The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

SparkLabs , an accelerator program in South Korea that is bringing a Silicon Valley-like approach to the Asian country’s startup ecosystem, showcased its second batch of startups to investors at Demo Day today. iBabyBox (E-commerce/social network). An example of a targeted social network.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

We are the most active Twitter country in the world (measured by tweets per account) and the third most socially networked. Our population churns out 181 patents per million inhabitants ranking us #8 in the world – ahead of the US, South Korea and Norway. On both these indicators, the Netherlands ranks second worldwide.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 10, 2019

Over in South Korea, 100 million credit cards and 20 million bank accounts were comprised — all thanks to a single employee at the Korea Credit Bureau. And yet, many big businesses accepting online payments have been hacked, exposing users to vulnerabilities that could cost them their livelihoods.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 22, 2012

For example, there are five major markets where Facebook is not the top social network : China, Russia, South Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. While China and Russia are both huge markets, it’s doubtful that their revenue per user will be equal to the revenue per user in Europe or the United States.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

How They Do It : Operate a social network at Facebook.com, through Facebook’s mobile apps, and the Facebook Platform which lets other websites extend Facebook’s tools for authentication and social sharing. But places like Brazil and India are estimated at 20-30% and Japan and South Korea at <15%.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 29, 2023

They're, for the last year, there have been multiple parents actually youth class actions suing social networks for addicting kids and affecting their mental health. It's a sh basically restricts how much time kids can spend on social networks. They've experimented with lots of systems.

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