05WeChat launches a securities trading platform WeChat, the popular Chinese messaging app that regularly rolls out new functionalities is planning to introduce a platform for securities trading. It has been reported that the trading platform will be equipped with a face-recognition system, which means that in order to open an account, a user will just…
04WeChat helps Singapore celebrate This Sunday, August 9, Singapore has a 50th anniversary. This is big day for the people of the country. People are preparing for the celebration day. No wonder that some large the local brands decided to take part. WeChat, for example, decided to please its Singaporean users by emitting a themed…
29Now you can record messages for chat apps in Google Now The Google Now update has enabled users of Android smartphones and tablets to send voice messages to apps of third-party developers. The way it used to be, when a user asked the service to send a message to a friend, Google Now did it…
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17WeChat Can Not Find Uber At the end of this week, Chinese users of WeChat faced the problem of contacting the Uber cab service. For those who don’t know, Uber is a service of renting a car with a driver for driving you around the city. So, what exactly is the problem? Due to certain…
15Facebook Messenger Catches Up with Asian Competitors Facebook Messenger offers its users a wide set of functions – messaging, file sharing, stickers and even allows to make money transfer to users’ friends, for example, if your friend has paid for dinner at a restaurant or booked cinema tickets for a new movie, which you plan…
09A new GlobalWebIndex research has found out the great effect that the growing army of IM apps users is making on mobile communications. The Q2 Mobile Messaging Report for this year is dedicated entirely to this issue. The report says that many communication and behaviour patterns that users typically show on “traditional” social networks like…
06WeChat in Myanmar WeChat has stepped into the market of a country called Myanmar. This event was celebrated in Yangon and a local hip-hop star Sai Sai took part in it. Poshu Yeung, the Vice-President of international business at Tencent, the company that created WeChat, believes that users in Myanmar have a rising need in efficient…
17One of the most popular social features of WeChat Messenger is Moments. Basically, it is similar to the ‘wall’ in any social network – users “hang” their post, their friends see those posts, and then “like” and comment on them. Considering the number of WeChat users – the latest figures give the huge number 600…
16The communication apps’ market is the full swing these days. Every day messaging apps are created which are newer, faster and more interactive than their predecessors are. They keep fighting for users’ attention day and night, which is basically understandable – modern society shows big interest in fast and secure communications. IT developing companies are…