Tencent
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WeChat now has 1.165 billion monthly active users
Tencent's financial report released today showed that the fourth quarter of 2019 revenue was 105.8 billion yuan, higher than the market expectation of 102.924 billion yuan. The figure was 88.496 billion yuan in the same period last year.
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TIM for iOS, Tencent's lighter alternative for QQ, gets update
The chat app TIM for iOS, Tencent's lighter alternative for QQ, has been updated today to fix some bugs and further improve the stability.
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Two new games to come to Chinese version of Switch on March 16
On March 12, we reported that the Nintendo Switch has got license approvals for two of its game titles. Now, Tencent Nintendo Switch announced that the two games would be released soon and unveiled their prices.
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Tencent's WeChat suspends services for Tencent's QQ mini program
Tencent QQ's mini program on WeChat has been suspended due to policy violations. For users who have not used the mini program, it is no longer possible to search for the mini program on the WeChat platform.
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Tencent says 66% of its employees were in R&D in 2019
Tencent added 1.29 billion new code lines in 2019, an increase of 30% compared to 2018.
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Tencent releases QQ v8.2.8 for iOS & Android
Tencent has released the stable version of QQ v8.2.8 for iOS & Android. The upgrade is mainly to add the face-to-face and friends feature. It also allows easier ways of adding friends by just enter the same number.
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Tencent launches another video dating app 'Qingyuan'
Tencent has launched yet another a video dating app "Qingyuan", which allows uses to date each other in live video chat.
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Tencent launches tool for pneumonia symptoms self-examination
Chinese technology giant Tencent announced on Saturday the launch of a new coronary pneumonia self-examination tool to help users who experience symptoms such as fever and cough to self-evaluate their illness and make medical arrangements.
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Tencent takes top two spots in global mobile game revenues in 2019
The global mobile game’s estimated revenue in the App Store and Google Play reached $61.7 billion in 2019, an increase of 14.8% compared to 2018, according to data from Sensor Tower. The top two titles by revenue are "Honor of Kings" and "Peace Elite", both of which are Tencent's titles.
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Tencent Cloud deploys Seagate dual magnetic arm hard drives
Seagate announced today that Tencent Cloud has introduced the Seagate Galaxy Exos 2X14 Enterprise Hard Drive, which is also the world's first hard drive with integrated MACH.2 dual-arm technology.