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KakaoTalk, It’s Not Just About Having Cute Emoticon

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A month ago, Rama found a new messaging application called Line. Line was created by Naver Japan, a subsidiary of Naver. Still from the East Asian region, Beom Soo Kim, former CEO of Naver, now leads Kakao Inc. a company with a messaging application product named KakaoTalk. Just like Line, KakaoTalk also has cute emoticons.

As written in Kompas Tekno, KakaoTalk was released two years ago as the first messaging application after smartphone is launched in South Korea. To date, KakaoTalk has about 42 millions registered users with 8 millions of them come from outside of South Korea.

Different from WhatsApp, KakaoTalk uses ID as an identity. So user privacy is guaranteed because there’s no need to spread phone numbers to communicate with others through KakaoTalk. However, users are still able to add friends using their phone numbers.

Another advantage compared to WhatsApp, group chatting on KakaoTalk is not limited to a set number of members.

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KakaoTalk, Tidak Hanya Punya Emoticon Lucu

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Sebulan yang lalu, Rama menemukan aplikasi messaging baru bernama Line. Line dibuat oleh Naver Jepang, anak perusahaan dari Naver. Masih dari kawasan Asia Timur tersebut, Beom Soo Kim, mantan CEO Naver, kini memimpin perusahaan Kakao Inc, yang mempunyai produk aplikasi messaging yang bernama KakaoTalk. Seperti Line, KakaoTalk juga mempunyai emoticon-emoticon lucu.

Sebagaimana ditulis dalam Kompas Tekno, KakaoTalk dirilis dua tahun lalu sebagai aplikasi messaging pertama setelah peluncuran smartphone di Korea Selatan. Sampai saat ini, KakaoTalk mempunyai sekitar 42 juta pengguna terdaftar dengan 8 juta diantaranya berasal dari luar Korea Selatan. Continue reading KakaoTalk, Tidak Hanya Punya Emoticon Lucu →