Japanese messaging app giant Line plans to give its 196 million active users the ability to use decentralized apps (dapps) such as games and utilities. The social network, which is mainly used in ...

Investors have been waiting to put a price on chat apps since Facebook bought WhatsApp two years ago for $19 billion. Today may be their day. Line, Japan’s popular messaging app, is making its stock ...

Japanese mobile messaging company Line has offered up a major hint as to how it plans to make its messaging app a one-stop shop for just about any digital transaction. First up, Line has offloaded a ...

Korean internet giant NHN Corp (KRX:035420), which includes search engine outfit Naver, gaming division Hangame and Line social messaging service, has announced its financial figures for FY2012. Sales ...

Mobile messaging giant Line has announced that it's introducing end-to-end encryption by default for all users, from July 1. The Japanese tech company first launched the so-called "letter-sealing" ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Line Corp, creator of the fast growing social messaging app Line, may choose an overseas exchange for an expected IPO next year, banking sources with knowledge of the matter ...

Messaging apps are becoming more multi-functional. Apart from video calls and photo sharing, we can makes future plans through Facebook Messenger, and even shop through apps like WeChat. Line, the ...

Japan-based messaging and free calling app Line on Monday announced it had surpassed 300 million registered users worldwide. Launched in June 2011, the service has grown quickly in East Asia and other ...

Japan's smartphone messaging app Line has more than 400 million registered users around the world and is looking to China to add to that base. The WSJ's Yun-Hee Kim speaks with Line's Hyunbin Kang, ...

Line, the messaging app from Japan, has acquired MixRadio, the free music-streaming service Microsoft gained through its Nokia acquisition, the companies announced Thursday. The deal gives Line, ...