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Eight Billion Genies regresa con el nuevo spin-off WISHWORLD: llega a NYCC
“Si tuvieras un deseo… ¿cuál desearías?” Ésa es la pregunta sencilla y provocativa que aclamaron las preguntas de Charles Soule y Ryan Browne. Ocho mil millones de genios preguntó cuándo debutó la serie limitada de 8 números el año pasado. Ahora, los fanáticos de la serie increíblemente extraña y tremendamente humana pueden probar una vez…
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Korea’s Kakao eyes overseas acquisitions following $1 billion raise
Korea’s Kakao, the internet giant behind the country’s top messaging app, is actively seeking overseas investment opportunities after it raised $1 billion via a placement. Kakao is valued at over $7 billion and its services are used by more than 40 million people. The company, which counts Tencent as an early investor, now appears to…
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WhatsApp hits 1.5 billion monthly users. $19B? Not so bad.
Facebook’s $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp sounds smarter and smarter. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on the Q4 2017 earnings call today that WhatsApp now has 1.5 billion users and sees 60 billion messages sent per day. That’s compared to 1.3 billion monthly users and 1 billion daily active users in July. The massive growth makes…
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Google Play hit record 19 billion+ downloads in Q4 2017, its highest quarter ever
Smartphone adoption in emerging markets just delivered the highest number of app downloads Google Play has ever seen in a quarter. According to today’s report from App Annie, Google Play app downloads topped 19 billion in Q4 2017, a new record. That also makes Google Play’s download lead over iOS its largest ever, at 145…