Google Acquires Korean Blogging Company

TNC, a Korea-based software company plus known as Tatter and Company, has been Googled, according to Chang Won-Kim, TNC’s cochief executive.

Chang announced Google’s acquisition of TNC, which occurred Friday, in his personal blog.

Chang, who shares the CEO title with TNC’s founder, Chester Roh, said he believes the reason for the acquisition is considering Google has very little market presence in Korea and Asia.

“We will commit ourselves to increasing Google’s market share in Korea,” Chang wrote.

South Korea is one of the top 10 countries in the world with the highest number of Web users, according to a June 30 update by World Wide Web World Stats. About 70 percent of Korea’s population is online, and Korea has the highest percentage (88 percent) of computer ownership in the world, according to The Nielsen Company.


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TNC, launched just two years ago, provides blogging software and services to 400,000-plus […]

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