The Challenges of a Networked Society: Are We Really Being “Social”?

May 17, 2012 Comments Off by Vallabh

Growple is a platform that lets you challenge yourself and your friends to do anything. So you can do more by creating and initiating these challenges in real life, have fun while doing the challenges, store and share these small moments in life and finally make a difference.

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Instacanv.as: Buy Prints of Your and Other Artists’ Instagram Photos

May 14, 2012 Comments Off by Vallabh

With Instacanv.as, you can sign up to sell your Instagram art and then people looking for something for their walls can buy that art printed on stretched canvas.

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More Than 50% of Koreans Use Smartphones

May 14, 2012 Comments Off by Vallabh

More than half of South Korea’s mobile subscribers use smartphones. According to the three major telecom carriers, SK, KT and LG, the 3 major Telecom carriers in South Korea said more than fifty percent of their 50-million subscribers now use smartphones.

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YouTube Presents MBC K-Pop Concert in Mountain View, California

May 10, 2012 Comments Off by Vallabh

Share YouTube has teamed up with Korean broadcaster MBC to host a concert in the U.S. on Monday, May 21 featuring some of the top K-Pop acts. YouTube Presents MBC K-Pop Concert, will be held at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA and will start at 7pm PT. The line-up includes several groups such as [...]

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Samsung Electronics Acquires Mobile Music and Entertainment Startup mSpot

May 10, 2012 Comments Off by Vallabh

South Korean tech major Samsung Electronics has acquired mSpot, a mobile cloud-based content service provider based in Palo Alto, California.

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AWS re:Invent 2012 – Call for Presentations

May 10, 2012 Comments Off

Amazon Web Services’ first global customer and partner conference, AWS re:Invent 2012 is scheduled from November 27 – 29, 2012 at The Venetian in Las Vegas, US.

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Indonesian Startup Gobann Co-founded by Seoul National University Senior Shawn Byun

May 08, 2012 Comments Off

Gobann is an online marketplace, based in Indonesia for entrepreneurs, freelancers, and even professionals, to trade creative talents at a fixed price of Rupiah 50,000. Shawn Byun who was born in Korea and was brought up in Indonesia answers a few questions about their entrepreneurial venture. Shawn has also co-founded an application developing team called Tangible Idea that has developed South Korea’s first mentoring application, MEEPLE, derived from MEEting and PLacE (or peoPLE).

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2012 Start-up scene in South Korea

May 02, 2012 Comments Off

As there are more and more startup companies diving into the global market, a lot of large firms from all over the world are paying attention to them. We at beSUCCESS give you a glimpse into the South Korean startup ecosystem by sharing of 3 successful Korean startups.

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Don’t Find The VC, Let The VC Find You

Apr 30, 2012 Comments Off

Soumitra Sharma who is part of the Investments Team at IDG Ventures India, a US$ 150 million venture capital fund focused on investing in Indian technology and technology-enabled businesses shares his thoughts and advice about fund raising from VC firms.

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Between by South Korean Startup VNVC Chosen Best Mobile App at The Next Web’s 2012 Conference

Apr 28, 2012 Comments Off

Between, an app by South Korean startup VNVC (Value Creators & Company) has been judged the best mobile app at The Next Web’s 2012 Conference in Amsterdam. ‘Between’ is a mobile service that provides a private community to share with your significant other. Between provides quick chat between couples, a photo album and message functions.

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