North Korea Tech » Google http://www.northkoreatech.org Tue, 30 Dec 2014 04:52:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 Sony puts ‘The Interview’ online http://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/12/25/sony-puts-the-interview-online/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/12/25/sony-puts-the-interview-online/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2014 18:36:21 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=6727
What a difference a week makes. The Christmas Day release of “The Interview” is back on and Sony has already begun offering the movie online. The movie, a comedy in which two TV reporters embark on a secret mission to kill Kim Jong Un, appeared on YouTube and Google Play on December 23 at 1pm ET.…
 
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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/12/25/sony-puts-the-interview-online/feed/ 2 North Korea Tech South Korea’s Daum launches North Korean mapping service http://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/08/30/south-koreas-daum-launches-north-korean-mapping-service/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/08/30/south-koreas-daum-launches-north-korean-mapping-service/#comments Sat, 30 Aug 2014 13:27:06 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=6493
Daum has launched a North Korean mapping service, becoming the first South Korean portal to offer maps of the country’s northern neighbor. The maps are based on data from South Korea’s National Geographic Information Institute (NGII) and, according to local media, provide greater coverage of North Korea than Google Maps. You can check the maps out for…
 
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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/08/30/south-koreas-daum-launches-north-korean-mapping-service/feed/ 1 North Korea Tech North Korea driving instructions come to Google Maps http://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/05/28/north-korea-driving-instructions-come-to-google-maps/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/05/28/north-korea-driving-instructions-come-to-google-maps/#comments Wed, 28 May 2014 03:52:00 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=6139
North Korea has strict controls on internal movement, a scarcity of private car ownership and almost no Internet users. And now it’s also got satellite navigation through Google Maps. The service is available through the web and mobile apps and allows users to calculate travel time by car or foot between points of interest in the…
 
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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/05/28/north-korea-driving-instructions-come-to-google-maps/feed/ 14 North Korea Tech Lost phone found in Pyongyang? http://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/02/28/lost-phone-found-in-pyongyang/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/02/28/lost-phone-found-in-pyongyang/#comments Fri, 28 Feb 2014 14:29:28 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=5803
A smartphone that was lost in South Korea has apparently surfaced in Pyongyang. A South Korean Internet used posted a screenshot from Google’s Android Device Manager that shows the phone on Sungri Street (승리거리) in Pyongyang. The page says the location accuracy is 75 meters. Curtis Melvin, author of North Korea Economy Watch and authority…
 
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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/02/28/lost-phone-found-in-pyongyang/feed/ 3 North Korea Tech Google on North Korean maps http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/05/18/google-on-north-korean-maps/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/05/18/google-on-north-korean-maps/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 18:55:44 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=4719
The recent addition of North Korea to Google’s Maps service made up a small part of the company’s presentation to developers at its annual conference on Wednesday. Brian McClendon, vice president of Google Maps, spoke about adding data and what it meant during at keynote speech at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco. North…
 
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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/05/18/google-on-north-korean-maps/feed/ 1 North Korea Tech Schmidt’s Washington speech on North Korea, Internet and dictatorships http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/05/13/schmidts-washington-speech-on-north-korea-internet-and-dictatorships/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/05/13/schmidts-washington-speech-on-north-korea-internet-and-dictatorships/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 05:01:02 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=4707
Google has posted video of Eric Schmidt’s remarks at the recent “Big Tent” event in Washington, D.C. The Google-organized events act as idea summits and have been running for about three years and the D.C. event took place on April 26. During his speech, the chairman of Google talked about North Korea and the impact…
 
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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/05/13/schmidts-washington-speech-on-north-korea-internet-and-dictatorships/feed/ 0 North Korea Tech Eric Schmidt and the North Korean Internet dilemma http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/04/23/eric-schmidt-and-the-north-korean-internet-dilemma/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/04/23/eric-schmidt-and-the-north-korean-internet-dilemma/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:04:12 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=4565 Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has said a little bit more about his January trip to Pyongyang. [Updated: see below] The “private, humanitarian” mission, as Schmidt termed it, surprised many and saw him turn up in Pyongyang with his daughter Sophie Schmidt, Jared Cohen, head of the Google Ideas think tank, former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson and Kun “Tony”…
 
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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/04/23/eric-schmidt-and-the-north-korean-internet-dilemma/feed/ 6 YouTube zaps another Uriminzokkiri video http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/02/21/youtube-zaps-another-uriminzokkiri-video/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/02/21/youtube-zaps-another-uriminzokkiri-video/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:32:13 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=4154 Another Uriminzokkiri video has been removed from YouTube for copyright infringement. This time it’s a propaganda video that borrowed its soundtrack from the video game “The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.” The takedown, confirmed by a message when users attempt to access the clip, comes just two weeks after a previous propaganda video was removed after…
 
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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/02/21/youtube-zaps-another-uriminzokkiri-video/feed/ 2 Schmidt’s Internet message “well received,” says Richardson http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/02/03/schmidts-internet-message-well-received-says-richardson/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/02/03/schmidts-internet-message-well-received-says-richardson/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2013 18:33:33 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=4033
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt’s message on the importance of embracing the Internet was “well received” in Pyongyang, according to Bill Richardson, a former governor of New Mexico. Richardson, writing in The Washington Post on Friday, invited Schmidt to accompany him on a private trip to North Korea in January. During the trip, the delegation met with…
 
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]]> http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/02/03/schmidts-internet-message-well-received-says-richardson/feed/ 1 North Korea Tech Google Maps adds data on North Korea http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/01/29/google-maps/ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2013/01/29/google-maps/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 06:29:31 +0000 http://www.northkoreatech.org/?p=3993 Google’s on a bit of a North Korean kick at the moment. Just weeks after its chairman, Eric Schmidt, made a high-profile visit to Pyongyang, the company has added additional detail about the county to Google Maps. Roads, subway stations, parks and some major monuments and buildings are on the new map, which became available…
 
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