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WhatsApp Messenger crossed Facebook to become the most popular Facebook-owned app in the last year. The chat app grew 30 percent.

A South Korean taxi driver burned himself to death in protest against a ride-sharing service being introduced by the country's largest mobile chat app, the second to do so in a month.

A powerful 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit the southern region of South Korea Monday evening, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, following an earlier quake of 4.9-magnitude.

Korean messaging app KakaoTalk said it had lost users because of the growing fears about large-scale government surveillance of the public.

China will force real-name registrations on users of instant messaging tools and require public accounts wishing to publish or reprint political news to seek prior approval.

The announcement is the first official explanation of messaging app service disruptions in China that began a month ago.

Social messaging services are fast emerging as an alternative distribution channel for adverts, apps, and goods and services.

Asian chat services KakaoTalk, LINE and WeChat threaten to overturn the mobile order of things, usurping the role of Google Inc, Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Facebook Inc and telecoms carriers as gatekeeper to the consumer.

WhatsApp Messenger crossed Facebook to become the most popular Facebook-owned app in the last year. The chat app grew 30 percent.

A South Korean taxi driver burned himself to death in protest against a ride-sharing service being introduced by the country's largest mobile chat app, the second to do so in a month.

A powerful 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit the southern region of South Korea Monday evening, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, following an earlier quake of 4.9-magnitude.

Korean messaging app KakaoTalk said it had lost users because of the growing fears about large-scale government surveillance of the public.

China will force real-name registrations on users of instant messaging tools and require public accounts wishing to publish or reprint political news to seek prior approval.

The announcement is the first official explanation of messaging app service disruptions in China that began a month ago.

Social messaging services are fast emerging as an alternative distribution channel for adverts, apps, and goods and services.

Asian chat services KakaoTalk, LINE and WeChat threaten to overturn the mobile order of things, usurping the role of Google Inc, Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Facebook Inc and telecoms carriers as gatekeeper to the consumer.