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Snap is channeling Asia’s messaging giants with its move into gaming

Snap is taking a leaf out of the Asian messaging app playbook as its social messaging service enters a new era. The company unveiled a series of new strategies that are aimed at breathing fresh life i

Line’s COO Becomes Its New CEO As The Messaging Company Targets Global Growth

Fresh from launching its payment service and buying MixRadio from Microsoft, Japan-based messaging app Line has announced a change at the top with current COO Takeshi Idezawa taking over from Akira Mo

Line Doubled Users Every Day In Hong Kong Last Week

Japanese messaging app Line has just reported that new users in Hong Kong have been doubling each day for the past week since January 29. The app, which is the dominant messenger of choice in Japan

Top Japanese Messaging App Line Adds Kids Apps To Its Growing Product Roster

Japan's top smartphone messaging app, Line, which reaches about a third of that country's mobile phone users, just <a target="_blank" href="http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&

Meet Line, The Messaging App That Reaches About One-Third of Japan’s Mobile Phone Users

It would be easy to assume that giants like Apple, Facebook and the carriers will control smartphone messaging. But the reality is that the global messaging market remains fragmented with several inde