CCTV calls Tencent’s QQ a hotbed of crime, Tencent says they are working on it
Tencent’s social platform QQ landed itself in hot water after a news report from China’s state broadcaster CCTV. A report titled “The Online Rule of La…
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Guiyang has the country’s youngest QQ users
Second-tier city Guiyang is home to the youngest QQ users in the country, according to a recent report published by QQ Big Data. The city is closely fo…
Tencent suspends video playback in its messaging apps
Tencent has suspended the ability to play short videos in its WeChat and QQ messaging apps, requiring users to copy the link and paste it in their brow…
Chinese are getting tech savvy at a younger age
Chinese children go online at increasingly younger ages, Guangzhou Daily is reporting. According to a survey released at the Guangdong Internet Secu…
Exclusive: The ONE TENCENT plan—Q&A with Steven Chang, corporate VP of Tencent
China's internet giant Tencent announced their "ONE TENCENT" plan yesterday at their 10th MIND conference on September 12th at the Shanghai World Expo …
China issues new rules for group chats for WeChat, QQ and others
China authorities issued new regulations (in Chinese) on the country’s instant messaging group chats on Thursday, requiring group chat owners to take f…
WeChat’s older sibling QQ plans to stay forever young
WeChat may be the default app for almost every Chinese person, but not long ago its older sibling, QQ, had a similarly formidable position. For years, …
Tencent’s AI chatbots mysteriously run out of things to say
Tencent-operated QQXiaoBing (QQ小冰) and Baby Q have gone offline. No official reason has been given, however, many are speculating that their responses …
Tencent releases kids’ version of QQ
Editor’s note: A version of this post first appeared on Yicai Global, the English-language financial news service of Shanghai Media Group. Yicai Global…
Tencent’s Penguin Intelligence launches hongbao course
How did WeChat win this year’s Spring Festival battle without lifting a finger? According to Tencent’s Penguin Intelligence, it was product design fuel…
China’s top social apps all owe thanks to live streaming
2016 was the year of live streaming and it played a crucial role in driving growth. All of the top 6 social apps, except WeChat, have added live stream…
Tencent’s QQ Social Platform Opens Up To Content Creators
At their 2016 annual partner conference last week, Chinese social and gaming giant Tencent unveiled Entertainment Quotient Plan (EQ Plan), an initiativ…