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The Technical Side of LINE Business Connect
Yoichiro Tanaka2014-05-22
LINE Engineer
My name is Yoichiro, and I work in the Technology Strategy Department here at LINE. We really appreciate everyone out there reading this blog. In today’s post, we’ll be talking about all the juicy details of the technical side of LINE Business Connect, a new service released recently. About LINE Business Connect First, let’s talk about what LINE Business Connect actually is. At the core, this service is an official account that allows you to respond to messages automatically by
LINE on Firefox OS
LINE Engineering2014-05-19
LINE Engineering Blog official account
Development for the Firefox OS version of LINE began during the second half of 2013, and the app was officially released in February of the following year. LINE for Firefox OS is currently used in 19 countries around the world, and ranks high in the apps with the most number of downloads in the Firefox Marketplace. This unique version of the LINE app has also received favorable reviews from users, and it is the only app in the Popular Top 7 to maintain a consistent four-star rating. The Firefox
- FireFoxOS
Git Rich Quick: The Development Process for the iOS Version of LINE
LINE Engineering2014-04-20
LINE Engineering Blog official account
Hi there. My name is Hayaishi, and I’m part of the Technology StrategyDepartment here at LINE. I’d like to share a few details about thedevelopment process of the iOS version of the LINE app in this blogentry. The Development Environment for the iOS LINE App Managing the Source Code We manage our source code with Git. We also use GitHub Enterprise as ourGit repository browser while developing, so we can take advantage ofGitHub’s pull request and other commands that we’ve
- iOS
- Client
LINE Fellowship
LINE Engineering2014-04-06
LINE Engineering Blog official account
In this article, we’re going to discuss how LINE goes about measuring and improving the level of quality offered by our products from a user perspective, as we continue to expand globally. It does bear mentioning that the processes outlined in this article only cover a portion of what actually goes on here. Every one of our developers, designers, and business representatives all contribute to the process in their own unique way. The LINE Fellowship Since beginning service in Japan during
Adopting SPDY in LINE – Part 2: The Details
LINE2014-03-17
LINE Dev
Introduction In a previous post,* we gave an overview of how we came to adopt the networking protocol “SPDY” for use with the messaging service offered on LINE. This time we would like to go into detail about the various features that SPDY has to offer. *Adopting SPDY in Line – Part 1: An Overview, http://tech.naver.jp/blog/?p=2381 Discussion Security In the previous post, we mentioned that under some circumstances, LINE allowed connections that were unencrypted without u
LINE Security – Simple, Safe, Secure
LINE Security2014-03-10
LINE Engineer
Greetings, this is the LINE Security Center. LINE has grown into a global messaging app enjoyed by people from all around the world. We are proud to say that LINE not only offers incredible ease of use, but also a secure environment where users’ information is kept safe and secure. Our Security Practices Meet World Class Standards LINE maintains world-class data centers to safeguard user information. These data centers are actively guarded by state-of-the-art security measures and monitor
- Security Engineering
Adopting SPDY in Line - Part 1: An Overview
LINE2013-01-10
LINE Dev
We are constantly striving to improve the user experience of Line. Given the nature of Line as a communication tool, one way to do this is to reduce the time it takes to send and receive messages. Making the connection to our servers more efficient is one way to accomplish this. Until recently, Line had been using HTTP to transmit messages. HTTP, well known for its use in web browsers, has its strengths and is well understood. It has its downsides as well, however. Simply put, HTTP was not desig
LINE Storage: Storing billions of rows in Sharded-Redis and HBase per Month
LINE2012-04-25
LINE Dev
Hi, I’m Shunsuke Nakamura (@sunsuk7tp). Just half a year ago, I completed the Computer Science Master’s program in Tokyo Tech and joined to NHN Japan as a member of LINE server team. My ambition is to hack distributed processing and storage systems and develop the next generation’s architecture. In the LINE server team, I’m in charge of development and operation of the advanced storage system which manages LINE’s message, contacts and groups. Today, I’ll brief