Tencent to Open Malaysia Office: Good News for Malaysian Startups?
The overseas expansion of Chinese tech giant Tencent continues, following along with the success of ...
Posts Tagged: WeChat
Tencent’s mobile chat app has been accused by some of being a copycat (and those complaints are not without merit), but that hasn’t stopped WeChat from growing at breakneck pace. With 300-million-plus users, it’s far and away the mobile chat app of choice in China, but perhaps more importantly, it’s probably the first Chinese social network to see real success overseas, with more than 40 million international users as of April 2013.
Who Owns Your WeChat Posts?
It’s an issue that seems to pop up for every developing social platform that doesn’t spe...
China’s Top Chat App Gets a WeChat-Like Makeover, But Everyone Hates It
Tencent’s (HKG:0700) chat service QQ is used by over half a billion people and is China’s top ap...
WeChat Now Has 190 Million Active Users, Close to Passing Whatsapp
Tencent’s (HKG:0700) deputy general manager Hou Xiaonan has revealed that the company’s social m...
Lei Jun: WeChat Has Done a Great Job
On stage at the Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) in Beijing this morning, Lei Jun (pictured)...
China’s Top 10 Smartphone Apps for Android and iOS
Chinese research firm iResearch recently released its breakdown of China’s mobile market in Ja...
China Mobile Customers Making Fewer Phone Calls, Telecom Companies At Risk
China’s major telecoms are having a rough week. Yesterday, a MIIT spokesman announced that the...
Remember “China’s Facebook”? It’s Fighting Back Against WeChat With a New Messaging App
Once hailed as “China’s Facebook”, Renren (NYSE:RENN) has had a rough few years. First overtak...
WeChat Now Has 50 Million Users Outside of China
Early last month we mentioned that WeChat, the China-made messaging app, had 40 million users outsid...
Tencent Posts Rocketing Profits, Sees 195 Million Active Users on WeChat
China’s biggest web company by revenue has just posted its Q1 2013 financial report. Tencent (HKG:...
Line’s Revenue for Q4 2012 Was $58 Million
For the first time since NHN debuted its popular chat app, Line is publicly announcing its quarterly...
Tencent CEO Pony Ma Talks WeChat, Competition, Going Mobile and Global
This afternoon at the Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) event in Beijing, Tencent’s ‘Pony...
Not Only on WeChat: Tencent Hints at Integrated Mobile Gaming Platform
We know that Tencent is developing a social gaming platform for WeChat, its popular messaging app, b...
Next Version of WeChat Rumored to Have Mobile Payments and Paid Publishing Platform
We know that Tencent (HKG:0700) is working on a social gaming platform for WeChat, its popular socia...
China Won’t Force WeChat to Subsidize Telecoms, Says MIIT Spokesman
The battle between Tencent’s WeChat and major Chinese telecoms has been raging all spring, but...
WeChat Officially Steps Foot Into Singapore Market with First TV Commercial [VIDEO]
Tencent’s social messaging application WeChat has announced today that its expansion plans have of...
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