Naver Office and Movie Recommendations No Longer Available... Service Ending Due to Declining Users

Naver Office Service Ends Previous Day
Nakao Reduces Movie Information
Hancom Ends Supply and Technical Support for Hangul OCX Control

IT companies, including Naver and Kakao, are undergoing service revamps. This appears to be a response to declining user or market influence.

According to industry sources on the 28th, Naver Office service was terminated the day before. Access to the Office service is no longer possible, and functions such as Word, Slide (presentation), Cell (spreadsheet), and Form (survey) are also unavailable. Additionally, the service for document files in the Naver Office exclusive format has been discontinued.

Previously, on the 30th of last month, Naver planned to terminate the service but postponed the date by about a month for convenience. Naver is currently preparing a new survey service that can replace the existing Form function.

Naver Office service was easily accessible on the web and mobile without a separate installation program, but due to a decrease in users, the operation was eventually terminated. The web version was launched in September 2012, and the mobile version in July 2014.

Naver will also terminate its movie preference recommendation service starting from the 29th. This comes two years after its launch. The service recommended movies based on users clicking the 'Like' button on Naver Movies. Additionally, simply entering "movie recommendation" in the search bar would display the latest popular movies. It introduced various movies by recommending films tailored to preferences and adding a customized influencer recommendation feature. Naver stated, "We are terminating the preference recommendation service to provide better information in the future."

Kakao is also ending the Daum Movie service, which the portal Daum has operated for 23 years. The termination date is January 4th of next year. Movie information will continue to be provided through portal search by receiving data externally via KinoRites, an online video service (OTT) search company. However, the industry views the termination of the movie service as a cost-saving measure due to Daum's shrinking market influence.

Furthermore, Daum Mail will discontinue the 'Export Address Book - Select Frequently Contacted' feature starting January 3rd next year. Instead, since the 19th, it has offered a 'Recently Used Contacts' feature, which stores up to 30 addresses of recipients designated when sending mail for 30 days. Also, when selecting to export the address book, Daum Mail will maintain the function to select recipients from the address book.

Hancom will end the supply and technical support of the 'Hangul OCX Control' provided in Hangul Word Processor on the 31st. Hancom stated, "We will strengthen customer support by assigning dedicated hotline personnel."

The Hangul OCX Control is a feature that allows viewing, editing, and printing Hangul documents in various web services using ActiveX technology. ActiveX runs only on Internet Explorer, which is dependent on the Windows operating system, but due to security vulnerabilities, it is globally falling out of use.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.