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KakaoTalk (Korean: 카카오톡), commonly referred to as KaTalk (Korean: 카톡) in South Korea, is an instant messenger and online services platform operated by Kakao Corporation. It was launched in 2010 and the app is available on mobile and desktop platforms.
On November 6, 2015, Kakao launched the "KakaoTV Live Open Chat" function which links KakaoTV's live broadcasts and Kakao Talk's open chat, allowing viewers to chat while streaming a program. [ 3 ] On February 18, 2017, Daum tvPot was integrated with KakaoTV. [ 4 ]
Kakao Corp is the company behind KakaoTalk, which serves as its main platform and flagship application. It was founded in 2006 by Kim Bum-soo, the former CEO of NHN Corporation (the organization that emerged from the Hangame and Naver.com merger) as Kakao Inc. [10] Kakao Corp. (then known as Kakao Inc.) is based in Seoul, South Korea.
Local platform KakaoTalk is hugely popular. Online gaming is a national passion. Media guides by BBC Monitoring. Press. Chosun Ilbo - English-language pages. Dong-a Ilbo - English-language pages.
The article by The Next Web says that KakaoTalk's mobile VoIP call quality is on par with services like Skype and Viber. [2] KakaoTalk's Free Call offers its users a voice filter option. Using the voice filter option, users can call friends in two different types of voices, alien voice and monster voice.
The most well notable social media in South Korea are, KakaoTalk, Naver, Cyworld, and Snow KakaoTalk is a social media messenger application. According to science direct it “is the most widely used IM application in South Korea with over 49.1 million active users” (2019, Digital Investigation).
The payment service first launched on September 4, 2014 with integration with their messaging app, KakaoTalk, allowing people to request and send money to people in their contacts. [3] Since its launch, Kakao has expanded into other financial services by launching their own online bank called KakaoBank and releasing their own debit card . [ 4 ]
KakaoPage Corp. owned 19.8 percent of Haksan Publishing, 22.2 percent of Seoul Media Comics, and 19.8 percent of Daewon C.I., all of them publishers of comics. [8] It also owned 21.9 percent of the stock in drama production company Mega Monster, which is a subsidiary of its then-sister company Kakao M.