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If there is one feature that the messaging app Line is known for, it would be its stickers. The sticker store is constantly updated with new stickers and is used by companies to help market movies and television shows and even music by releasing stickers in its likeness, like Avengers-related stickers, Psy-themed stickers, and so on.

Line has recently announced that they have updated their Android app with a new feature called Sticons. Just in case the name wasn’t obvious enough, Sticons are basically a combination of both stickers and icons. They can be used in regular text messages within the apps (as pictured above), but when sent individually, their size increases to resemble that of a sticker.

Unfortunately this update appears to be available only for Android first while an iPhone version is being worked on. At the moment there are over 1,000 different Sticons to choose from in five different categories: faces, animals, symbols, sports, and vehicles. It is unclear if just like its stickers feature, Line has plans to open up a market for its Sticons where additional Sticons can be purchased for a small fee.

In any case if you’d like to check out Sticons and the Line messenger app, it is free for download and you can head on over to the Google Play store for the download.

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Line is one of the better known WhatsApp competitors out there, and even though it doesn’t quite have the user base of the latter, it has developed strong revenue streams. Its gaming platform, Line Game, generates 60 percent of its total value whereas stickers account for over 20 percent. Over 1.8 billion are sent daily, and while only Line’s partners could design and sell them previously, the Line stickers shop has now been opened up to all designers.

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It would be an understatement to say that Line is a well known cross platform messaging service. Line’s astronomical growth has come in a relatively short span of time, it now boasts more than 300 million users around the world, with the figure expected to rise even higher over the next few months. It has released a new app called Whoscall which users can use in order to avoid unwanted calls. The app is currently available only for Android, it is expected to be released for the iPhone soon. This service actually stems from an acquisition Line made last month of a similar service called Gogolook.

Whoscall touts a database of more than 600 million phone numbers that have been sourced from public databases, internet search as well as public phonebooks from around the world. So if the user is unable to figure out who the mystery caller is, Whoscall helps them identify the caller and decide if they want to take the call or not. They also have the option to block calls. Is the app is not able to identify the caller, users can then tag the incoming number so that it is entered in the database and may help other users somewhere down the line. Users based in the U.S., Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea and Japan can also download the entire database for offline access. Whoscall is available as a free download from Google Play Store.

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We’re sure by now, you already have chosen your instant messaging application and have been happy with its service for several months. Jumping to a completely new messaging service is a pretty hard decision, especially if those who you chat with don’t use the service you’re attempting to make the jump to. That doesn’t seem to be the case with Line, which has just announced they have passed the 300 million user milestone.  (more…)

Line Messaging App Surpasses 300 Million Registered Users Milestone original content from Ubergizmo.