renewed commitment toward social media will be enough to woo mobile Internet users who have been happy to use the products from globally-present companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter on the smartphones as they discover that there is indeed life beyond Naver.
And there have been debates over the past year over whether Naver has ceased to be interesting, with critics questioning its ability to adjust its desktop-oriented business model to match the behavior of mobile Internet users.
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users.
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun
ReplyDelete2. Is social networking trap catching Naver?
3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough.
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Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Naver’s success in the Internet business in the past decade has been based on the three pillars of search, personalized web services and user-generated content. We believe social media will provide the fourth pillar,’’ Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is also planning to introduce a mobile application for the users of smartphones like the Apple iPhone and devices powered by the Google-backed Android operating system.
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users.
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun
ReplyDelete2. Is social networking trap catching Naver?
3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough.
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Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Naver’s success in the Internet business in the past decade has been based on the three pillars of search, personalized web services and user-generated content. We believe social media will provide the fourth pillar,’’ Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is also planning to introduce a mobile application for the users of smartphones like the Apple iPhone and devices powered by the Google-backed Android operating system.
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users.
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun
ReplyDelete2. Is social networking trap catching Naver?
3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough.
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Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Naver’s success in the Internet business in the past decade has been based on the three pillars of search, personalized web services and user-generated content. We believe social media will provide the fourth pillar,’’ Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users.
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun
ReplyDelete2. Is social networking trap catching Naver?
3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough.
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Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Naver’s success in the Internet business in the past decade has been based on the three pillars of search, personalized web services and user-generated content. We believe social media will provide the fourth pillar,’’ Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users.
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun
ReplyDelete2. Is social networking trap catching Naver?
3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough.
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Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Naver’s success in the Internet business in the past decade has been based on the three pillars of search, personalized web services and user-generated content. We believe social media will provide the fourth pillar,’’ Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users.
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun
ReplyDelete2. Is social networking trap catching Naver?
3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough.
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Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Naver’s success in the Internet business in the past decade has been based on the three pillars of search, personalized web services and user-generated content. We believe social media will provide the fourth pillar,’’ Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users.
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun
ReplyDelete2. Is social networking trap catching Naver?
3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough.
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Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Naver’s success in the Internet business in the past decade has been based on the three pillars of search, personalized web services and user-generated content. We believe social media will provide the fourth pillar,’’ Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users.
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun
ReplyDelete2. Is social networking trap catching Naver?
3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough.
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Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users.
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun
ReplyDelete2. Is social networking trap catching Naver?
3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough.
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Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users.
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun
ReplyDelete2. Is social networking trap catching Naver?
3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough.
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Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users.
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun
ReplyDelete2. Is social networking trap catching Naver?
3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough.
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Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users.
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun
ReplyDelete2. Is social networking trap catching Naver?
3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough.
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Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users.
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629
1. Kim heejun
ReplyDelete2. Is social networking trap catching Naver?
3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough.
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Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users.
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun
ReplyDelete2. Is social networking trap catching Naver?
3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough.
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Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users.
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2010/11/133_73629.html
1. Kim heejun
ReplyDelete2. Is social networking trap catching Naver?
3. Naver (www.naver.com), the country’s most popular website, has been witnessing its dominance dwindle as the Internet moves increasingly toward mobile devices. However, the local search giant has no intentions to remain only as the aging king of the desktop Internet and is preparing to bet heavily on mobile communications and social networking as it aims for a mobile Internet breakthrough.
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Rhee Ram, head of NHN’s web portal business strategies division, expressed confidence that Naver will adjust to an environment where an increasing number of users are connecting to the Internet over mobile devices other than personal computers. The revamped Naver will allow the website a better way to exploit its wealth in user-generated content, accumulated from its immensely popular blogging and online community platforms and its question-and-answer search service.
The increasing popularity of Naver’s Me2Day, a Twitter-like service that enables users to broadcast their real-time status over computers and mobile phones, also inspires confidence, Rhee said.
``Our pool of users and content are what provides us our most distinctive edge, and we are committed to providing an easier and more efficient way to connect people with information and people with people. This will result in a differentiated social media service that could change the way people consume information, while also help our mainstream search service by increasing the relevancy of its results.’’
Naver is not the only Korean website that is planning new services geared toward social networking. SK Communications, the operator of the hugely popluar Cyworld (www.cyworld.com) social networking service, which has more than 25 million users, recently revealed ``C-log, that could be roughly described as a short-messaging version of Cyworld.
Daum (www.daum.net) is also expected to announce plans later this week to redesign its main page with a social networking touch, aiming to make it easier for users to stay in touch with friends and share content. Daum also pushes its own social media services, such as ``Place’’ and ``Yozm,’’ that are tailored for smartphone users.
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ReplyDelete1. Kim Min Su
ReplyDelete2. Teen hooked on e-games kills mom
3. Most korean have enjoyed computer games (specially teenagers) a few year ago. But today's someone of them simply not 'enjoy' computer games. Korean news are often report side-effect of computer games like heart attack, killing, fraud etc. Actually last semester I did simple speech about side-effect of computer games. That is - one couple who met through online game. Soon, they give birth to a baby but someday, they addicted to online game and neglected their baby for three days! (Baby was found dead) I like computer games, but I can't play computer games 'cause I know that it break my life balance. However today game addicts are often seen and they don't think about that. Maybe, this problem will get worse year by year 'cause the human ethics can't meet the development of internet - It is really serious.
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A 15-year-old boy, after being scolded by his mother, apparently for being addicted to violent Internet games, killed her and then committed suicide, police said Tuesday.“I was scolded by my mother because I played Internet games too much and I did something that I should not have done,” the boy said in a suicide note. “I’m sorry.”
The 43-year-old mother was found dead on her bed in the house in Daeyeon-dong, Busan, by her daughter at 7 a.m. Tuesday. The daughter called the police; they found that the boy had hung himself on a pipe on the balcony. Given the bruises on the woman’s face and scratches on her neck, police suspect that the son had beaten and strangled her.
The boy’s younger sister said to police: “He was often absorbed in playing Internet games and used to stay up several nights doing it. I also heard my mother and brother having a fight last night [because of the games]. When I woke up, I found my mother dead.”
According to the police investigation, the boy had argued with his mother whenever she urged him not to play the games. The sister said that since he started middle school, the boy frequently beat his mother when he had conflicts with her about playing the games. Police said the game the boy was most absorbed in was a shooting game.
According to police, the boy’s father left the family to do business in China when the boy was young. The boy’s mother worked in a photo studio to support the family. The grandmother said the boy’s addiction to the games began when his father left.
Meanwhile, police in Jincheon, South Chungcheong, said yesterday that a 2-month-old baby girl died while her mother was playing computer games.
Police said the mother fed her daughter at 9 p.m. and kept her in a baby walker while she played the game in the next room until 2 a.m. The mother took her daughter to the nearest hospital, but she was already dead. Police said they are investigating the mother to determine the exact cause of the baby’s death.
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ReplyDelete1. Kim Ye Seul
ReplyDelete2. Now we are not just consumer
3. In the past, TV viewer is just consumer. They didn't choose the information provided by TV. TV and broadcasting station provide the information and contents unilaterally. But now viewer's role is chagned. They are no longer mere consumers. A typical example is UCC. UCC is contents that is made by general users who are not expert or contents provider. Unlike seperated between producer and consumer, consumer can make new contents. Developing the information technique, making UCC and providing UCC are easier.
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Korea-based video-sharing portal Pandora TV said yesterday it has begun selling user-created content online. The company said it launched "My PC Download" service to allow Web surfers to buy and sell video content.
To date, video content has been sold only by movie and broadcasting productions.
They did not comment on why anyone would pay for UCC when it is free on such sites as youtube.co.kr
Not surprisingly, no other company in the world has tried selling user created content online.
Regardless of the size of the file and playing time, the fee for downloading is 100 won per file in general resolution, and 200 won in high resolution.
Users who upload their videos can choose whether or not to sell the content.
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1.Yun Yeon Jung
ReplyDelete2.More automakers building smartphone-like systems into their cars
3.Whenever I watched SF movies especially, when I was young, I always looked at movies in admiration. Especially, smartcar did. In SF movies, every car has fantastic smart functions. But, soon, It can be real. Many automakers building smartphone-like systems into their cars. They are trying to invent more 'smart' car. But It will have problems as well I think. I think it is good idea but, really drivers can concentrate their driving fully? Sometimes surely, they feel annoyed or confusing when they drive.
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In order to attract consumers who want to use smartphones while they drive, automobile companies are keen on making cars equipped with smartphone-like devices.
A growing number of automakers are producing "infotainment" systems that put touchscreens, and the ability to talk and text, right into the *dashboard. The word "infotainment" is a combination of information and entertainment.
In the near future, a large number of new cars are expected to come out *equipped with the ability to update Facebook statuses by voice and even *surf the Web from the drivers` seat.
However, it is still unclear whether these devices could be used without any danger. Some say that while *hands-free devices remove part of the danger from using cell phones while people drive, it remains to be seen how such devices are going to be used.
Ford has been a leader in the field with its Sync and MyFord Touch system, in which phones, MP3 players, radio and navigation tools all can be run by voice or by using an in-dash LCD screen.
Microsoft and Kia Motors have teamed up to produce UVO, which is short for "Your Voice." It`s a touchscreen and voice-*enabled system that allows drivers to make calls, send text messages, change radio stations and play music files. The system is currently gaining huge popularity in the United States.
UVO features a 4.3-inch dashboard screen, about the same size as a large smartphone screen.
By Kim Eun-jung and news reports
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1.Yun Yeon Jung
ReplyDelete2.More automakers building smartphone-like systems into their cars
3.Whenever I watched SF movies especially, when I was young, I always looked at movies in admiration. Especially, smartcar did. In SF movies, every car has fantastic smart functions. But, soon, It can be real. Many automakers building smartphone-like systems into their cars. They are trying to invent more 'smart' car. But It will have problems as well I think. I think it is good idea but, really drivers can concentrate their driving fully? Sometimes surely, they feel annoyed or confusing when they drive.
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In order to attract consumers who want to use smartphones while they drive, automobile companies are keen on making cars equipped with smartphone-like devices.
A growing number of automakers are producing "infotainment" systems that put touchscreens, and the ability to talk and text, right into the *dashboard. The word "infotainment" is a combination of information and entertainment.
In the near future, a large number of new cars are expected to come out *equipped with the ability to update Facebook statuses by voice and even *surf the Web from the drivers` seat.
However, it is still unclear whether these devices could be used without any danger. Some say that while *hands-free devices remove part of the danger from using cell phones while people drive, it remains to be seen how such devices are going to be used.
Ford has been a leader in the field with its Sync and MyFord Touch system, in which phones, MP3 players, radio and navigation tools all can be run by voice or by using an in-dash LCD screen.
Microsoft and Kia Motors have teamed up to produce UVO, which is short for "Your Voice." It`s a touchscreen and voice-*enabled system that allows drivers to make calls, send text messages, change radio stations and play music files. The system is currently gaining huge popularity in the United States.
UVO features a 4.3-inch dashboard screen, about the same size as a large smartphone screen.
By Kim Eun-jung and news reports
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ReplyDelete1. KIM JIO
ReplyDelete2. The army with SNS
3. Many of my friends has been going to army. The most recent one is now just private. (Super misery) Some days ago I've got a SNS message from him. Now a day, It's not a surprise that a soldier use internet in army. They visit 'Cyber information room (we call Cy-ji-bang) to use internet. The news tell me US air force warn Facebook may reveal location, In matter of fact, Cyworld is worse. I saw a lot of photos of soldiers with camp on his background. How the took those pictures? Mysterious
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US Air Force warns Facebook 'may reveal location'
The US Air Force has warned its troops that using Facebook and other social networking sites could inadvertently reveal their location to the enemy.
The warning, posted on an internal website and sent to commanders, concerns new technology allowing users to pinpoint their location on the map.
It said careless use could have "devastating operations security and privacy implications".
The US Army is set to send a similar warning to its troops.
Air Force officials are concerned that troops using BlackBerrys and other devices with GPS capabilities could reveal their location to internet services with geo-location features - Facebook, Foursquare and others - and that the enemy could discover their location, the Associated Press reported.
On most of those sites, users can adjust privacy settings to enable or disable the geo-location features.
The US has about 95,000 troops in Afghanistan and 50,000 in Iraq.
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1. Lee Bo Ok
ReplyDelete2. NCSI
3. Sometimes I think that korean netizen is very awesome.
For example, we read a article that not mention their name. A little later, we can find that who the person is. Because NCSI track those people's personal information. This is funny.
But it cause problem too. It can harm the wrong person or invasion of privacy.
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The “Netizen Crime Scene Investigation” phenomenon
All of this was done without the use of any illegal hacking programs, and the feat was attributed to the power of a new internet phenomenon, and what is now nicknamed the NCSI (Netizen Crime Scene Investigation).
South Korea is a unique case, at least in the sense that in other countries, especially America, the personal lives and other breaking news of celebrities are found through professional paparazzis and news agencies. However, South Korea, being one of the strongest IT nations in the world, puts netizens at the front of the investigations.
Netizens have made headlines on more than one occasion lately, and mostly for their ultra-fast pace in finding information. They are able to solve cases before police investigations even know where to start, making the confessions made by celebrities seem like child’s play.
A representative of a security enterprise stated, “As long as you’re skilled in making searches, finding personal information on a specific person isn’t that hard. People use their name, age, gender, and phone number without any suspicion online. All you need is one of those pieces, and it’s easy to gather all of the scattered data.”
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1.Mintae Kim
ReplyDelete2.Top judge says Internet'could kill jury system'
3. The Internet-the most comfortable facility of civilisation-has been regarded as a tool of the realisation of human beings' Utopia by free sharing people's ideas. However, the merit of the Internet threatens justice which is quite crucial to actualise an ideal land. By using the web and noticing the case, jurors violate a principle of the presumption of innocence, which makes people consider suspect as criminal. When the person under suspicion is found not guilty, others still believe him as a criminal, that is, the Internet creates another witch hunting. Ergo, people need to re-think about harmfulness of the net without recklessly trusting that it is beneficial.
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Earlier this year a judge in Manchester had to dismiss a jury and restart a trial, The Sun reported, after a juror went onto her Facebook page, gave details of a trial and asked friends: "Did he do it?"
Lord Judge, who is the most senior judge in England and Wales, said it was too easy for campaigners to bombard Twitter with messages in a bid to put pressure on jurors who might be looking at it.
Lord Judge added: "We cannot accept that the use of the internet, or rather its misuse, should be acknowledged and treated as an ineradicable fact of life, or that a Nelsonian blind eye should be turned to it or the possibility that it is happening.
"If it is not addressed, the misuse of the internet represents a threat to the jury system which depends, and rightly depends, on evidence provided in court which the defendant can hear and if necessary challenge."
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1. Jung Jae Hoon
ReplyDelete2. Smartphones and idiot boxes
3. Today, It is fashionable to have a smartphone now. So Many people spend too much time in smartphone. And they carry smartphone at all times. As a result, they don't have time to read. always, they depend upon the smartphones for daily life. smartphone users can't live without smartphone. Smartphone make people fool.
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With the widespread use of smartphones, this means that Koreans can do much more than just talk while roaming the deep conduits of Seoul’s underbelly. They can engage in a whole array of tasks on the internet, such as checking their emails and ``homepys,” searching for nearby cafes and restaurants, or updating themselves with the latest global news and stock market developments.
According to the OECD, Korea has the highest rate of households with broadband access in the world (as of July 2010). It is a staggering 95.9 percent, including broadband access through cell phones. More astonishingly, it has maintained this top spot for several years in a row. With fourth-generation (4G) phones now intensifying the competition between foreign and domestic smartphone makers in the Korean telecommunications market, what is for certain is that more Koreans will come to possess ubiquitous ``smart (phone) power” in the palm of their hands.
But are smartphones making us smarter? A cursory glance, unfortunately, suggests ``no.” More often than not, people on the Metro are found using ``smartphones” to watch ``idiot boxes” ― a Western euphemism to mean the television.
The issue, however, is not whether or not foreigners would be judgmental of Koreans. It is neither whether Koreans have the right to relieve themselves from work-related stress through phones. The issue is that the (ab) use of smartphones seems to come at the detriment of reading.
According to the NOP World Culture Score Index survey, Korea was found to have the lowest adult reading time among 30 countries, including OECD countries. It was a mere 3.1 hours a week. Although this statistic is from a few years back, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the average weekly reading time of Korean adults in 2009 only amounted to 3.3 hours. The concern here is that less people seem to be reading on the Metro than a few years ago because of smartphones. If so, the hope is that Koreans are making up for this lost time by reading elsewhere.
One way out of this conundrum may by the wider use of tablet PCs ― the large-screen version of smartphones, originally developed to compete with e-readers, such as the Kindle. In this way, Koreans can read e-books on the Metro without the hassle of having to heave around hardcopies. But to date, despite the widespread use of smart phones, tablet PCs and e-readers have not caught on in Korea. Is this a symptom or cause of low levels of reading felt on the Metro? The few such devices this author did spot were being used to read comics!
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1. Jung Jae Hoon
ReplyDelete2. Smartphones and idiot boxes
3. Today, It is fashionable to have a smartphone now. So Many people spend too much time in smartphone. And they carry smartphone at all times. As a result, they don't have time to read. always, they depend upon the smartphones for daily life. smartphone users can't live without smartphone. Smartphone make people fool.
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With the widespread use of smartphones, this means that Koreans can do much more than just talk while roaming the deep conduits of Seoul’s underbelly. They can engage in a whole array of tasks on the internet, such as checking their emails and ``homepys,” searching for nearby cafes and restaurants, or updating themselves with the latest global news and stock market developments.
According to the OECD, Korea has the highest rate of households with broadband access in the world (as of July 2010). It is a staggering 95.9 percent, including broadband access through cell phones. More astonishingly, it has maintained this top spot for several years in a row. With fourth-generation (4G) phones now intensifying the competition between foreign and domestic smartphone makers in the Korean telecommunications market, what is for certain is that more Koreans will come to possess ubiquitous ``smart (phone) power” in the palm of their hands.
But are smartphones making us smarter? A cursory glance, unfortunately, suggests ``no.” More often than not, people on the Metro are found using ``smartphones” to watch ``idiot boxes” ― a Western euphemism to mean the television.
The issue, however, is not whether or not foreigners would be judgmental of Koreans. It is neither whether Koreans have the right to relieve themselves from work-related stress through phones. The issue is that the (ab) use of smartphones seems to come at the detriment of reading.
According to the NOP World Culture Score Index survey, Korea was found to have the lowest adult reading time among 30 countries, including OECD countries. It was a mere 3.1 hours a week. Although this statistic is from a few years back, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the average weekly reading time of Korean adults in 2009 only amounted to 3.3 hours. The concern here is that less people seem to be reading on the Metro than a few years ago because of smartphones. If so, the hope is that Koreans are making up for this lost time by reading elsewhere.
One way out of this conundrum may by the wider use of tablet PCs ― the large-screen version of smartphones, originally developed to compete with e-readers, such as the Kindle. In this way, Koreans can read e-books on the Metro without the hassle of having to heave around hardcopies. But to date, despite the widespread use of smart phones, tablet PCs and e-readers have not caught on in Korea. Is this a symptom or cause of low levels of reading felt on the Metro? The few such devices this author did spot were being used to read comics!
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2010/10/197_73910.html
1. Jung Jae Hoon
ReplyDelete2. Smartphones and idiot boxes
3. Today, It is fashionable to have a smartphone now. So Many people spend too much time in smartphone. And they carry smartphone at all times. As a result, they don't have time to read. always, they depend upon the smartphones for daily life. smartphone users can't live without smartphone. Smartphone make people fool.
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With the widespread use of smartphones, this means that Koreans can do much more than just talk while roaming the deep conduits of Seoul’s underbelly. They can engage in a whole array of tasks on the internet, such as checking their emails and ``homepys,” searching for nearby cafes and restaurants, or updating themselves with the latest global news and stock market developments.
According to the OECD, Korea has the highest rate of households with broadband access in the world (as of July 2010). It is a staggering 95.9 percent, including broadband access through cell phones. More astonishingly, it has maintained this top spot for several years in a row. With fourth-generation (4G) phones now intensifying the competition between foreign and domestic smartphone makers in the Korean telecommunications market, what is for certain is that more Koreans will come to possess ubiquitous ``smart (phone) power” in the palm of their hands.
But are smartphones making us smarter? A cursory glance, unfortunately, suggests ``no.” More often than not, people on the Metro are found using ``smartphones” to watch ``idiot boxes” ― a Western euphemism to mean the television.
The issue, however, is not whether or not foreigners would be judgmental of Koreans. It is neither whether Koreans have the right to relieve themselves from work-related stress through phones. The issue is that the (ab) use of smartphones seems to come at the detriment of reading.
According to the NOP World Culture Score Index survey, Korea was found to have the lowest adult reading time among 30 countries, including OECD countries. It was a mere 3.1 hours a week. Although this statistic is from a few years back, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the average weekly reading time of Korean adults in 2009 only amounted to 3.3 hours. The concern here is that less people seem to be reading on the Metro than a few years ago because of smartphones. If so, the hope is that Koreans are making up for this lost time by reading elsewhere.
One way out of this conundrum may by the wider use of tablet PCs ― the large-screen version of smartphones, originally developed to compete with e-readers, such as the Kindle. In this way, Koreans can read e-books on the Metro without the hassle of having to heave around hardcopies. But to date, despite the widespread use of smart phones, tablet PCs and e-readers have not caught on in Korea. Is this a symptom or cause of low levels of reading felt on the Metro? The few such devices this author did spot were being used to read comics!
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2010/10/197_73910.html
1.Im A hyeok
ReplyDelete2.Computers edging out toys on kids’ gift lists
3. information soceity change our whole life
even gift that for kids. Our nextgeneration certainly samrt more than our. Development of IT change everythings.
4.CHICAGO ― Two-year-old Marcelina Doleglo walked straight up to the Dora the Explorer game playing on an iMac at the Oakbrook, Illinois, Center Apple Store, set her Barbie doll down on the table and wrapped her tiny hand around the computer mouse.
But no matter how expertly the toddler clicked through the cartoon adventures, her mother, Agnieszka Doleglo, wasn’t about to buy the $1,199 unit for a child who still fusses every day at naptime.
“Right now, she’s definitely too small. She would drop it and break it, probably,” said Doleglo, who added that she would reconsider when Marcelina is older ― perhaps 5 or 6.
Oh, how holiday shopping has changed in an era of technologically savvy kids.
Forget new bicycles, hula hoops and telescopes; even Nintendo Wii’s and Microsoft Xboxes have fallen lower on this season’s wish lists. According to a Nielsen study released last month, 31 percent of kids ages 6 to 12 want an Apple iPad, more than all other electronics this year. Computers and the iPod Touch tie for the next most requested devices, at 29 percent.
Those who study the retail industry and technology say kids’ desires for big-ticket electronics are not surprising, given the way gadgets have evolved ― with applications specifically designed for children as young as 3 ― in recent years.
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