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Yahoo! Messenger [J] To Shut Down

Yahoo! Japan announced [J] that it would terminate its messenger service “Yahoo! Messenger” at 3 p.m. on March 26, 2014. Yahoo! Messenger was one of the most popular messenger services for Japanese Internet users, competed against Skype and MSN Messenger. (MSN Messenger, aka Windows Live Messenger, was also stopped after Microsoft got Skype) Yahoo! Japan… Continue reading Yahoo! Messenger [J] To Shut Down

Limited Edition LINE Character Models By BE@RBRICK On Sale

Medicom Toy, Inc. [J] collaborates with characters from “LINE” [J], LINE, Inc.’s [J] messaging application, with their figure series BE@RBRICK [J], and the limited model “BE@RBRICK LINE” is now for sale at famima.com [J]. “BE@RBRICK” is an action figure series featuring bear figures, and already they have collaborated with many corporations and brand names.  The… Continue reading Limited Edition LINE Character Models By BE@RBRICK On Sale

LINE Stamp Characters Appear In New Animated TV Series

NHN Japan, Inc. [J] has announced the broadcast of the animated TV series “LINE TOWN,” featuring popular characters from their free smartphone calling and mail application “LINE,” on Tokyo TV Channel 6, starting from Wednesday April 3rd at 6:30 PM.  This is the second time that LINE characters have been animated. “LINE TOWN” [J] is… Continue reading LINE Stamp Characters Appear In New Animated TV Series

How Facebook Crossed the Chasm in Japan and Lessons for Other Platforms

Important note: Most of these statements are qualitative in nature. For some statements there’s not enough supporting data. Please read this post with a pinch of salt. In the summer of 2004, a new file sharing platform, named wirehog, was in the works. This platform was not that successful and it gave us a very… Continue reading How Facebook Crossed the Chasm in Japan and Lessons for Other Platforms

What to do if an earthquake strikes? LINE is the answer

We recently conducted a survey among college students and found that LINE is their most favorite social media platform. Most interestingly when we asked what they would do if there was an earthquake, they listed LINE as their preferred type of communication channel after the phone, email and the internet. This is a topic I… Continue reading What to do if an earthquake strikes? LINE is the answer

Nose Tissue Hello Kitty Stamps Free For Download On LINE Smartphone App.

SS Pharmaceudicals Inc. [J] has begun to offer “nose tissue” Hello Kitty stamps as promotion for the allergy nasal inflammation medicine “Alejion 10,” via the free phone call and mail smartphone application “LINE” [J] offered by NHN Japan Inc.. [J] Hello Kitty is being used as the mascot character for “Alejion 10,” and this time… Continue reading Nose Tissue Hello Kitty Stamps Free For Download On LINE Smartphone App.

Naver Line Is Down

Naver LINE is down after the midnight, October 31st. The official’s Twitter account says, 【障害報告】現在、LINEのアプリ・PC版等全デバイスにおいて全機能が利用できない不具合が発生しております。復旧にむけて原因調査対応中です。ご不便をおかけし申し訳ありません。復旧次第、ご報告致します。 #LINE — LINE (@LINEjp_official) October 30, 2012 “All functions of both Apps and PC versions LINE are not working now. We are investigating now and will let you know as soon as we recover.” at 01:17 a.m. Twitter’s top trends… Continue reading Naver Line Is Down

NHN Japan’s LINE App Hits 20 Million Users – After Just 8 Months

20 million – that’s the amazing number of users that LINE, a communication app made by NHN Japan, just hit. The free voice call/messenger app for iOS and Android just took eight months to reach this milestone (it was released in June last year). LINE makes it possible for users to call or text each… Continue reading NHN Japan’s LINE App Hits 20 Million Users – After Just 8 Months