Posts Tagged: Line



LINE is Getting Into Bed with Vietnam’s Telcos

Messaging apps are cutting into telco profits across Asia. They allow users to forgo SMS fees and ch...

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  • March 12, 2013
  • at 5:26 pm
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From Line to Puzzles and Dragons, Japan Rocks the World at App Monetization [STATS]

Regular readers will know that Japanese smartphone owners are great for spending money on apps. Now ...

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  • March 7, 2013
  • at 9:28 pm
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Why Blackberry Remains Powerful In Indonesia, and How It’s Still Going to Lose

A lot of my friends have had their fair share of complaints about the Blackberry Messenger (BBM) ser...

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  • March 5, 2013
  • at 3:00 pm
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KakaoTalk Has 1 Million Users In Vietnam (Yes, Just Like Line App)

Yesterday I wrote about Line app and its one million users in Vietnam and stated that rival messagin...

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  • March 1, 2013
  • at 10:46 am
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Indonesian Telcos to Join the Chat App Battleground

The fight is on! Back in December, there was a discussion event among Indonesian telcos about what t...

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  • February 26, 2013
  • at 3:30 pm
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Line Launches a New Social Network to Challenge Path, Facebook

The Japan-made messaging app Line is once again challenging Facebook, this time by adding a mini soc...

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  • February 20, 2013
  • at 7:00 pm
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11 Hot Mobile Messaging Apps from Asia and How They’re Super-Innovative

With the numbers Rick released on mobile messaging apps growth, and Willis’ post on how heated the...

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  • February 12, 2013
  • at 12:09 pm
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Zalo: Vietnam’s Flagship Mobile Messaging App Has Arrived

If Vietnam’s got a heated battle for messaging app dominance, where is the Vietnamese contende...

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  • February 5, 2013
  • at 9:00 am
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WeChat Tops Indonesia’s iOS and Android Charts Thanks to TV Ads [VIDEO]

The China-based messaging app WeChat is seeing explosive growth in Indonesia right now. WeChat has r...

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  • March 11, 2013
  • at 12:05 pm
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Spread the Fun: Line Now Has Four Times More Games Than KakaoTalk in Indonesia

Japan-made chat app Line announced today that the company has released two new games onto its social...

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  • March 6, 2013
  • at 9:53 pm
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Viber Has 3.5 Million Users in Vietnam, Way Ahead of Chat App Rivals

Viber’s got 3.5 million users in Vietnam. Besides Whatsapp, whose numbers are still not confir...

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  • March 4, 2013
  • at 12:00 pm
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Line Just Hit the 1 Million User Mark in Vietnam

Line, the mobile messaging app out of Japan, just hit one million users in Vietnam. This is a big mi...

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  • February 28, 2013
  • at 1:20 pm
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Line App to Hit Nokia Asha Phones in March, Keen to Chat Up Emerging Markets

Japan-made messaging app Line is keen to chat up users in emerging markets by launching a version of...

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  • February 26, 2013
  • at 12:59 pm
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Watch Out Facebook, Asian Messaging Apps Are Gonna Karate Chop You

Facebook is under siege from every direction. Snapchat’s picking away at the young sexting mar...

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  • February 19, 2013
  • at 7:10 pm
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NHN Japan Focuses on its Chat App With “Line Corp” Spin-Off Company

Regular readers will know that the messaging app Line now has over 100 million registered users. Tha...

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  • February 7, 2013
  • at 2:15 pm
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Growing Faster than Facebook and Twitter: Key Highlights for Japan’s Line App [Infographic]

Now boasting more than 100 million users on its Line mobile chat app, NHN Japan has released an info...

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  • January 25, 2013
  • at 12:00 pm
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