News Roundup
2007/11/08 12:20The GSTAR2007 Korean game conference starts today and the Korea Times has a preview of the conference:
``Don't put your eggs in one basket'' is the Korean game companies' new catch phrase. Having learned from previous experiences about the danger of making a single, big investment in a blockbuster game, firms are opting for having a lineup of small, casual games that deal with diverse subjects such as life itself.
This week Google announced the Open Handset Alliance/Android platform. Korean participation in the project comes through LG and Samsung. Here's a New York Times profile of Andy Rubin the director of mobile platforms at Google that also gives the backstory on the development of the Danger/Sidekick device.
The CEO of Yahoo Korea was profiled in the Korea Times and reflects on his background in human-computer interaction while studying computer science at Yonsei University:
Rather, Kim thinks of himself more as an anthropologist, who studies the behavior of consumers and the relationship between humans and computers. Taking the job of representative director of Yahoo Korea this May, he believes that it is time for Korean Internet firms to turn their eyes to what the consumers really need from technology itself.
Also, I finally saw someone using their phone to conduct a video call. Last night I saw a highschool girl talking to someone using a videophone on the Number 3 subway line.
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