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Into Once upon a time WhatsApp, the popular application for mobile devices that, on June 13 announced that it has exceeded the number of 27miliardi of messages exchanged in a single day. The same for a long time remained at the top of the charts of withdrawals from the Apple Store and Google Play. The record is now up to WeChat, available in Italy for a few days and, unlike WhatsApp, it is completely free of charge.
WeChat was developed by Tencent, the giant Chinese whose instant messaging program, called “QQ” at home ousted Skype, ICQ and MSN.
The application is available for iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Symbian and can also be used via browser directly on the web. It contains features that competitors do not have: in addition to instant messaging capabilities provides for the sending of voice messages, group chat up to 40 users, and some features such as geo “Shake and Search” to contact people in the vicinity. In addition to being free (and as yet no banner ads) allows you to set what content to make available and which ones to share with a small circle of contacts, cards, numbers in hand, have proved successful.
In addition to being widespread in China, has established itself even outside the national borders becoming the most downloaded app in other countries, including Italy, Spain, Turkey, Argentina, Chile and South Africa, surpassing the 70milioni of users.
Tencent Holding Limited, for its part, is experiencing significant economic results: the first quarter of 2013 closed with a turnover of 2miliardi 161milioni dollars, an increase of 40.4% compared to the first quarter of 2012. Gross profit is instead increased by 30.7% year on year to 1.211 billion.
WeChat was developed by Tencent, the giant Chinese whose instant messaging program, called “QQ” at home ousted Skype, ICQ and MSN.
The application is available for iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Symbian and can also be used via browser directly on the web. It contains features that competitors do not have: in addition to instant messaging capabilities provides for the sending of voice messages, group chat up to 40 users, and some features such as geo “Shake and Search” to contact people in the vicinity. In addition to being free (and as yet no banner ads) allows you to set what content to make available and which ones to share with a small circle of contacts, cards, numbers in hand, have proved successful.
In addition to being widespread in China, has established itself even outside the national borders becoming the most downloaded app in other countries, including Italy, Spain, Turkey, Argentina, Chile and South Africa, surpassing the 70milioni of users.
Tencent Holding Limited, for its part, is experiencing significant economic results: the first quarter of 2013 closed with a turnover of 2miliardi 161milioni dollars, an increase of 40.4% compared to the first quarter of 2012. Gross profit is instead increased by 30.7% year on year to 1.211 billion.
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