Chinese operator China Telecom unveiled its mobile IM product in collaboration with Internet firm NetEase yesterday, called Yixin, in a move that literally declared war on reigning OTT messaging ...

Instant messaging is the killer app on desktops. From IRC to ICQ to AIM to Trillian to Yahoo! Messenger to (soon defunct) Microsoft's Live Messenger to Facebook Messenger, millions around the world ...

The first big chat app in China wasn't Tencent's WeChat, it was Xiaomi's Miliao. Back in 2010 when the app first launched, Xiaomi was less widely-known, and its chat offering was ultimately eclipsed ...

A researcher of culturally sensitive design explains WeChat’s significance for the Chinese diaspora and what will be lost if the U.S. succeeds in banning it. On the day before WeChat was ordered to be ...