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How to use E-ink with LINE Things
Ukrit Pongsathaporn2019-01-31
Lead Hardware Engineer at LINE Thailand. I develop and test integrating hardware into LINE Things Platform.
Hello again! This is Ukrit Pongsathaporn back with another post about LINE Things. This post will be going over the capabilities and features of the demo device to be used with LINE Things. Today, we'd like to introduce you to LINE Things' latest device, LINE Things E-card (Bluetooth Low Energy Electronic Display)! It is a BLE-enabled e-ink display fully compatible with LINE Things. Currently, we are working on making the resource materials for the hardware public. The device will
- LINE Things
- IoT
AIR GO and APK Signing
Seunghoon Kim2019-01-29
I am a developer of the detection module for AIR GO.
Hello you all, this is Seunghoon Kim, a member of the AIR GO development team at LINE. Previously on our blog, we had a chance to introduce AIR GO with this post, Introducing AIR GO. Following up on the article, I'd like to talk about APK Signing and what AIR GO detects in regards to it. Recently, Google introduced the APK Signature Scheme v3 for Android 9 Pie and AIR GO has updated its verification process to check for the new scheme. Today, I'd like to share what I've learnt th
The Agile + DevOps EAST 2018
Pei-Yun Lee2019-01-29
QA Automation Engineer in LINE Taiwan. I’m in charge of designing and implementing automated solutions in LINE Today.
The Agile + DevOps is one of the software conferences TechWell Corporation holds. The conference focuses on seeking to accelerate the delivery of reliable and secure software applications. Also on how the practice of Agile & DevOps brings cross-functional stakeholders together, to deliver software with greater speed and agility, while meeting quality and security demands. This conference give you an opportunity to learn from the industry experts how your o
An overview of 2018 language models
Tung Nguyen2019-01-16
I became a deep learning enthusiast the first time I read about Deep Belief Network in 2013. Currently, I am working on NLP for Clova, but I also interested in multimodal learning, reinforcement learning, and both research and development of production system.
Hello, this is Tung from Clova team. Clova is our AI platform that comes with the first generation smart devices as Clova Friends and Clova Wave. You can find more information on the products here (Sorry, the site is in Japanese). Today, as we start 2019, I want to invite you to reflect on a very hot topic of 2018 — the emergence of multiple competitive language models, ELMo, ULMFit, OpenAI Transformer, and BERT. There are articles on the int
- AI
- NLP
- language models
- LSTM
- Transfer
Automatically inspecting and testing with Google Analytics
Edward Chen/Miki Liao2019-01-14
Edward and Miki are Automation QA engineers in LINE Taiwan. They are in charge of LINE TODAY automation development.
Abstract Google Analytics testing for TODAY Using Google Analytics (GA) is a common way to track traffic on websites. With GA, you can learn important information such as the number of visitors on a specific page and even sort them by device model or country, so that operations team can use these data to analyze the visitors' behavior. After analyzing, operations team can strategically optimize the website content and design in order to p
- QA
- Automation
- python
Test Automation Workshop 2018 Tokyo
Moses Kim2018-12-18
My main tasks are automating tests for LINE the messenger app and improve development environment.
Welcome to Test Automation Workshop It's a great pleasure for me to share our latest event with you all. I am Moses Kim from the Software Engineer in Test team at LINE. Last October, test automation teams from LINE's global offices gathered at LINE Tokyo office for a workshop — Test Automation Workshop 2018 — for two days from the 18th. A common goal for the test automation teams is "Closing the distance between development and testing". Based on this mission, we strive to a
Making a Flex Message with LINE's Go SDK
sugyan2018-12-13
LINE Engineer
Hi there, this is @sugyan (Twitter, GitHub) from LINE Kyoto office. This was first time for me to experience Kyoto's Summer, and boy, was it really hot or what!? (The original post in Japanese was published in August 2018.) In June 2018, a new message type, Flex Message, was introduced in the LINE Message API, allowing more complex message layouts to customize messages. To use it, see Using Flex Messages and Messaging API reference for details. The offi
- Go
FIDO at LINE: A First Step to a World Without Passwords
Kieun Shin2018-12-07
I am working at LINE as a security software engineer and in charge of advanced authentication technologies including FIDO project. Since 2015, I've been a member of FIDO Alliance and contributing to the FIDO specifications and W3C WebAuthn standards.
Getting closer to a world without passwords Today we are happy to announce that LINE has achieved the world’s first FIDO Universal Server certification (as a service provider1) for our authentication server — LINE Authentication Server. With FIDO authentication, LINE users can sign in and authenticate both using biometrics (for example, face and fingerprint), as well as with external hardware tokens like Yubikey and Google Titan key. Regardless of the
LTOドライブを使ってみた
Hidetsugu Tamaki (Ralph)2018-12-04
I develop the LINE app for Android.
この記事はLINE Advent Calendar2018の4日目の記事です。こんにちは、LINEメッセージングアプリの Android Client の開発を担当している玉木（@r_ralph_h）です。この記事では、あまりコンシューマー向けには馴染みのない「LTOドライブ」について、実際に使ってみて紹介する記事になります。 LTOドライブとは LTOの正式名称は Linear Tape-Open で、磁気テープメディアの一種になります。一般にもよく聞く有名どころの磁気テープメディアだと、オーディオカセットテープやVHS、8mmビデオテープなどがあります。テープメディアは比較的メディアの容量あたりの単価が安いのが特徴です。また、LTOドライブは長期間の保管に向いている（公称値で最適な温湿度下で約20年程度）という特徴があります。 LTOドライブ自体はエンタープライズ向けの規格になっており、最新規格で揃えようとすると数百万円は下らないという感じになっています。 LTOドライブの規格について LTOドライブの規格はおよそ2-3年ごとに新しい規格が登場して
- LTO
Trying out LINE’s IoT Platform through LINE Things Developer Trial
Hirotaka Kawata2018-11-21
LINE Engineer
Have you heard of LINE’s latest IoT platform? Ever wanted to connect your Bluetooth LE device to LINE? LINE Things can do just that! A Developer Trial program has recently been announced at LINE Developer Day 2018, held in November 2018, which allows all developers to easily integrate their Bluetooth LE devices into LINE’s ecosystem through LINE Things. This article will walk you through the procedures to create your very own device to connect to LINE. We will be using the ESP32 samp
- IoT