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Unique WeChat QR codes give business clients a way to access more customer data

07/22/201907/21/2019 Stephanie Beck

Tencent wants to focus more on its business clients than its users. A unique kind of WeChat QR codes are being rolled out as part of a new service that gives business clients the chance to use these codes on every single one of their products. This will allow Tencent’s business clients access to more data on each of their customers. The service will provide companies with better tracking data. The WeChat QR codes are part of Tencent’s latest move to focus on business clients, rather than its users. The…

QR codes from WeChat banned on the Weibo platform

12/02/201411/29/2014 Julie Campbell

As the rivalry between the companies rages on, quick response codes have become the next battleground. The popular Chinese social media network, Weibo, has now announced that its users will no longer be able to use QR codes and other forms of promotion for its primary rival, WeChat, on its platform. A statement from Weibo has revealed that it will be halting users from sharing WeChat quick response codes. The rivalry between these two Chinese platforms has been rapidly building recently and this statement against the ability to use the…

QR codes used by mobile communication app for digital user identities

12/17/201212/17/2012 Sam Lambert

WeChat has released a new application to allow users to share with their friends. One of the top mobile communication apps in India, WeChat, has announced that it is now giving its users the ability to use QR codes to share their digital identities through that program, as well as through email and Facebook. This works as a kind of calling or business card that will let users share their data with others. For example, by scanning the unique QR codes, the user’s entire identity – as created by them…

QR codes rolled out for all Sina Weibo users

09/25/201209/25/2012 Julie Campbell

More than 300 million mobile barcodes issued to registered members of the blogging site. The micro blogging website from China, called Sina Weibo, has announced that it has rolled out a new feature which will provide all of its members with their own QR codes. This means that over 300 million registered users will have their own quick response codes. The service went into effect immediately and gave the members of the site the ability to generate their own customized QR codes from their computers through their Sina Weibo accounts.…

QR codes used by WeChat app to take steps into social media

08/30/201208/29/2012 Julie Campbell

This largest group messaging application in the world is using mobile barcodes. WeChat, also known as “Weixin” in Chinese, is the world’s largest group messaging mobile app and was created by Tencent, and it is now using QR codes to bring forward its social media marketing platform. This will give marketers a way to make direct content with its users, of which there are over 100 million. The WeChat app is a social media marketing platform that lets television shows, blogs, newspapers, celebrities, and other marketers to be able to…