There are already numerous fact-checking initiatives across Asia that comb through news articles and public social media posts, but messaging poses its own unique challenge in the fight against ...

You may have heard of stickers, the cutesy, cartoonish version of emojis, but did you know that they can also be a money-spinner? Japanese mobile messaging app Line ...

The Japanese telecom giant, which owns 45% of Yahoo Japan's parent company Z Holdings, and South Korean internet company Naver, which owns 73% of Line, are in the final stages of negotiations for a ...

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 live on ...

Messaging app Line is the latest to launch a group video chat feature, and when it says group, it really means it. The app supports conversations with up to 200 of your nearest and dearest friends.

Japanese messaging app Line is going strong — it revealed today that it has now passed 400 million registered users. This means it has tacked on 100 million users in about five months, given that its ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about Silicon Valley trends in Asia. Like any smartphone junky, the moment my plane touched down in Jakarta, Indonesia, I ...

Messaging app giant Line revealed Thursday that it’s set to launch a mobile Internet service using its own SIM cards. Called Line Mobile, it’ll launch in Japan this summer. There’ll be no charge for ...

It’s not a stretch to say we’ll all be speaking to AI-powered digital assistants in the future. But who will build the assistants we use the most? Till now that battle has been waged by tech giants in ...