Weishi

After seeing hundreds of millions of people start using the WeChat messaging app, Tencent (HKG:0700) decided to expand upon it last year with a standalone, Vine-like video sharing app. Called

A few months back we got word that Tencent (HKG: 0700) – the maker of WeChat – was set to release a social video-sharing (think Vine) app by the name

Word leaked today that Chinese web giant Tencent (HKG:0700) has a clone of Vine now in closed-beta testing. The eight-second video sharing platform will integrate with both Tencent Weibo and WeChat, China’s most

Tencent’s popular group messaging app WeChat – with its army of over 100 million users – looks set to get video and voice chat added to its feature-set pretty soon.

Click to enlarge. Photos of a presentation purport to show a secret, upcoming Tencent (HKG:0700) product called Free Talk, which would be a Skype-like VoiP service. From looking at the

Tencent has updated the iPhone version of its Weixin group messaging app with support for video messages and a location-based service (LBS) type function to find nearby users.

Tencent has launched a rival to Apple’s FaceTime – a fully-featured mobile and tablet oriented video calling platform called Weishi. Now in private beta stage testing, with apps all ready

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