WeChat-enabled tax rebates available at 77 airports worldwide
WeChat now allows for real-time tax rebates at 77 airports in Europe and Asia. The service, dubbed We Tax Refund, enables travelers to quickly apply fo…
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China Tech Talk 50: The best of China Tech Talk’s first year, part 1
This week, John and Matt take a look back at 1 year of podcasting and pull out the best part of the best episodes. This is part 1 of 2. Links …
New WeChat feature lets you scan and translate text on the fly
WeChat recently released a slew of updates, including a few major changes. China’s most popular social platform started its global expansion a long tim…
Seven year old App Store reviews show how far WeChat has come
Weibo account The Founder (创业家传媒) uploaded screenshots of users' comments on WeChat 7 years ago. Though it's not possible to tell the overall market r…
Pony Ma: Tencent is building networks to connect people, things, and intelligent devices
At today's Tencent 2018 “Cloud + Future” Summit in Guangzhou, CEO Pony Ma introduced his new vision for the Tencent Cloud platform, dubbed the “three-n…
WeChat’s closed beta redesign hints at the future of the app’s look
WeChat's closed beta update for its Android app has shown what could possibly be in store for users of the platform in the not-too-distant future. The…
Beijing issues digital health cards on WeChat
Beijing has begun issuing electronic health cards to residents through WeChat in a pilot program facilitated by Tencent and Sinosoft Technology. Curren…
WeChat removes short-lived ban on all mainstream video and music platforms
WeChat rolled out tightened restrictions on sharing external audiovisual links in its Moment feed on May 18, which could have affected all the mainstre…
WeChat Impact Report 2018 shows impressive social impact
The WeChat Impact Report 2018 is out! Among the highlights: WeChat-driven information consumption reached RMB 209. 7 billion WeChat accounted for 34% of the total data traffic of users WeChat drove RMB 333.9 billion traditional consumption, covering travel, food, shopping, tourism, etc. WeChat contributed the employment of 20.3 million persons in 2017 , more than twice the 2014 figure The ... Read More The post WeChat Impact Report 2018 shows impressive social impact appeared first on WalktheChat .
Tencent unveils China’s first open source Go AI, made on spare WeChat server processing power
Tencent has unveiled its Go-playing AI program, “PhoenixGo,” on Github, making its source code and training model available on the open source platfo…
Tencent and ByteDance founders argue on WeChat Moments about Douyin
Tencent’s CEO and chairman, Pony Ma, and founder of ByteDance, Zhang Yiming, were caught bickering today on their WeChat Moments, a function similar to…
WeChat drove nearly $33 billion in consumption in 2017
China’s most popular app WeChat is so much more than just an instant messaging app. It’s also where Chinese people order food, make doctor's appointmen…