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카카오톡에서도 에버노트 된다

Published : 2013-05-02 12:07 Updated : 2013-05-02 15:19

다국적 기록 응용프로그램(애플리케이션•앱) 제작업체 에버노트는 모바일 메신저 업체 카카오와 '카카오톡 채팅플러스 서비스' 제휴를 맺었다고 1일 밝혔다.

이번 제휴로 카카오톡 사용자는 카카오톡의 채팅플러스에서 대화 중에도 에버노트 서비스를 이용할 수 있게 됐다.

에버노트는 문자, 사진 등에 대한 기록을 전문으로 하는 앱 제작업체로 전세계에 9천만명의 사용자가 있다.

에버노트는 국내 스마트폰 사용자 대부분이 카카오 서비스를 통해 소통하고 기억을 공유한다는 점에 주목해 제휴를 하게됐다고 밝혔다. 

한편 카카오톡 채팅플러스는 현재 19개 협력사와 함께 22개 서비스를 제공하고 있다.

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Kakao teams with Evernote for chat-memo service

By Yoon Min-sik

Kakao, the operator of the country’s biggest mobile messenger Kakao Talk, announced Wednesday that it has formed a strategic partnership with Evernote for a service that will allow users to use the U.S.-based tech firm’s memo app while chatting.

Under the agreement, Kakao Talk users will be able to not only make memos while using the app, but also to save the contents of their chats and share them with others. The Evernote app allows the users to record text or voice and send them online.

The move by Kakao Talk is aimed at expanding its service coverage outside of Korea.

Kakao recently launched TV ads starring popular K-pop group Big Bang in Indonesia and Vietnam to promote its smartphone app. In Japan, the messenger app recorded over 10 million downloads in March, according to Kakao’s subsidiary.

Joining hands with Evernote, which has 50 million users worldwide, is expected to help the Korean company break into the global market.

“The partnership (with Evernote) will elevate the status of Kakao Talk as a global mobile platform,” said Kakao’s CEO Lee Sir-goo. Lee said he expects an Evernote service optimized for Kakao Talk to be available in two or three months.

Evernote CEO Phil Libin said he expected the partnership to bring synergistic effects for both firms. The U.S. firm hopes to expand its influence in Korea through its alliance with Kakao, whose messenger service is used by about 90 percent of smartphone owners here.

(minsikyoon@heraldcorp.com )