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		<title>Kik CEO: “Hey internet are you listening? Messaging has peaked”</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/30/kik-ceo-hey-internet-are-you-listening-messaging-has-peaked/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2015 14:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmel DeAmicis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has certainly been an interesting month for messaging apps in the U.S. Around the same time the New York Times penned its zeitgeist proclamation that messaging apps like Snapchat will&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter tries to up its game with group messages and native video</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/27/twitter-tries-to-up-its-game-with-group-messages-and-native-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mathew Ingram]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With competitors like Snapchat and WhatsApp continuing to grow and expand the range of their features, Twitter is rolling out a new group direct-message offering as well as a hosted video&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook testing voice-to-text in Messenger</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/20/facebook-testing-voice-to-text-in-messenger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2015 14:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin C. Tofel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At some point in the future,  you may be able to speak text in Facebook Messenger and watch the app transcribe your words. That's according to Facebook’s vice president of messaging products, David&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Has Snapchat peaked? Comscore numbers suggest flat growth in 2014</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/09/has-snapchat-peaked-comscore-numbers-show-flat-growth-in-2014/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/09/has-snapchat-peaked-comscore-numbers-show-flat-growth-in-2014/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2015 22:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmel DeAmicis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Snapchat's user growth seems to have stalled toward the end of 2014, according to new Comscore numbers I obtained on Friday. As you can see from the below graph, Snapchat hit a&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Kik&#8217;s new hashtags reveal the potential of a chat network</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/15/kiks-new-hashtags-reveal-the-potential-of-a-chat-network/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/12/15/kiks-new-hashtags-reveal-the-potential-of-a-chat-network/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2014 23:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmel DeAmicis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kik continues to ship new features for its chatting application. Following on the heels of Promoted Chats and its in-app browser comes the hashtag. It's an easy way to create a group&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The next WeChat is hiding in Canada and eyeing the U.S.</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/11/29/the-next-wechat-is-hiding-in-canada-and-eyeing-the-u-s/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/11/29/the-next-wechat-is-hiding-in-canada-and-eyeing-the-u-s/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2014 16:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmel DeAmicis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four years since its launch, Kik is positioning itself as America’s version of WeChat, the messaging behemoth of China. It believes it has the right product (text messaging, the old-fashioned kind)&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>How did Korea&#8217;s messaging app KakaoTalk make enough money to go public?</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/10/02/how-did-koreas-messaging-app-kakaotalk-make-enough-money-to-go-public/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/10/02/how-did-koreas-messaging-app-kakaotalk-make-enough-money-to-go-public/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2014 00:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmel DeAmicis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Korea's KakaoTalk has made its way onto the public markets, showing once again that the power of free SMS should not be underrated.]]></description>
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		<title>With WhatsApp off the market, who’s the next big OTT acquisition target?</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/02/19/with-whatsapp-off-the-market-whos-the-next-big-ott-acquisition-target/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/02/19/with-whatsapp-off-the-market-whos-the-next-big-ott-acquisition-target/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2014 00:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Fitchard]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facebook's blockbuster $19 billion purchase of WhatsApp won't necessarily kick off a consolidation wave. There aren't that many more major OTT players left in the market that aren't focused on Asia.]]></description>
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		<title>Everyone wants to be the one messaging app that rules them all &#8212; but there&#8217;s no such thing, and never will be</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2013/12/12/everyone-wants-to-be-the-one-messaging-app-that-rules-them-all-but-theres-no-such-thing-and-never-will-be/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2013 18:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mathew Ingram]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Instagram has launched chat features, just as Twitter beefs up its messaging -- and Facebook continues to dream about becoming the one ring to rule them all. But such a thing&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>There are dozens of OTT communications apps. Will they all find homes?</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2013/10/17/there-are-dozens-of-ott-communications-apps-will-they-all-find-homes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2013 20:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Fitchard]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the consolidation wave in the OTT market comes, there will be winners and losers. Will the losers just fizzle out or find a new way to innovate?]]></description>
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