Line, the mobile messaging app from Japan, is going public today in a dual Japan-U.S. IPO that could raise as much as $1.14 billion.The listing, which will happen in New York on Thursday and Tokyo ...

Messaging app company Line has released a new service that will allow brands, SMEs and other business users to tap into its platform communicate with customers and consumers.

Line Up: Chat App Scores With Biggest IPO of the Year. After raising more than $1 billion in an IPO earlier this week, shares in the Japanese message app Line soared to 36 percent by midday trading.

Tokyo-headquartered LINE has pushed aggressively into the business chat and application space, rolling out in-app features like loyalty cards, coupons and mobile stores.

This week the folks behind LINE chat app have given the app an update it's needed for quite a while. With this update, users are finally able to send photos and videos at the same time. Where ...

Now a popular chat app in Asia is throwing its hat into the ring. LINE, the messaging app owned by South Korea’s Naver and with 700 million registered users, wants to take a step beyond ...

This is especially so in family chat groups, where, for instance, people can find it difficult or awkward to confront relatives who are easily able to forward false or misleading messages, or spam and ...

The Line Mobile SIM will give users free access to the messaging app as well as to Facebook and Twitter. That means when you browse Line, Facebook, or Twitter, view and upload photos, it won’t ...

Update: Today, the same feature was added to the Line for iOS app. While typing, you should now see a series of auto-suggested stickers and emoji just above the on-screen keyboard. Hoorah!

Line is finally getting serious about security after it added encrypted chat options to its messaging service today with an update that is reminiscent of rival app Telegram. The new feature is ...

Mobile chat apps Line, Kakao flourishing among young Asians . Originally published April 5, 2016 at 12:38 am Updated April 5, 2016 at 12:40 am . Share story. By . YOUKYUNG LEE.