Line has already applied for an initial public offering in Tokyo, but the app's parent company reportedly has its eyes on Wall Street. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology columnist who has ...

In the latest update to its messaging app, Line has added a livestreaming feature, called Chat Live, which can be used in group or multi-person chats of up to 200 people. The company suggests a ...

LINE Corp reached one billion downloads for its family of apps, three years after its mobile messaging service was launched. The LINE messaging platform (which now has 470 million registered users) ...

Investors have been waiting to put a price on chat apps since Facebook bought WhatsApp two years ago for $19 billion. Today may be their day. Line, Japan’s popular messaging app, is making its stock ...

Messaging apps often serve as more than chat tools. In many Asian markets they also support payments and commerce inside the same app. Companies are now beginning to add AI agents to automate customer ...