Sources: Tencent is developing a top-secret AI agent for WeChat, and has tested using models from Zhipu, Alibaba, and DeepSeek, to compete with Qwen and Doubao
Tencent Holdings is secretly building a new AI agent for its hugely popular WeChat messaging app, in hopes of leapfrogging rivals …
Huawei launches HarmonyOS for PCs, including its 18-inch foldable MateBook Fold, and is working to make the OS compatible with 2,000+ apps, like WeChat and QQ
Bloomberg :
Ant Group's payment app Alipay adds an AI-powered image search feature as it tries to become a super app like rival Tencent's WeChat
Coco Feng / South China Morning Post :
Ant Group's payment app Alipay adds an AI-powered image search feature as it tries to become a super app like rival Tencent's WeChat
Alipay's move shows how mobile payment platforms are striving to grow their customer base and engender user loyalty in the AI era
Sources: Microsoft recently considered building a “super app” that would combine shopping, messaging, search, news, and other services, inspired by WeChat
Sources: Microsoft recently considered building a “super app” combining shopping, messaging, search, news, and other services, drawing inspiration from WeChat
Microsoft recently considered building a “super app” that could combine shopping, messaging, web search …
As mobile ad targeting becomes less effective, the “super app” idea could become more appealing in the West with companies scrambling to keep people inside apps
Super apps, immensely popular in Asia but not in the U.S., are the new hot thing for companies scrambling to capture ever more of our time, attention and money Tweets: @glenngabe , @dherman76 , @glenn...
Uber unveils a new option to book a bus or a passenger van, a trip itinerary feature for booking rides during an extended trip, event guest vouchers, and more
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Sources: Microsoft plans to build a WeChat-like experience across its 365 services in the form of a “MetaOS”
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet :
A look at startups aiming to build better digital calendars, with faster ways to create meetings, optimizing schedules, analytics for corporate calendars, more
David Pierce / Protocol : Tweets: @protocol , @pierce , and @protocol Tweets: @protocol : Right now, calendars are based on old, outdated technology. They're like SMS. So a bunch of companies are vyi...