As Apple prepares to launch its 10th-anniversary iPhone, it faces a quiet juggernaut in China—the WeChat platform, which alone has captured 35% of Chinese users’ monthly mobile-app time. Read More
Marketed as Weixin in the domestic market, WeChat uses a broad array of services which older users find enticing. The app had 937.8 million monthly active users as of March 31 Read More
PUTRAJAYA: An upkeep company worker has actually been charged with raping a 15-year-old-girl whom he was familiar with via the WeChat messaging app. Read More
< img src=http://technode.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/article_cover_201611_18_220608120698.jpg alt =article_cover_201611_18_220608120698 width=701 height= 482 > At the start of 2016, Zhang Xiaolong introduced the idea of “an app within an app within WeChat”, stating, “These are apps these are apps that you do not require to install; you can open them just by browsing or scanning a QR code. This make […]
BNP Paribas is introducing WeChat Pay to merchants in France and consequently across Europe, providing an opportunity for merchants to simplify the sh … Read More
Two mothers with sons at Knox Grammar are suing each other for defamation following a string of instant messages. Read More
889 million monthly active users globally, it comes in a close second to China’s first-mover. Now, its operator Tencent is going to take this service to the US through a partnership with Silicon Valley-based mobile payment startup CITCON. Soon, WeChat users in the US will be able to enjoy the same cashless experiences as they […]
Why WeChat Is the Swiss Army Knife of the Chinese Digital World November 29, 2017    By : Elena Mesropyan Chinese e-commerce colossus Tencent is an elephant in the room that is impossible not to talk about as the company after a blockbuster year that saw its share price more than double. Tencent makes headlines on many […]
Besides chatting with friends and idly thumbing through their social feeds, you can now buy luxury bags off China’s biggest social app, WeChat.The country ‘s most popular messenger app– which boasted nearly 900 million daily users reports the Wall Street Journal. Huge brand names like Louis Vuitton, Givenchy and Dior are also checking demand through […]
