Thailand’s Government Claims It Can Monitor The Country’s 30M Line Users

Government officials in Thailand last year demanded access to chat app Line so that they could monitor conversations taking place in the country, and this week a politician claimed that they can now do so.

The Nation reports that ICT Minister Pornchai Rujiprapa told a press conference that the government “can monitor all

Messaging app Line is the latest to launch a mobile payment system

The latest version of messaging app Line includes Line Pay, a mobile payment system designed to take on the might of Alipay, PayPal, and Apple Pay. Pre-announced earlier this year, the service is available to Line users in many countries. In addition to Line Pay, version 4.8.0 also includes several other new features, including a typing status alert, and a low-

Messaging Firm Line Partners With Two Labels To Launch A Music Streaming Business

Messaging app company Line is expanding into music streaming after it announced the launch of Line Music, a new venture backed by recording labels Avex Digital and Sony Music Entertainment.

The venture was first revealed in October, at Line’s annual event where it also unveiled global plans for its manga

Line Purges Its Games Platform Again, Removing 15 Titles From Its Messaging Service

Today may be holiday time in the U.S., but it also seems to be a time for cleaning in Japan.Line, the messaging app company with 500 million registered users, just announced the closure of 15 of its third-party games, that’s