Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The logo of free messaging app Line and it's sticker characters is pictured at the Line Corp's press briefing venue in Urayasu, ...

Japanese messaging app Line is about to test Wall Street's appetite for tech IPOs this year, as the company prepares to go public Thursday. What many don't know is that the Tokyo-based chat app ...

Messaging is no longer just about messaging. Last year saw the West wake up to the potential of messaging apps — largely thanks to Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp — and 2015 is the year that U.S.

A Japanese messaging app operator is set to launch the biggest tech IPO of the year. Line Corp., which operates messaging app Line, will list its shares in New York on Thursday and then in Tokyo on ...

TOKYO — Line, Japan’s leading social media platform, is on a mission to convince fashion brands and retailers that it is a valuable tool for reaching consumers. In February, Line live-streamed the ...

Line Corp. surged on its debut in New York and Tokyo this week, raising $1 billion – the largest tech IPO this year. The Japanese messaging-app operator said it plans to use the proceeds from the ...

According to Nikkei, messaging app Line and Yahoo Japan are about to merge and form a single tech company. Despite the name, Yahoo Japan is currently 100% owned by Z Holdings, a company that is ...

The logo of messaging app Line is pictured on a smartphone in this photo illustration taken in Tokyo September 23, 2014. REUTERS/Toru Hanai By Joshua Hunt TOKYO (Reuters) - Messaging app operator Line ...