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 ...

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 ...

Line will roll out 30 mini dapps on its app upon launch early next year. The introduction follows a renewed interest in blockchain integrations by social media platforms after the launch of Web3 games ...

TOKYO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Born in the chaos after Japan's 2011 disasters, the smartphone application "Line" has attracted 50 million users faster than Facebook with a made-in-Japan blend of cute and ...