18Throughout the history of mankind, every new form of communication created its own simplified, reduced version for the sake of deepening content. TechCrunch author, Catherine Shu, posted a paper on this and on the connection between Line and shorthand typing. Stickers are an integral part of Line messaging app Renaissance paintings are full of symbolism:…
09A new GlobalWebIndex research has found out the great effect that the growing army of IM apps users is making on mobile communications. The Q2 Mobile Messaging Report for this year is dedicated entirely to this issue. The report says that many communication and behaviour patterns that users typically show on “traditional” social networks like…
08LINE and UNICEF have a sticker collection The first sign of ‘friendship’ is UNICEF’s official account and a sticker collection. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has begun cooperating with one of the Asia’s most popular messaging apps – LINE. The partnership, as the LINE management says, will be global and it has big plans. UNICEF has…
25LINE Messenger is 4 years old! Line Corp, the Japanese company, is celebrating this event by posting in the company’s official blog, launching a funny commemorative cartoon online, celebratory wallpaper, and animated graphics. Now let’s talk about all of them in turn. In its official blog, LINE has thanked all of their 300 M customers…
19The popular Japanese LINE app has decided to use keyboard apps to extend its presence in the US market and several other markets outside Asia. Thus, the other day, the messaging company that boasts 205 M monthly active users introduced an emoji keyboard – an app for iOS devices. It adds around 3,000 various stickers…
15Launching music services seems to be a trend now. A month ago, the popular LINE messenger began to test a new streaming music service. Today, the messaging company released the product in its home country of Japan. Similarly to the service provided by Apple, the Line Music app is not by far free of charge….
08Have you ever had this feeling, when you called somebody: “Gosh, this technology is from the Stone Age! Wish I could talk to more people at the same time; that would be superb!” The LINE team, apparently, have found a solution for that. When trying to develop a tool for communicating with a large number…
03Japan is an amazing country. No trouble can stop Japanese people from moving forward. Wars, earthquakes, even the Fukushima nuclear disaster – nothing can demoralize them. These people produce high quality things, having almost no resources. They are very hard working and that’s what makes them strong and allows achieving amazing results. Human resources is…
29The newly released iOS 8.2 platform has marked a new trend in developing apps that Apple Watch will support. Not only the smart watch shows the time but also receives notifications about incoming SMS, calls, messages in social networks, etc. This is an entirely new stamping ground for IM apps. Nevertheless, not all apps were…
24Japanese communication client Line can be nicknamed ‘the sticker messenger’. But it is popular among its 400 mln users not only because of that. Take a look at its features: Line games; Integrated social network; Free calls, texts, voice messages, etc.; Notifications; More than 100 apps inside, etc.; Find out where Line makes its revenues…