On the surface, Chinese messaging app WeChat seems similar to its western counterparts like WhatsApp and Viber. Like Facebook-owned WhatsApp, it allows you to send text messages to people over an ...

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WeChat, the mobile messaging service from Chinese Internet giant Tencent, passed 300 million registered users yesterday, and a new beta version of the iOS app has hinted that Siri-like voice reminders ...

There’s a new app in town that’s taking the Chinese users by storm. It even threatens the biggest social app in China, WeChat, by registering millions of downloads within days of its launch. If you ...

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With the roll out of its 5th version, WeChat has forayed into social gaming, launched animated stickers and dedicated camera app StoryCam The fifth version of WeChat has been officially rolled out to ...

In February 2011, I visited my friend Bill Huang who worked for Tencent in Shenzhen. Bill was telling me about their new messaging app, called WeChat, that had just launched. At the time, I had been ...

WeChat, one of the social communication apps has today introduced its latest WeChat 5.4 for Android users. WeChat 5.4 for Android further enriches users' social communication experience with four ...

WeChat the leading social communication app, has launched its new marketing campaign to promote the cool features recently introduced on the platform to make messaging even more fun for Indian ...

Chinese smartphone maker Smartisan may be a start-up, but founder Luo Yonghao has no qualms about taking on internet behemoth Tencent’s WeChat, the ubiquitous all-in-one app that has become a ...