Posts Tagged: group messaging


Wechat user numbers

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...

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  • May 9, 2013
  • at 11:33 am
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Renren TongXueShuo app

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...

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  • April 23, 2013
  • at 2:30 pm
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Just.me app launch

Just.me Launches as a Messaging App to Kill Off Facebook, Looks to Asia for Big Boost

Oh great, another messaging app. But now that these are clearly ubiquitous social tools, we’ll...

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  • April 17, 2013
  • at 12:00 pm
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Tianji Acquires Business Networking App as Battle Rages to be China’s Top LinkedIn Site

It’s all too rare that a Chinese startup gets the satisfaction of an exit in which it’s ...

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  • March 5, 2013
  • at 12:33 pm
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MiTalk messaging app Southeast Asia

China’s Xiaomi Aims its MiTalk Messaging App at Southeast Asia, Japan, and Korea

China’s Xiaomi not only makes a range of popular Android-based smartphones (a whopping 7.19 mi...

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  • January 21, 2013
  • at 4:45 pm
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Tencent Responds in Case of Apparent WeChat Censorship

Yesterday we broke the story of how WeChat, the world’s biggest Whatsapp-style messaging app, ...

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  • January 11, 2013
  • at 11:59 pm
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WeChat Drift Bottle

WeChat App Implicated at Trial of Pedophile in China

The trial of a sexual predator in Guangdong province in southern China has implicated the smash-hit ...

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  • December 19, 2012
  • at 10:30 pm
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Line App Launches in China, Keen to Fight with WeChat

The smash-hit messaging app Line – which is especially huge in Asia – has just made a mo...

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  • December 12, 2012
  • at 4:03 pm
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An Indonesian Telco Develops Chat App to Battle Against WhatsApp, Line, and the Rest

A few months ago we reported that the Indonesian telcos were planning to build a chat app platform t...

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  • May 8, 2013
  • at 2:15 pm
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Hike app update

How You Feeling? India-Made Hike App Adds Status Updates and Moods

We saw the India-made messaging app Hike launch last summer and then go global in December. In the f...

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  • April 18, 2013
  • at 10:30 pm
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Jongla

Jongla Pushes into Asia, Focuses on Content in Messaging App Battle

The world’s top messaging apps might have over half a billion users between them, but plenty o...

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  • March 28, 2013
  • at 9:00 pm
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Hollywood stars using WeChat in China

Hollywood Celebrities Get Chatty with Chinese Fans on WeChat

Last summer we noted how Western brands like Starbucks and Buick were quick to jump on the messaging...

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  • February 11, 2013
  • at 12:03 pm
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WeChat v4.5 beta

Next Version of WeChat App Will Add Voice Chatrooms, Song Recognition [Screenshots]

Yesterday, WeChat app officially hit an impressive new milestone – 300 million registered user...

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  • January 17, 2013
  • at 2:45 pm
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Now China’s WeChat App is Censoring Its Users Globally

We’ve written a lot about the progress of the world’s biggest messaging app, the China-m...

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  • January 10, 2013
  • at 10:40 pm
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India’s Hike App Goes Global, Ready to Zap Messages Across Android, iPhone, WP

The India-made messaging app Hike, which we previewed back in September, has made good on its promis...

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  • December 12, 2012
  • at 11:54 pm
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Tencent: WeChat App Has Gone Global, Now a Growing Ratio of Worldwide Users [INTERVIEW]

China’s Tencent (HKG:0700) calls WeChat its “most important app,” the likes of whi...

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  • October 12, 2012
  • at 4:00 pm
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