CURRENT AFFAIRS

2018

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which department launched on-line chat service?
A
Income Tax Department
B
Department of Air force
C
Department of Revenue
D
Department of Commerce and Industry
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Who owns the Line app? Line is a consolidated subsidiary of South Korean Internet giant Naver and SoftBank Corp. Each company holds a 50% stake in Line.

Detailed explanation-2: -Line was launched in Japan in June 2011 by NHN Japan, a subsidiary of Naver Corporation. Because it was tailored to Japanese consumers’ tastes and offered free smartphone calls as well as texting, with the help of a massive marketing campaign it quickly outpaced its existing rival KakaoTalk for the Japanese market.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first dedicated online chat service that was widely available to the public was the CompuServe CB Simulator in 1980, created by CompuServe executive Alexander “Sandy” Trevor in Columbus, Ohio. Ancestors include network chat software such as UNIX “talk” used in the 1970s.

Detailed explanation-4: -LINE is widely used, not only in Japan, but also in Taiwan, Thailand and Indonesia with over 176 million MAU worldwide1. It is now considered a super app, but did you know that it first started as a disaster response app during the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami?

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