It’s been a while since we heard from Snow, the Snapchat clone app in Asia that Facebook once tried to buy, but today the company behind it has scooped up a $50 million investment from SoftBank and Sequoia China.
Snow was started by Naver, the Korean firm behind popular messaging app Line, and it had proven popular in Japan, Korea, China and other markets in Asia thanks to a focus on… Read More
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Chat app Line is reportedly considering its own cryptocurrency
Tickets please, the next crypto train is about to depart. Japan-based messaging app Line is said to be the latest public company to consider a move into the blockchain and cryptocurrencies, according to a Bloomberg report.
Unlike some of the more obscure and head-scratching moves, which include China’s forgotten social network and an iced tea company, there would be some merit to Line… Read More
Mobike lands investment from Line to grow its bike-sharing service in Japan
Dock-less bike rental company Mobike is teaming up with messaging app firm Line to boost its presence in Japan. Line, which is Japan’s most popular messaging app with 71 million users in the country, is making an undisclosed investment in Mobike Japan, the Chinese firm’s entity in the country. The deal will see the Mobike service integrated into the Line app the same way that it… Read More
Line adds unsend for recalling missent messages
Messaging platform Line has added the ability for users to retrieve messages they’ve sent in error. Read More
Unsending your texts is finally coming to Line, one of Asia’s top messenger apps
Finally, you can unsend that embarrassing text on Line messenger.
The app, which is hugely popular in Japan and Thailand, will start allowing users to retract messages that they’ve sent to friends, reports SoraNews24.
The feature will be available in…