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Does Tencent Have A Better Revenue Model Than Facebook?

Facebook’s dependency on ad revenue is worrying.

WeChat Causes Another Scandal by Practicing Unruly Censorship on Douyin

A new HTML5 campaign video of “Night at the Museum” by Douyin, or Tik Tok as its international version is called, encountered an unusual social media ban after its launch on May 18.

Inside Look into the WeChat Catfight between Tencent and Toutiao CEOs

Ma Huateng, the CEO of the Chinese Internet giant Tencent Holdings, was in the news recently for the screen shot of his altercation with Bytedance CEO on the latter’s WeChat Moment.

Why We Can’t #DeleteWeChat

Media around the world has buzzed enough about WeChat’s innovative features, yet few had deconstructed WeChat’s success to its basics. Yan and I were reading the recent Facebook scandal and the consequently #deletefacebook movement, suddenly, our thoughts went wild: It is no news that WeChat, China’s biggest social app, is invading our privacy too. Will there ever be a #deletewechat […]

Tencent’s Q4 net profit rose 105 percent year-over-year, gaming accounted for 37 percent

This is the lowest proportion of game business in total revenue. On March 21, Tencent released its unaudited fourth-quarter comprehensive performance and audited annual comprehensive results as of Dec. 31, 2017.

Huawei, Xiaomi and 7 other manufacturers launch unified Quick App rivaling WeChat

The rise of WeChat mini-programs, or “sub-applications” within the WeChat ecosystem, puts pressure on Apple and Chinese mobile phone brands.

Go For the WeChat Gold: E-commerce Business Increases 20 times In One Year?

“Alibaba and JD.com have established offices to compete with Pinduoduo.” said Bin Huang, an e-commerce merchant. Relying on WeChat traffic, Pinduoduo has become a black horse within the e-commerce industry.

Four New Great Inventions of China: Over 1B Monthly WeChat Users

On March 5, the first session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) opened in Beijing’s Great Hall of People. NPC members Pony Ma, Wang Yaping, and Xu Liyi were interviewed by media.

2018 World’s Most Innovative Companies: Tencent Ranks Fourth; DJI and Toutiao Listed

Fast Company released the 2018 edition of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. Among the top 50 most innovative companies, Apple, Netflix, and Square were the top three. Tencent, which has been on the list for four consecutive years, surpassed Amazon and ranked fourth place in the list.

Apple Launches WeChat Official Account, Answers Questions in Real Time

Users who search for “Apple” on WeChat may be directed to the new Apple Official Account, which offers information, purchasing services and other functions since January 18. For Apple users, in addition to the customer service line and official website, the Apple WeChat official account offers an efficient Internet information channel.

Ubisoft Reaches Strategic Cooperation with WeChat, KETCHAPP to Release WeChat Small Games

Ubisoft and WeChat jointly announced a strategic cooperation on small games. Ubisoft’s KETCHAPP will launch several small games on WeChat. The two sides will give full play to their advantages and provide users with interesting and high-quality games.

Allen Zhang: WeChat Prepared to Explore the Offline World

The WeChat team held a public class themed as “to be on the day” in Guangzhou on January 15. Allen Zhang, senior vice president of Tencent group and president of WeChat business group, attended and delivered a speech.

WeChat Rejects Rumors of Snooping, Doesn’t Store or Analyze Chat

WeChat officially denied rumors that it monitors users’ chat activity or retains chat records on January 2. Chat records are only stored in the user’s mobile phone or computer, the company said. It does not and will not use chats for big data analysis.

Games Land in WeChat Mini Programs After Being Shot Down a Year Ago

When Allen Zhang, father of WeChat, sat down to explain WeChat’s new Mini Programs on December 28, 2016, the question every developer wanted to know was whether Mini Programs could be used to develop games? Zhang’s answer was simple and straightforward: “Not for now.”

WeChat Adds Police-Approved Face Recognition Technology

The Nansha District Government Affairs Service Center in Guangzhou introduced “WeChat Police Certified” face recognition technology and issued China’s first WeChat ID card on December 26.

Mobike Receives Overseas Financing from Japanese Social Network LINE

Mobike announced it had reached strategic partnership with LINE, Japan’s largest mobile social networking service provider, on December 20.

Tencent Security Team: Google AI Learning System Has Major Security Holes

Tensor Flow, Google AI learning system, had significant security flaws. When using this system to edit the AI scenarios, it is likely to suffer malware attacks, according to Tencent’s Blade Team, the company’s security platform department.

Tencent Sets its Sights on Order as it Turns 20

At the annual staff meeting on December 15, Tencent chairman and CEO Pony Ma, President Martin Lau, COO Ren Yuxin and Senior VP Zhang Xiaolong spoke about the company’s performance and the year ahead.

Mobike Sues Advertisers: Beijing, Guangzhou Fleets Plastered with Illegal Ads

Mobike is declaring war on illegal ads. Mobike sued Shanghai Huijia Information Technology in Shanghai Pudong District People’s Court on December 14. Mobike demanded the defendant immediately stop attaching illegal ads to Mobike bikes, and to compensate for its infringement and to publicly issue a statement to eliminate the bad effect.

Alipay, WeChat Pay Enter Southeast Asia and Local Mobile Payment Market

Ant Financial announced in Hong Kong that four local wallets in Hong Kong, Thailand, India and the Philippines – Alipay HK, Paytm, GCash, and Truemoney – participated in the Double 12 Shopping Festival for the first time.

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