Messaging apps have become a phenomenon, reaching all corners of the globe and largely replacing text messaging and calling provided by carriers. We’ve been covering the phenomenon here on TruTower…
If you’re a WeChat (Weixin in China) user, you no doubt already know that it includes built-in calling functionality, but that hasn’t stopped Tencent, the company behind WeChat, from releasing…
It turns out that KakaoTalk isn’t the only one vying to control the appliances you use in day-to-day living. Tencent, the company behind the popular WeChat messaging platform, is also…
Tencent is not standing still at all when it comes to WeChat and putting its communication app everywhere. The company has been battling Alibaba in China for market share and…
Candy Crush Saga (by King Digital Entertainment Plc) is now officially available on Tencent’s Mobile QQ and Weixin — the Chinese equivalent of WeChat — platforms. With this latest update,…
If you’ve been wanting to chat with your friends on your iPad a little easier, you can now thanks to the latest update of Tencent’s WeChat app, which brings the…
WeChat (called Weixin in China) has just surpassed 438.2 million active users according to WeChat owner Tencent’s latest quarterly report. That’s up from 396 million active users in May and…
Tencent Holdings, the company behind the popular WeChat messaging platform recently invested $736 million USD into New York-based 58.com., which ranks as China’s biggest, Craigslist-like online classifieds site serving local…
