The company behind the popular Japanese messenger application LINE looks headed for its IPO in Japan and the US within the coming couple of months. However, the plan could backfire. Market conditions ...

Mobile messaging is a fast-growing market if Facebook’s $19 billion purchase of WhatsApp is anything to go by, but even the biggest companies in the space are struggling to expand beyond the regions ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Line Corp., the Japan-based operator of the namesake mobile messenger, will list its shares in New York and Tokyo next month, as the iconic Asian mobile messenger app seeks ...

Weeks before Facebook is expected to open Messenger to third-party bots at its F8 event, Line, the messaging app based in Japan, has beaten its rival to the punch. Well, in announcing its bot ...

Mobile messenger Line has unleashed its latest standalone app, a location-sharing service called Line Here. Line users can already share their location in chats, but Line Here extends that service to ...

Line Next will use a part of the $140 million fund to introduce new Web3-focused services, which include a social app that uses AI-generated characters and Web3 games. Line Next, a venture dedicated ...

TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 11: The Line Corp. logo is displayed on a smartphone in this arranged photograph on July 11, 2016 in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese messaging app provider LINE Corp., owned by South Korean ...

Line might not be the most popular messaging app in the West, but it might be of more interest thanks to new support for Google Assistant commands. That means you if you do happen to use the messaging ...

If you use Line's Android messaging app, you can now ask Google Assistant to send and read text messages. It's as simple as saying, "Hey Google, send a Line message to..." or "Hey Google, read my Line ...

One of the best ways for a mobile game to succeed in Asia is to get a distribution deal with the top messaging apps. Now, Facebook is getting into that business with its Messenger app. Doodle Draw ...