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Re:Understanding Line, the chat app behind 2016’s largest te... by voltagex_ on Thursday July 14, 2016 @11:44PM (#12098828)
That's interesting - what do you mean by being used for notifications? Sites / services / stores can send you a KakaoTalk notification? I experimented with sending alerts for server health via WhatsApp but the phone number -> ID ties make it difficult.
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Re:Understanding Line, the chat app behind 2016’s largest te... by sho_hn on Friday July 15, 2016 @06:37AM (#12100000)
Many restaurants here offer a bonus point program - you tap your phone number into the touchscreen of their POS system, and then you get a customized message from the restaurant on your Kakao. Kakao accounts are affiliated with a phone number, so similar to WhatsApp, you will get friend suggestions based on your phone number address book and similar.
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