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WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. It was first released in 2011, and became one of the world's largest standalone mobile apps in 2018, with over 1 billion monthly active users.

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WeChat’s New Feature — Quicker P2P Loans
WeChat’s New Feature — Quicker P2P Loans
September 14, 2015  |  Mobile Commerce

Instead of mobile micro-transactions, Tencent is adding a loan feature to its WeChat messaging app that will allow users to send dozens of thousands of...

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WeChat’s Open Hardware Platform Drives IoT Innovation
WeChat’s Open Hardware Platform Drives IoT Innovation
August 28, 2015  |  International

China’s well-known mobile messaging app WeChat is showing increased interest in the Internet of Thing (IoT) with its open hardware platform.

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Snapchat Springs Investment Into Shopping App
Snapchat Springs Investment Into Shopping App
May 26, 2015  |  Mobile Commerce

Photo-sharing service Snapchat is investing in Spring, a shopping app launched in August 2014, according to a May 22 story from Re/code. Only three weeks...

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Tencent Won’t Take WeChat Global — For Now
Tencent Won’t Take WeChat Global — For Now
March 23, 2015  |  International

Tencent, China’s second-largest Internet company, won’t be pushing international expansion of its WeChat social network for at least the next year, the South China Morning...

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WeChat: Half-A-Billion Users And Growing
WeChat: Half-A-Billion Users And Growing
March 19, 2015  |  News

Tencent’s mobile app WeChat scored a win this past Chinese New Year after it took the lead with the most red envelope money gifts sent...

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Tencent Invests In African Microjobs Startup
Tencent Invests In African Microjobs Startup
February 23, 2015  |  International

China’s Tencent launched a version of its WeChat mobile chat service in Africa late in 2013, and now the chat-app giant has used WeChat Africa...

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