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		<title>WhatSim becomes ChatSim as it expands to apps beyond WhatsApp</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2015 17:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Fitchard]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, I reported on an interesting new mobile service from Italy’s Zeromobile called WhatSim that promised unlimited WhatsApp messaging anywhere in the world for just €10 ($11.60) a year. Well,&#8230;]]></description>
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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>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>
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		<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>Facebook courts developers to compete with rivals in Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2014 00:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmel DeAmicis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday Facebook's mobile app server company Parse released statistics on its biggest user growth. Its adoption in Asia has skyrocketed.]]></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>
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		<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>Snapchat reportedly plans to become a mobile platform, much like China&#8217;s WeChat</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/10/14/snapchat-reportedly-plans-to-become-a-mobile-platform-much-like-chinas-wechat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2014 18:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmel DeAmicis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent report says Snapchat wants to become a hub for other services. We can look to another messaging beast -- WeChat -- for an idea of what that might look&#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>Japan&#8217;s Rakuten shells out $900M to make Viber its &#8220;consumer engagement platform&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/02/14/japans-rakuten-shells-out-900m-to-make-viber-its-consumer-engagement-platform/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/02/14/japans-rakuten-shells-out-900m-to-make-viber-its-consumer-engagement-platform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2014 08:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Viber users can look forward to welcoming Rakuten's "Shopping is Entertainment" philosophy into their lives, as the Japanese e-commerce outfit intends to use the messaging platform as a tool for breaking&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Kik Messenger embeds a browser in its app, letting users share web content</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/02/05/kik-messenger-embeds-a-browser-in-its-app-letting-users-share-web-content/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/02/05/kik-messenger-embeds-a-browser-in-its-app-letting-users-share-web-content/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2014 17:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Fitchard]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kik is embarking on the next step of its transformation from over-the-top communications provider to social content company. An embedded browser will let users share any web content directly.]]></description>
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