건전한 온라인 만남에 대한 방도를 찾자 온라인으로 친구를 건전하게 사귈 방법이 없을까? 앱 시장의 활성화를 위해 진입 장벽을 낮춘 상태에서 스마트폰 랜덤 채팅이 성매매나 범죄 수단으로 악용되고 있기에 온라인 만남에 대한 부정적인 시각이 많다. 또한, 서로 맞지 않으면 일방적으로 관계를 단절하고 책임을 지지 않아도 된다는 ‘만남에 대한 가벼움’이 온라인 만남을 비판하는 주 요지이기도 하다. 실제로 상대방의 프로필을 보고 만남을 결정하는 대다수의 미팅 서비스의 ‘참을 수 없는 가벼움’은 관계의 지속성에 의문을 들게 할…

Editor’s note: 프로그래머이자 해커인 박상민님이 폴 그레이엄Paul Graham의 에세이 ‘해커와 화가’ 번역을 총 5회에 걸쳐 게재합니다. Y combinator를 창업한 폴 그레이엄은 Dropbox, Reddit, Airbnb등의 스타트업을 키워낸 대가로, 투자자이면서도 뛰어난 프로그래머이며 수필가로도 명성을 떨치고 있습니다. (원문 보기)  2003년 5월 나는 컴퓨터 사이언스로 대학원을 마치자마자 미대에 진학해 회화를 공부했다. 주변의 많은 사람들이 컴퓨터를 좋아하는 사람이 그림에도 관심이 있다는 사실에 놀랐다. 아마도 해킹과 미술이 완전히 다른 종류의 일이라고 생각하기 때문인듯 싶다. 해킹이 차갑고, 정밀하고 기술적인 일이라면…

iamschool is a Korean startup dedicated to improving communication within the often-outdated education market. With their tagline “Easier Communication, Better Education” the startup, run by parent firm iamcompany, believes that learning can be improved with improved communication and feedback mechanisms between students, parents and the educational institution. For this purpose, iamschool has developed a platform that enables these key stakeholders a means to communicate and collaborate, with the end goal of improving efficiency and…

Press Release, Seoul/San Francisco beSUCCESS, South Korea’s leading startup and technology media platform, will organize beGLOBAL conference on September 13, 2013 at Four Seasons Hotel, in Palo Alto, Silicon Valley. beSUCCESS, organizer of beLAUNCH, South Korea’s biggest tech startup conference aims to bridge the Asian and Silicon Valley startup ecosystems. The event will feature discussions from thought leaders and agitators from Asia and Silicon Valley, and will showcase 10 of the Asian start-ups…

NHN will invest a total of 100 billion won ($90 million) to launch a mutual growth fund that will help smaller local content providers and establish a sounder cyber ecosystem, the company said Monday. It is part of the firm’s set of measures introduced to ensure mutual growth with small IT firms and venture startups. Under the plan, the operator of the nation’s dominant Web portal Naver will spend 50 billion won…

Quick Heal Technologies, an Indian anti-virus and security software firm is preparing for an Initial Public Offering to scale its product offerings and global expansion reports The Economic Times. The current portfolio of Quick Heal includes cloud – based and advanced machine learning enabled security solutions, which offer security solutions that stop threats, attacks and malicious traffic.The solutions are indigenously developed in India. Quick Heal AntiVirus Solutions, Quick Heal Scan Engine and…

Through the beSUCCESS Korea Startup and Technology Weekly Roundup, we bring you major articles and posts related to the Korean startup and technology sectors from beSUCCESS as well as other media websites. The Korean startup ecosystem got a lot of online buzz this week, thanks to The Wall Street Journal article, ‘Startups Take Off in South Korea; Successful Entrepreneurs Reinvesting in Fledgling Companies’ North Korea’s tablet got a lot of attention too beSUCCESS: Startup…

JFDI’s 2nd program for 2013 is scheduled to start on 29 August and the first confirmed participating team is Vault Dragon, from Singapore. They will be joined by 10-12 other teams, drawn from over 1,400 individuals who registered interest. In exchange for a minority equity stake, every team will receive a package including $11,700 cash, mentoring valued at $117,000, technical and other vendor perks worth $234,000 and working space for the duration of…

The greatest web service announcement, “2013 IDEAS Show” was grandly held by Ministry of Economic Affairs and Institute for Information Industry at GIS NTU Convention Center on July 24-25. The first day was the conference and sessions of 3D makers and TV apps. There was also an Expo during this event, 60 booths including the areas of e-commerce, apps, O2O service and app advertising. And for the second day, the Demo Shows…

Editor’s Note: 실리콘벨리에서 벤처케피탈리스트로 활동중인 이호찬님은 많은 이들에게 실리콘 벨리와 그 안에서 호흡하는 VC의 일상을 보다 상세하고 현장감있게 전달하고자 실리콘벨리와 투자자의 이야기를 소설(픽션실리콘밸리) 형태로 연재하고 있습니다. 이호찬님의 픽션실리콘밸리는 beSUCCESS에서 주 1회 만나보실 수 있습니다.  서문 미국에서, 특히 실리콘밸리에서 회사가 설립되고, 펀딩을 받고, 여러 단계를 거치면서 주요 의사결정을 내리는 내용을 극화해서 알기 쉽고 생생하게 보여주고 싶다는 바램이 있었으나, 한동안 망설이다가 드디어 첫 서문을 시작하기로 했다. 이 글에 등장하는 사람이나 기업은 모두 가상이지만, 사실감을 주기 위해 내용에 전혀…

Memebox is Korea’s No. 1 beauty subscription commerce service that provides its customers with 5-6 beauty items every month for a nominal monthly fee of $15. Memebox aims to deliver the most exciting beauty experience to consumers in a one-stop service for beauty shopping. Now they are looking to expand their sights beyond the borders of their home country and establish themselves globally, starting first by entering the SE Asian market. Going…

Whether you are heading out to Itaewon for a night in town, going shopping on Garosu-Gil, or looking to get back to your hotel from a COEX event, Uber is just a touch of a button away. Within minutes, your private driver will come and whisk you away in style. The premium on-demand car service today officially launched in Seoul as its third Asian city to expand its presence in the region to,…

NE Asian messaging apps are the talk of the town with Japanese Line and Korean KakaoTalk reporting promising user acquisition and now Chinese WeChat (known as “Weixin” in China) rapidly expanding outside its native boarders. Chat app messaging last year overtook SMS texts as the preferred way to send text messages with a staggering 19 billion messages sent in 2012 compared to 17B SMS texts, according to research firm Informa. In the…

Could such a mundane and boring daily routine such as turning off your alarm and getting up in the morning be fun and engaging? Malang Studio, the creators of AlarmMon think so. AlarmMon is a gamified alarm app that aims to address the pain of getting out of bed in the morning by rewarding early risers with various in-app rewards through their favourite animation characters. Going global: Malang Studio recently accompanied beSUCCESS…

Through the beSUCCESS Korea Startup and Technology Weekly Roundup, we bring you major articles and posts related to the Korean startup and technology sectors from beSUCCESS as well as other media websites. beSUCCESS: Korean Firms controlled 42% of the Global Smart TV market in Q1 2013 beSUCCESS: [Part III] Cybersecurity Issues In Korea beSUCCESS: Global Ambitions For Korea’s No. 1 Mobile Ad Startup, AppDisco beSUCCESS: Professors and Students of South Korean Tech Universities to get Startup…

According to new research by Strategy Analytics, Samsung continues to hold the largest market share of global Smart TV shipments, occupying 26 percent of the market, as vendors attempt to combat falling average selling prices (ASPs) of Flat Panel TVs (FPTVs) by adding premium features that better match evolving viewing habits. The Strategy Analytics Consumer Home Devices (CHD) service report, “Global Smart TV Vendor Market Share Q1 2013,” indicates that global Smart…

Editor’s Note: 실리콘벨리에서 벤처케피탈리스트로 활동중인 이호찬님은 많은 이들에게 실리콘 벨리와 그 안에서 호흡하는 VC의 일상을 보다 상세하고 현장감있게 전달하고자 실리콘벨리와 투자자의 이야기를 소설(픽션실리콘밸리) 형태로 연재하고 있습니다. 이호찬님의 픽션실리콘밸리는 beSUCCESS에서 주 1회 만나보실 수 있습니다. 서문 미국에서, 특히 실리콘밸리에서 회사가 설립되고, 펀딩을 받고, 여러 단계를 거치면서 주요 의사결정을 내리는 내용을 극화해서 알기 쉽고 생생하게 보여주고 싶다는 바램이 있었으나, 한동안 망설이다가 드디어 첫 서문을 시작하기로 했다. 이 글에 등장하는 사람이나 기업은 모두 가상이지만, 사실감을 주기 위해 내용에 전혀…

지난 24일 역삼동 D.CAMP에서 ‘제3회 Inside the Founders’가 개최되었다. 이번 행사에는 모바일 보안 전문기업 에스이웍스(SEWORKS)의 홍민표 대표가 초대되어 “스타트업의 시간은 바로 돈이다.”라는 메시지를 전했다.   홍민표 대표는 현재 IT 보안 전문가가 모여 모바일 보안 솔루션을 제공하는 하이테크 스타트업인 SEWORKS의 대표직을 맡고 있다. 그들이 내놓은 유명한 보안 서비스로는 모바일 보안 위협으로부터의 앱 보호 서비스 메두사헤어와 스미싱 해킹으로부터 금전적 피해를 방어할 수 있는 스미싱가드가 있다. 이야기는 스트릿 파이터로서의 삶을 살아온 홍민표 대표의 유년기시절로 거슬러 올라가…

Does getting paid just to unlock your smartphone’s lock screen sound too good to be true? Not if you ask AppDisco, the maker of LatteScreen, a mobile app that places advertisements on your phone’s lock screen and rewards you for swiping through for more information but also for simply unlocking your phone. Regardless of whether they “click-through” or not, users get monetized to have LatteScreen installed on their Android phone and can…

*This is part III to the series on Korea’s cybersecurity issues. We all know that security is a vital investment for survival. In this article, I will cover: Issues involving China; Issues involving North Korea; Their implications; Evolution of cyberattacks, and APT; Korean government’s plans; and Reactions to those plans. For Korea, the biggest concerns are ‘Chinese and North Korean hackers’. Some may remember the attack on the U.S. by Chinese hackers who succeeded…