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WECHAT 6.2: MOMENTS TRANSLATION, CHAT LOG MIGRATION & SMARTWATCH SUPPORT

The popular, especially in China, messaging app WeChat has updated to version 6.2 the other day. The update includes quite a lot of rather significant improvements and entertaining functions. The app update also came out for iOS. The most notable features from this update are the introduction of instant translations in Moments, simplified chat log…

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MESSENGER APPS AND APPLE WATCH COMFORTABLY COMBINED

The newly released iOS 8.2 platform has marked a new trend in developing apps that Apple Watch will support. Not only the smart watch shows the time but also receives notifications about incoming SMS, calls, messages in social networks, etc. This is an entirely new stamping ground for IM apps. Nevertheless, not all apps were…

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WECHAT: WANT MORE ADS? WISH GRANTED

The Chinese messenger platform WeChat is gearing up to beat the record of its own revenue for Q1 and seeking new monetization strategies. Tencent, the company that founded it, will continue experimenting with the amount of adverts in WeChat’s Moments. According to the Chief Strategy Office James Mitchell, WeChat team is doing its best to…

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WeChat users book cinema tickets within seconds

The most popular Chinese chat app WeChat has acquired a new platform Beijing Weiying Technology and has it built in it. The purpose of this innovative online platform is helping purchase tickets in over 3,000 cinemas in China. It makes choosing film times you want and booking tickets much easier. The Beijing Weiying Technology platform…

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WeChat Is Trolling WhatsApp. Serves It Right

  On January 22, all IT-oriented resources blew trumpets about the WhatsApp web-version. Well, we decided to join them. The awkward green giant released it in on all platforms (even Nokia S60), except iOS. The reason for the latter was the limitations on the platform itself. It was like “it’s not our fault, blame it…

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WECHAT AND LINQ LAUNCH “SMART SUITE”

Simply texting isn’t enough for 2015. That’s why messengers, considering their amount of users, are trying to engage in other activities: online gaming, shopping, banking. After CES 2015 WeChat announced its cooperation with Ayla Networks and Caesar’s LINQ Hotel & Casino. They presented the first jointly-furnished luxury suites.   As you enter the suite there…

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VIOLATION OF FEELINGS OF CHINESE CITIZENS

THE OTHER DAY WECHAT WAS FLOODED WITH COMPLAINTS FROM OUTRAGED CHINESE USERS: The things is that on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day WeChat developers decided to leave an Easter egg for their users – when you type in the phrase “civil rights” an emoji of the US flag would appear. The introduction of topical smiles…