Tapjoy inks Kakao partnership
Tapjoy announced a partnership with South Korean social platform company Kakao, to enable developers for the Kakao Games platform to monetise their games using Tapjoy’s tools.Kakao is the company...
View ArticleKakao games platform hits 30M users in first year
Messaging app company Kakao said its game platform has racked up more than 30 million users during the course of its first year.The games platform was launched by the South Korean mobile social company...
View ArticleKakao gives developers a boost with metaps partnership
Kakao, the South Korean messaging platform provider, has partnered with Android monetisation platform provider metaps, to provide game developers with increased commercial support.Android developers...
View ArticleKakaoTalk targets emerging markets on Asha phones
Kakao Corp launched its KakaoTalk messaging app for Nokia’s Asha range of feature phones aimed at emerging markets.Kakao has had huge success in its home market with 93 per cent of smartphone users in...
View ArticleInterview: CEO, Kakao
Mobile World Live’s Tim Ferguson talks to Sirgoo Lee, Co-CEO of South Korean messaging app giant Kakao.The post Interview: CEO, Kakao appeared first on Mobile World Live.
View ArticleKakao co-CEO: “We haven’t been approached by Facebook yet”
Sirgoo Lee (pictured), co-CEO of Kakao, said the South Korean mobile messaging player aims to go public in 2015, with an acquisition not currently on the agenda.“Well we haven’t been approached by...
View ArticleMWC14 Keynote: Kakao
Sirgoo Lee, Co-CEO, Kakao Corp, presents in the session entitled: ‘Mobile, Disrupted: Challenging the State of Play.’The post MWC14 Keynote: Kakao appeared first on Mobile World Live.
View ArticleMWC14 Keynote Panel: Mobile, Disrupted – Challenging the State of Play
CEOs from Kakao, Millicom, Tele2, VimpelCom and WhatsApp join the panel discussion.The post MWC14 Keynote Panel: Mobile, Disrupted – Challenging the State of Play appeared first on Mobile World Live.
View ArticleKakao set for P2P money launch
LIVE FROM MOBILE ASIA EXPO 2014: Leading messaging app Kakao plans a mobile money service, joining operators, internet firms and banks among others who see riches in targeting P2P payments.Speaking...
View ArticleKakao looks to boost content partners; eyes mobile money
LIVE FROM MOBILE ASIA EXPO 2014: South Korea-based online service provider Kakao is looking to create an ecosystem of one million profit-generating partners by 2015, as it was also revealed the company...
View ArticleVideo Feature: MAE14 Day 2 Highlights
Mobile World Live brings you coverage of the biggest developments from the second day of Asia’s premier mobile event – Mobile Asia Expo. Includes keynote highlights from Kakao and footage of Chinese...
View ArticleKakao climbs on mobile money bandwagon
NEW BLOG: Sirgoo Lee, the co-CEO of Kakao, used his keynote at last week’s Mobile Asia Expo to announce that the high-flying messaging app is planning a move into mobile money. It was one of those...
View ArticleKakao invites users to test new tech
Kakao introduced a new feature to the Android version of its messaging app that allows users to test features in the pipeline before they are fully released.The features in Kakao Lab will be tweaked in...
View ArticleMAE 2014 Keynote: Sirgoo Lee, Kakao
Sirgoo Lee, co-CEO of Kakao, presents in the “Rich Services, The New Driver of Mobile” session at Mobile Asia Expo 2014.The post MAE 2014 Keynote: Sirgoo Lee, Kakao appeared first on Mobile World Live.
View ArticleMAE 2014 Keynote Panel Discussion: Rich Services, the New Driver of Mobile
CEO’s from 4iiii Innovation, Hong Leong Islamic Bank Berhad, JD.com and Kakao debate their differing roles in the increasingly connected mobile world, the business models that will drive growth and...
View ArticleLINE set for first big-name messaging app IPO — report
The Japan-based company behind messaging app LINE reportedly applied to be listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange, in a move that could see it valued at nearly $10 billion.A source told The Wall Street Journal...
View ArticleKakao’s money launch gets delayed – report
The launch of a P2P mobile money service by popular messaging app Kakao fell between financial regulators and, as a result, is unlikely to launch until September, said Business Korea.Speaking during...
View ArticleNaver mulls money launch
Naver, South Korea’s leading internet portal, is eyeing a possible mobile wallet launch through Band, its social networking service, in the near future, reported The Korea Herald.The company confirmed...
View ArticleJapan’s LINE targets payments market
Takeshi Idezawa, COO of mobile messaging app LINE, announced a new payments service and a partnership with two leading local financial institutions Mizuho and SMBC.LINE Pay enables users to make...
View ArticleKakao signs up Tencent, eBay for banking licence bid – report
South Korean firm Kakao’s bid for a domestic internet banking licence is being bolstered by China’s Tencent and eBay from the US.Kakao (formerly Daum Kakao) is the company behind South Korea’s popular...
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