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LINE and Telkomsel Add Special Stickers for Indonesian Users

LINE and Telkomsel Add Special Stickers for Indonesian Users

Line, Naver Japan’s popular mobile messenger app, has worked together with Telkomsel to make a special, localized sticker pack. While Line has been popular all over Asia ever since it
Joshua Kevin · · 2 min read
NHN Japan’s Line Camera Gets 5 Million Downloads in Less than a Month

NHN Japan’s Line Camera Gets 5 Million Downloads in Less than a Month

NHN Japan has seen its VoIP application Line skyrocket to dizzying popularity with more than 30 million users to date. And now the company appears to have another hit on
Rick Martin · · 2 min read
After Passing 20 Million Mobile Downloads, ‘Line’ Gets Desktop Apps for Mac and PC

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 surpassed the 20 million downloads mark. Now the service is getting the tablet and
Rick Martin · · 2 min read
Can Japanese Carriers Accommodate Data Hungry Smartphones?

Can Japanese Carriers Accommodate Data Hungry Smartphones?

According to a Kyodo news report earlier this week, Japanese carrier KDDI (TYO:9433) experienced a data communication disruption that affected over six million users. Our readers may recall that it
Rick Martin · · 2 min read

Finding a Connection: Android, Line, and Docomo’s Network Outage

Line has experienced explosive growth -- Photo: ameblo.jp/k-1guide In the wake of its most recent network disruption, Japanese mobile carrier NTT Docomo (NYSE:DCM) is scrambling to find ways to improve
Rick Martin · · 2 min read

Japanese Voice App ‘Line’ Continues Meteoric Rise, Hits 15 Million Downloads

It was just one month ago (almost to the day) that Japanese mobile messenger application Line surpassed the 10 million downloads milestone. And now today, Naver Japan, who operates the
Rick Martin · · 2 min read

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 cosplay is wildly popular. And a new website called WorldCosplay aims to capitalize on that popularity.
Yukari Mitsuhashi · · 2 min read

Japanese Voice App Hits 10 Million Users in First 6 Months, Claims Faster Start than Facebook

Back in October we told you about how Naver Japan’s mobile messenger app ‘Line’ had hit two million downloads in its first three months. Remarkably the app hasn’t shown any
Rick Martin · · 3 min read
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