Posts Tagged: NHN


Line app censors Chinese words

Line App is Primed and Ready to Censor Politically Sensitive Chinese Words

A few months ago we spotted that Tencent’s WeChat app was censoring certain ‘sensitive’ politi...

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  • May 21, 2013
  • at 11:28 am
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The Growth Story and Future of Mobile Chat App Giant LINE

Popular mobile messaging chat app Line was created by NHN Japan, with Japanese and Korean team inspi...

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  • May 15, 2013
  • at 9:08 pm
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NHN Is Going Into Search In Vietnam

In Vietnam, the chat app battle is fearsome. Western competitors Whatsapp and Viber face serious opp...

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  • April 19, 2013
  • at 11:15 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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Line spin-off as Line Corp

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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Snoop Dogg promotes Line app

With Stickers and Shout-Outs, Snoop Dogg Helps Push Line App in the US

Line app experienced crazy growth last year, and looks set to surpass 100 million global users somet...

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  • January 16, 2013
  • at 1:40 pm
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Thai Tech Round-Up [20 August, 2012]

We are back with the third issue of the Thai tech round-up, courtesy of Thumbsup, this week focusing...

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  • August 20, 2012
  • at 12:10 pm
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After Passing 20 Million Mobile Downloads, ‘Line’ Gets Desktop Apps for Mac and PC

It was just a few days ago that Naver Japan’s mobile messenger and voice application Line surp...

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  • March 7, 2012
  • at 9:00 pm
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Is Online Content in Vietnam Actually a Wasteland? Let’s Look Deeper

Is Online Content in Vietnam Actually a Wasteland? Let’s Look Deeper.

Since I posted an article on HaiVL on Tuesday, it has raised eyebrows for two big reasons. First, th...

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  • May 17, 2013
  • at 4:00 pm
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Line’s Revenue for Q4 2012 Was $58 Million

For the first time since NHN debuted its popular chat app, Line is publicly announcing its quarterly...

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  • May 9, 2013
  • at 4:15 pm
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Line’s Kawaii Characters Become Animated TV Series in Japan

NHN Japan’s Line mobile messaging app has hit over 120 million users so far. You may or may no...

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  • April 8, 2013
  • at 9:32 am
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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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Aimed at Southeast Asia, New ‘Undead Slayer’ Game is Worth A Go

Nerds who have nothing to do on a Friday night could take a look at NHN Singapore’s latest iOS...

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  • January 25, 2013
  • at 9:34 pm
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Line App Launches in China, Keen to Fight with WeChat

The smash-hit messaging app Line – which is especially huge in Asia – has just made a mo...

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  • December 12, 2012
  • at 4:03 pm
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After Hitting 50 Million Users, Line is Going to China [Report]

The Korean Herald is reporting today that NHN Corp (KRX:035420) plans to launch its popular Line app...

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  • July 26, 2012
  • at 7:25 pm
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WorldCosplay: A Multi-lingual Cosplay Community for the World from Japan

Popular animation and vocaloid characters are a part of Japanese culture, and even outside of Japan ...

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  • January 6, 2012
  • at 10:00 pm
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