CoronaVirus Internet News Korea’s Gaming And Internet Moguls See Fortunes Soar During Covid-19 Pandemic Bang Jun-hyuk, Netmarble KIM HONG-JI/REUTERS/NEWSCOM This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Korea’s Richest 2020. See the full list here. It’s business as usual at South Korean gaming company Nexon, which—considering the pandemic’s disruption of the global entertainment industry—is something to brag about. “We’re (still) able to make content and operate our games,” says Nexon’s […] Written by imesocial July 9, 2020July 9, 2020
Business Internet News Small Business Former High School Dropout Becomes Billionaire As Japan’s Internet Usage Soars Masatoshi Kumagai, founder and group chief executive officer of GMO Internet Group, speaks at the … [+] Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, July 11, 2014. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg Japan’s state of emergency over the novel coronavirus that requested people to remain at home has turned out to be a boon for […] Written by imesocial June 29, 2020June 29, 2020
Internet IT Technology These Young Entrepreneurs Have A Plan To Bring The Internet To Detroit, The Least Connected City In America Of the many cascading consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, one is the deepening digital divide between those who can readily pay for and access the Internet, and those who can’t. With Americans sheltering in place and working from home, households that have immediate access to the World Wide Web have an obvious advantage: they can […] Written by imesocial June 23, 2020June 23, 2020