14LINE gaming platform offer If you are a fan of the LINE game platform and you even every now and then buy the messaging app’s own currency, then prepare for a surprise. From 14 until 17 August, the Japanese messaging app is giving away special bonuses. As part of it, all those who buy the in-game…
12Storing media in LINE is now much simpler! Yesterday, on August 11, LINE released an update for iOS. Now you are welcome to download the latest 5.3.0 version of the app from iTunes. The new LINE version 5.3.0 has a new feature called Keep that allows you to mark messages, images or some other content…
06LINE continues branching out Japan’s LINE, the creator of the self-titled communication application, became the co-owner of a joint venture, whose $20 million in assets will be used to purchase, create, promote and monetize mobile gaming. The company owned by Korean Internet giant Naver and Honk Kong-based company Lantu Games have started a joint venture…
31LINE has published its Q2 revenue report LINE’s Q2 financial report demonstrated a decrease in the company’s revenues. LINE revenues have been following a downward trend in each quarter, since the messaging company decided to make a global rollout and conquer new markets. Is the messenger really not so good and it cannot face a…
30Google Chrome welcomes web-LINE Popular Japanese communication platform LINE is continuing to top up its user base. Today, on 30 July, the firm released the expansion LINE for Google Chrome 1.0.0, thereby making the messenger available for anyone with a computer, Internet and Chrome. Why would LINE need a web version? The fact that LINE rolled…
23LINE has rolled out a lightweight version of the app for the developing markets Japanese messaging company LINE decided to follow Facebook’s steps and release a ‘light’ version of its messenger app for Android in order to saturate the developing markets. The number of the app’s monthly active users is 205 M but almost all…
21A new friendly Invi messaging app for Android and iOS The Invi messenger, which came out in beta this month, is making its way in the market, which is dominated by such monsters as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and WeChat. Invi’s major goal is to give users an enjoyable communication experience. The development team has taken…
20LINE update Last Friday fans of the Japanese LINE messenger were pleased to see the updated Sticker Shop in the app’s new 5.2.0 version. It is a well-known fact that LINE is famous for its stickers. Now the Japanese app has ensured that users could search for stickers in the Sticker Shop in the most convenient…
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…