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Line raises $370K for Japanese quake relief in 6 weeks. With stickers.
This past March saw the three year anniversary of the tragic 3.11 earthquake here in Japan. At the time, Line Corporation released a set of stickers to sell on its platform, drawn by kids from the...
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Kamcord raises $7M in funding, now lets users share game videos to Line, WeChat
San Francisco-based Kamcord announced this morning that it has raised $7.1 million in series A funding, in a round led by Silicon Valley-based TransLink Capital. Other participants included DeNA, SV...
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Line Rangers tops 10M downloads, gets TV promo boost in Japan
Line Corportation corporation recently announced that its Line Rangers game has surpassed 10 million downloads worldwide. The title was initially released back on February 28th, reaching the milestone...
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Line tries to reach beyond casual gamers with ‘Shake Spears’
Line Corporation’s latest entry in the mobile gaming space is a rehashed version of the jousting game Shake Spears from Russian developer Alawar Entertainment. The original Shake Spears title first...
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Line reported to submit IPO application to Tokyo Stock Exchange
Line Pop-up Store, Orchard, Singapore According to several news sources, Line, the Japanese messaging app company and a subsidiary of Korea internet company Naver (TSE:035420), was reported today that...
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Japan’s LINE teams up with Gumi for game distribution while forming own $100M...
Japanese messaging app company Line and gaming company Gumi held a press briefing in Tokyo earlier today, where LINE said it will invest thousands of millions of US dollars in game developer Gumi and...
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Japan’s Line unveils to launch payments, cab hailing, food delivery services,...
Image from Line’s livecast Japanese messaging app Line held an annual showcasing event called Line Conference Tokyo today, where they announced the launch of brand new services like payments, taxi...
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Line ties up with recruitment company to provide part-time job info to...
Japanese human resources company Intelligence Holdings (TSE:4757) and messaging platform operator Line announced today that they have agreed to launch a joint venture called Aube, specifically focused...
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Japan’s Line launches $42 million fund, looking to diversify revenue stream
Japanese internet messaging company Line announced today that it has founded a new fund focused on investing in e-commerce, payments solutions, O2O (online-to-offline), media, and entertainment...
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Japan’s Vinclu, holographic virtual assistant developer, acquired by Line
See the original story in Japanese. Tokyo-based Vinclu, the Japanese startup developing a holographic virtual assistant called Gatebox, has announced that it will start co-developing solutions using...
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