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Snapshat
General
2 min read

Fitbit partners with Snapchat to make Apple Watch owners jealous

Fitbit may have joined the “true” smartwatch game a bit late compared to Samsung or Apple, but after a somewhat slow start in this potential-brimming market, the Versa seems to have put the company on the right track. The world’s second-largest smartwatch…

Snapshat Redesign
Electronics
1 min read

Snapchat will integrate a cool new feature early next month

As a result of Instagram’s dominance, Snapchat is no longer growing – the platform has actually started losing daily active users. Parent company Snap is aware of this and, in order to boost interest in the platform, will soon introduce a big new feature.…

kakao
Telecom
2 min read

SK Telecom announces plan to take on KakaoTalk

SK Telecom introduced a new messaging service on Tuesday in an attempt to compete with Korea’s dominant chat app, KakaoTalk. The new service will look a lot like Apple’s iMessage. Users won’t have to download a separate app. It is offered to SK Telecom…

naver app
Telecom
2 min read

Naver says its Green Dot is the future of searching

Naver’s iconic green search bar may one day be a thing of the past – at least in the mobile app. Korea’s most popular portal site is experimenting with a new tool called the Green Dot that allows users to search for information not only by text, but also by…

KakaoTalk with money
Finance
2 min read

Kakao’s blockchain gets 9 development partners

Nine companies have agreed to develop apps for Kakao’s new Klaytn blockchain system. The public platform was developed by Ground X, Kakao’s blockchain subsidiary. It was offered on Oct. 8 on a test basis, or testnet. Kakao, Korea’s largest messenger app…

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Research
3 min read

Chatbots: Convenience vs Risks

Banks increasingly are introducing popular messaging platforms to reach their mobile-savvy clients – DBS for instance launched its banking services on WhatsApp and WeChat in September while Citibank added its Facebook messenger banking chatbot a year ago.…