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Japanese app Line allowed Chinese engineers to access user data
Japanese messaging app Line allowed Chinese engineers at a Shanghai affiliate to access data on Japanese users without seeking their consent. Read more…
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SoftBank to merge Yahoo Japan with Line creating $30bn giant
SoftBank Corp plans to merge internet subsidiary Yahoo Japan with messaging app operator Line Corp to create a $30 billion tech group Read more…
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Line lands separate FinTech deals with Mizuho and Tencent
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese chat app operator Line Corp will set up a bank with Mizuho Financial Group and also partner China’s Tencent to offer mobile payment services – plans which saw its stock rise Read more…
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Tencent and Line team up on mobile payments: report
TOKYO (Reuters) – Tencent Holdings and Japanese chat app operator Line Corp will tie up to offer mobile payment services for small Japanese retailers aiming to attract business from Chinese tourists, the Nikkei business daily Read more…
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Line taps Mellanox/Cumulus switches for messaging network
Mellanox Technologies and Cumulus Networks announced that Line Corporation has selected Mellanox open Ethernet switches running Cumulus’ Linux open network operating system to power the network behind its messaging applications. Line is deploying Mellanox 100GbE Read more…
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Line issues ‘Link’ tokens and blockchain network
Line Corporation announced that it has launched its first digital token, Link, backed by its own blockchain network, Link Chain, for use within Line’s dApps ecosystem. Unlike other cryptocurrencies or digital tokens, Link will not make an Read more…
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Crypto action this day: Line to start exchange, Facebook bans ICO ads, etc
Today’s cryptocurrency news: Line wants its own cryptocurrency exchange, Coincheck hackers want to launder their stolen coins, South Korea uncovers $600 million worth of cryptocurrency crimes, and Facebook bans cryptocurrency/ICO ads. Line to launch cryptocurrency Read more…
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Line reports drop in monthly active users for the first time
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Line Corp said its number of monthly active users fell from the previous quarter, its first such decline, underscoring the messaging app operator’s struggles to grow outside its home country since Read more…
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Dtac could lose license over “illegal” Line Mobile registration: NBTC
Last week, Dtac surprised the industry when Thailand’s most popular messaging app Line announced it was launching Line Mobile on the Dtac network. But Dtac got a surprise of its own when the NBTC (National Read more…
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SMBC Nikko Securities and NTT Com develop AI chatbot for Line inquiries
The Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) and SMBC Nikko Securities, together with NTT Communications, say they have jointly developed an AI chatbot with support from Accenture Japan to support SMBC Nikko Securities’ Line-based inquiry service Read more…