Lines (laid out as LINE ) is a freeware app for instant communications on electronic devices like smartphones, tablet computers, and personal computers. Users exchange text, image, video and audio exchange, and have free VoIP conversations and video conferences. The service is operated by Line Corporation, a Japanese subsidiary of South Korea's Internet search giant, Naver Corporation.
The line was launched in Japan in 2011, reaching 100 million users within eighteen months and 200 million users only six months later. Line became Japan's largest social network by 2013. In October 2014, Line announced that it has attracted 560 million users worldwide with 170 million active user accounts. In February 2015, it was announced that 600 million users had passed and 700 million were expected by the end of the year. This is the most popular messaging app in Japan. It is also popular in Taiwan, Thailand, and Turkmenistan.
Line was originally developed as a mobile app for Android and iOS smartphones. This service has been extended to BlackBerry OS (August 2012), Nokia Asha (Asia and Oceania, March 2013), Windows Phone (July 2013), Firefox OS (February 2014), iOS tablets (October 2014), and as Chrome Application Browser via the Chrome Web Store). At one point, Line is available as a website (not a browser application), but has since been discontinued. This app is also available in versions for laptops and desktop computers using Microsoft Windows platform and macOS.
Video Line (software)
Histori
The line begins as a disaster response. In March 2011, the T earthquake? Hoku destroys Japan's telecommunications infrastructure nationally, requiring employees at NHN Japan, a unit of the NHN Company of South Korea, to rely on Internet-based resources to communicate. Company engineers developed Line to facilitate this, and the company released their application for general use in June.
This application proved very popular, and by the end of October, Line had an unexpected server overload. Having concluded that the scalability process needs to be improved, NHN Japan chose to adopt HBase as the primary storage for user profiles, contacts, and groups. Within eighteen months since its launch, Line reached 100 million users; six months later, reaching 200 million and on 25 November 2013, used by 300 million users.
On July 3, 2012, NHN Japan announced the new Line features Home and Timeline . The feature allows users to share the latest personal developments into the contact community in real time, similar to status updates in social networking services like Facebook.
On February 6, 2013, Line success led the NHN Japan announced a new spin-off company called Line Corporation that continues to develop Internet resources such as Line, Japan's Naver search portal, and Livedoor ISP and blog platform. The games, including for the Line Game brand, remain under the auspices of the Japanese Hangame. A new joint venture called Line Plus Corporation develops overseas markets. At launch, most of Line Plus's shares are held by the newly created Line Corporation (60%) with the remaining shares (40%) held by Korea's parent company NHN Corporation.
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Line began in the summer of 2011 as a communication system for NHN employees in Japan. Then saw explosive growth when it was released to the public in June of that year. On January 18, 2013, Line has been downloaded 100 million times worldwide. This number increased to 140 million in early July 2013 and to 200 million on July 21. In June 2016, Japan claimed 68 million users while Thailand has 33 million. In February 2014, Indonesia had 20 million users, Taiwan 17 million, while India and Spain each had 16 million. The NHN company representative announced plans to reach 300 million with further expansion in East Asia, Spain and Chile. In April 2014, Naver announced that Line has reached 400 million users worldwide. By December 2017 Line reached 217 million average number of users in a month.
Features
Line is an application that works on multiple platforms and has access through multiple personal computers (Windows or macOS). This app will also give you the option to sync your address book. The app also features to add friends through the use of QR code, with line IDs, and by shaking the phone simultaneously. The app has a direct pop-out mailbox for reading and replying to make it easy for users to communicate. It can also share photos, videos and music with other users, send current or specific locations, sound audio, emoji, stickers and emoticons to friends. Users can see real-time confirmation when messages are sent and received or use a hidden chat feature, which can hide and delete chat history (from both devices involved and Line server) after the time specified by the user. This app also makes free voice and video calls. Users can also chat and share media in groups by creating and joining groups up to 500 people. Chats also provide bulletin boards where you can post, like, and comment. The app also features a timeline and homepage feature that allows users to post pictures, text and stickers on their homepages. Users can also change their Line themes into themes that Line provides in the theme store for free or users can buy other famous cartoon characters they like. Line also has a feature, called Snap movie, which users can use to record stop motion video and add background music provided.
In January 2015, Line Taxi was released in Tokyo as a competitor to Uber. Line launched a new Android app called "Popcorn buzz" in June 2015. This app facilitates group calls with up to 200 members. In June a new Emoji keyboard is also released for iOS devices, which provides an experience like Line with the possibility to add stickers. In September 2015, the new Android launcher was released in the Play Store, helping companies to promote their own services through a new user interface.
Stickers
Features Line Sticker Shop where users can buy virtual stickers depicting the original and famous characters. Stickers are used during chat sessions between users and act as large emoji. Users can purchase stickers as gifts, with many stickers available as free downloads, depending on country availability. Purchased stickers are attached to your account and can be used on other platforms. New sticker sets are released every week. Line message stickers feature original characters as well as a number of manga, anime and popular game characters, movie tie-ins, and characters from Disney properties like Pixar. Several sets of stickers, such as those celebrating special events like the 2012 Summer Olympics, were released only for a limited time.
Original innate characters and stickers, known as LINE Friends, created by Kang Byeongmok, also known as "Mogi", in 2011.
There are over 1 billion stickers sent by users around the world every day.
Games
NHN Japan created GAME LINE in 2011. Only those who have accounts to the Line app can install and play Line Game games. Players can connect with friends, send and receive items, and earn friends points. Game ranges include puzzles, match three, side wedge, musical performances, simulations, battles, and spot-the-difference games. Line Corporation announced its game has been downloaded 200 million times worldwide.
Friends Lines
Line Friends are the featured characters featured in app stickers. They include Brown, Cony, Sally, James, Moon, Boss, Jessica, Edward, Leonard, Choco, Pangyo and Rangers. The two anime series, LINE OFFLINE and LINE TOWN, produced in 2013, describe Line Friends as employees for the fictitious Line Corporation.
Pay Channel
Line introduces the Pay Worldwide Line on December 16, 2014. This service allows users to request and send money from users on their contact list and make mobile payments at the store. This service has been expanded to allow other features such as offline wire transfers when making ATM purchases and transactions such as depositing and withdrawing money. Unlike other Line services, Line Pay is offered worldwide through the Line app.
Taxi Line
The Taxi Line was launched in January 2015 in partnership with Nihon Kotsu, a local taxi service in Japan. Just like Line Pay, Taxi Line is not offered as a separate application but through Line application where users can request a taxi and automatically pay it when they connect their account to Line Pay.
Line Wow
Announced with Line Pay and Line Taxi, this service allows users to access direct delivery services for food or registered products and services.
Shop
There are physical stores in Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, USA, and Korean online stores to buy LINE Friends merchandise. Sometimes LINE will have a pop-up or temporary store globally.
LINE Lite
In 2015, Android apps with lower overheads are released for emerging markets called LINE Lite. It supports messages but not calls or timelines. It is available worldwide in August 2015.
Limitations
Channel accounts can be accessed on just one mobile device (running app version), plus one personal computer (running version for them). Additional mobile devices can install apps but require different phone numbers or e-mail addresses for Channel accounts.
If "LINE Lite" for Android is installed and enabled, users are notified that they will "quit the regular LINE". This message does not specify that is unlikely to reenter normal LINE, and normal LINE will delete all history data when the next launch.
Security
In August 2013, it is possible to intercept Line chat sessions at the network level using packet capture software and to reconstruct on the PC. Messages are sent in clear text to the Line server when on mobile data but encrypted when using Wi-Fi most of the time.
Until February 2016, it is also possible to "duplicate" the iPhone from backup, and then use the iPhone "cloning" to access the same Line account as used by the original iPhone. This gap is widely rumored (but never proven) has been used to intercept Message Line between the popular Japanese television personality Becky and her married romantic partner Enon Kawatani; taped messages were published in Shukan Bunshun magazine and led to a temporary suspension of Becky's television career.
In July 2016, Line Company enabled end-to-end encryption by default for all Line users. Previously available as an opt-in feature since October 2015. This app uses the ECDH protocol for client-to-client encryption. In August 2016, Line expanded its end-to-end encryption to also include group chats, voice calls, and video calls.
Sensor
In China, Lines press content to fit government censorship. Analysis by Citizen Lab shows that accounts registered with Chinese phone numbers download a list of forbidden words that can not be sent or received through the Channel. Banned words reflect common topics banned by Chinese officials, such as the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 and controversies over Tibet and Xinjiang.
The line publicly confirms the practice in December 2013:
LINE must adapt to local regulations during its expansion into mainland China, and as a result the Chinese version of LINE, "LIANWO," was developed. The details of this system are kept secret, and there is no plan to release them publicly.
In Indonesia, Line has responded to pressure from the Indonesian Ministry of Communications and Information to remove emoji and stickers that it believes to refer to homosexuality, such as emoji "two men holding hands". Line issued a public statement on the matter: "The line regrets the incident of some stickers that are considered sensitive by many people, we ask for your understanding because we are currently working on this issue to remove stickers".
In popular culture
On November 20, 2012, Line is featured in the Far East Movement music video, featuring Sidney Samson, for the song "Change Your Life". DJ Virman was seen chatting with Sidney Samson in the middle of a music video.
On December 16, 2012, the Line app is featured in the American rap video Big Sean for the song "Guap".
On May 16, 2014, Warner Music Italy released a music video for Italian singer Annalisa "Sento solo il presente", in which recording artists were seen using the Line app at the beginning of the video.
In 2014, the LINE app is featured in Cycle 21 of the Next Top Model America.
This app has a significant presence in the popular Korean TV drama "My Love from the Star".
This app is highly featured in the visual novel "Steins; Gate 0" with the name "Rine". Naver Corporation and Mages also partnered over Steins; Gate 5th Anniversary Goods Project.
In the 2017 anime Tsuki ga Kirei, Line app is the main way of communication protagonist.
Original anime series 2017 Just Because! Line use extensively throughout the series as a method of communication between characters.
See also
- Instant messaging client comparisons
References
External links
- [1]
- Official website
- Official Website: Line Company
- Official Website: About NHN Corp and Naver
- Next Web Articles 2013.02.06
- Japan Times article 2012.07.18
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