Everyone in Japan knows Brown, the laid-back bear, and Cony, the bunny whose wild enthusiasm makes Brown seem even more chilled. They make a good pair — they’re dating, you see — and they also make a lot of money for their owners. They’re virtual stickers inside Line, a messaging app that now dominates Japan.
Popular messaging app Line has added another spin-off app to its ever growing catalog — it’s called Popcorn Buzz, and it provides free conference-style voice calls. However, the highlight here is how many people you can add to your group chats. In total, Popcorn Buzz accepts 200 people in a single conference call.
The billionaire founder of web portal operator Naver beat back Google to leave South Korea one of few countries where the US search engine does not dominate.
I doubt if Google really cares about this.. they are much more than a search engine now.
TNW- Facebook’s move towards video ads raised concern among users this week, but what if you were paid to watch them? That’s a concept that Line, the messaging app from Japan with 300 million registered users, is putting to the test next year.