Weeks before Facebook is expected to open Messenger to third-party bots at its F8 event, Line, the messaging app based in Japan, has beaten its rival to the punch. Well, in announcing its bot ...

Line Plus, the mobile platform subsidiary of chat giant Line, has formed a blockchain subsidiary, dubbed Unblock, in South Korea. Unblock is Japan-based Line's first entry into the blockchain market.

Like any smartphone junky, the moment my plane touched down in Jakarta, Indonesia, I immediately turned on my phone to get to work. I skipped my inbox completely; Gmail tends to eat a lot of data when ...