Microsoft sells MixRadio to LINE

line-mixradio

In a rather surprising announcement today, Microsoft have announced that they have sold the popular MixRadio service to LINE, who are more commonly known for their LINE Messenger application on smartphones. Continue reading “Microsoft sells MixRadio to LINE”

LINE Messeger announces LINE Sticker Design Competition in India

LINE mobile messaging platform has announced a LINE Sticker Design Competition exclusively for its users in India. Participants will have to send their entries between the contest period from 10th Dec 2014 – 21st Feb 2015.

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LINE Messenger finally released for iPad

LINE Messenger for iPad

LINE Corporation has finally released its first iPad app for LINE Messenger. You can login with your registered email and password to login, but you can create an account using the app yet. You can chat, send stickers, images, videos, voice messages and more easily with the app. Some features of the smartphone version of LINE, such as voice and video calls, the Sticker Shop, and the Timeline are not supported. Continue reading “LINE Messenger finally released for iPad”

LINE Messenger for Android gets Sticons, coming to iPhone soon

Line Messneger Sticons

LINE messenger which entered India last year has been aggressively trying to capture the market with various tie-ups and offers. Today, the popular Japanese platform has unveiled Sticons which is a merger of stickers and emoticons. Sticons can be used in text messages in the same way as emoticons, but they can also be used like stickers as large, individual images.

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LINE Messenger offers free talk time to Indian users

Line Messenger Free Talk Time

LINE Corporation has introduced a new offer to users of messaging app LINE that lets them enjoy free talk time worth Rs. 50 to all its users in India. To redeem the talk time on the mobile phone, users need to download the LINE Characters in Love sticker pack and send stickers to five LINE friends. This offer is available for both prepaid and post-paid users on platforms such as iOS, Android and BlackBerry, but not available for Windows Phone. Continue reading “LINE Messenger offers free talk time to Indian users”