Japan's largest messenger app is taking on Slack with chat for work

One hot rival has entered the arena for workplace messaging. 

Japan's most popular messenger app Line announced on Thursday the launch of Line Works, its chat app for offices. 

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Line Works is available for iOS and Android smartphones, and for Windows and Mac on the desktop.

The company, which is owned by South Korean web firm Naver, has an average of 218 million monthly active users, and is immensely popular in Japan and other Asian countries such as Thailand, Taiwan and Indonesia.

Line is well known for its iconic stickers, which generated $280 million for the company in 2015. Read more...

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