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44 days ago - Instant mobile messengers have remained the hottest ... korean tech scene since kakaotalk debuted in March 2010. kakaotalk's users now total 83 million worldwide and its strong rival Line, run by Korea's top portal site operator NHN, had its global users surpass 130 million recently, 19 months after NHN's Japanese unit launched it for Japanese users. The two are expecting higher figures when it comes to number of user

51 days ago - Korea's favorite messaging app, kakaotalk, ... kakaotalk, has evolved tremendously since we first wrote about it. Nearly ubiquitous in Korea, kakaotalk has transformed into a full mobile platform that supports a whole ecosystem of apps. According to VentureBeat, deve

59 days ago - If you receive a kakaotalk reply from the opposite ... kakaotalk reply from the opposite sex within nine minutes, there's a good chance the sender is attracted to you. An analysis performed by the free app Textat of kakaotalk conversations from 92,419 men and women in their teens, 20s and 30s put the average response time for a man at nine minutes given "immense" attraction to a female conversation partner. For women, that

143 days ago - Korea's three mobile carriers, which have been threatened ... kakaotalk and Line, have joined hands to launch a next-generation mobile communication platform called joyn. The collaborative move indicates that the mobile service providers have determined to give up thei

150 days ago - Cultural content and IT products continued to be favorites ... Cultural content and IT products continued to be favorites in Samsung Economic Research Institute's annual top 10 list of consumer favorites.The 2012 list gleaned from experts and 19,701 Internet survey respondents evenly split services and products

185 days ago - Kim Bum-soo, the 46 year-old co-founder of the nation's ... kakaotalk, has never settled for anything even with the success that he has enjoyed over the years. He still remains thirsty for finding new business opportunities and the latest interest of his is healing mental health. Kim goal is to h

211 days ago - 4minute, Hyuna, Comeback Hyuna 2nd Mini Album 'Melted' ... ideo teaser made this comeback become Rated 19+ for Hyuna and her company, CUBE Entertainment

228 days ago - Every once in a while, the K-entertainment rumor mill ... idst the tumult of raging late-adolescent hormones, schedules packed to maximum capacity, and the watchful eye of fans who somehow manage to infiltrate their idols’ lives even at the most inappropriate moments (really, I want to know how someone managed to capture EXO-M‘s Tao singing in the shower). Sometimes, these rumors turn out to be patently false (see: Wonder Girls‘ Sohee and 2AM‘s Seulong

233 days ago - NC Soft founder Kim Taek-jin, left, and Nexon founder ... NC Soft founder Kim Taek-jin, left, and Nexon founder Kim Jung-ju appear to be moving in step to grow their businesses. JoongAng Ilbo The two founders of Korea's leading game companies may be moving to acquire Valve, one of their top five rivals in the United States

269 days ago - In a country where the number of smartphone and tablet ... kakaotalk hold the biggest shares in the growing industry, some lesser-known domestic SNS tools are making inroads into the market with innovative ideas. One of them is Itgling. Launched in April 2009, Itgling differentiates itself from other social-networking companies by using what it calls "familiers", which is a portmanteau of "familiar strangers"