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Tencent Holdings is close to making Malaysia the first foreign country to roll out its WeChat ecosystem. (Photo: AFP)

Tencent scraps plan to invest USD 150 mn in VIPKid: sources

VIPKid dismissed the news as untrue and said it was in fundraising talks with Tencent and other investors.

30 Aug 2019 1:39 PM IST

Call of DutyU.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Anthony J. Hyatt

Beating the coronavirus lockdown blues, kids and adults alike flock...

A 30% to 60% surge has been reported in people playing online and offline multiplayer games

31 March 2020 12:24 AM IST

Self-driving cars may go commercial in China by 2025, as India lags behind

Self-driving cars may go commercial in China by 2025, as India lags...

Covering about 10 lakh km within Beijing alone, 12 Chinese automotive firms have tested 77 cars in 2019

3 March 2020 6:05 PM IST

Zomato targets alcohol deliveries, aims to cash in on demand for liquor. (AFP Photo)

Zomato India mulls liquor deliveries over surge in demand

Zomato would target areas that are relatively less affected by Covid-19

7 May 2020 11:18 AM IST

As many as 275 other Chinese apps could also be on the chopping block over similar concerns, including the hugely popular PUBG Mobile game owned by tech giant Tencent. (Photo | Flickr- Whelsko)

Government bans 47 more Chinese mobile apps

Most of these 47 apps are banned for the same reasons as the earlier 59, and many were lite versions or variants of the...

27 July 2020 6:17 PM IST

App-based businesses with a focus on localised content supported by regional language interfaces are the future. These digital startups hold the key to the growth of Indias digital economy and they require government assistance to become national champions.

Government must galvanise India's app ecosystem to pare down Chinese...

Quick disbursal of the Rs 20,000 crore Startup India corpus to app-based businesses is key, not reliance on large firms...

16 July 2020 8:05 AM IST

Its unclear whether the Presidents executive order bars Americans from using TikTok, and even if it does its not enforceable as users will continue using the app over a VPN. (Photo | AP)

Explainer: What does Trump's order mean for TikTok, WeChat in US?

Trump's order appears to formalise his threat to shut down TikTok unless Microsoft or some other American company buys...

7 Aug 2020 1:57 PM IST

A California court ruling said it granted a motion for a nationwide injunction against the implementation of the government order on WeChat, with the judge citing concerns over free speech. (Photo | AFP)

Judge in the US halts Trump administration's ban on downloading WeChat

The order would have slowed WeChat down and made it unusable in the United States for video chats with family and...

21 Sept 2020 7:05 PM IST

The government previously said that using and downloading WeChat to communicate wont be a banned transaction, although messaging on the app could be directly or indirectly impaired by the ban, and people who use it for messaging wont be subject to penalties. (Photo | AP)

TikTok, WeChat banned in US starting Sunday

The order would combat China's malicious collection of American citizens' personal data,

18 Sept 2020 6:27 PM IST

Tencent Holdings is close to making Malaysia the first foreign country to roll out its WeChat ecosystem. (Photo: AFP)

China watchdog flags video game approvals; Tencent shares jump

China, the world's biggest gaming market, stopped approving new titles from March amid a regulatory overhaul.

21 Dec 2018 11:19 AM IST

The system would be linked to Chinas public security database and would be the first of its kind in the Chinese gaming industry, it said.

Tencent launches checks to weed out underage gaming amid China...

Tencent said it will introduce a real name-based registration system for new players of its Honour of Kings game to...

6 Sept 2018 3:38 PM IST

The championship will be streamed across social media platforms to enable eSports enthusiasts across the country to view and follow the championship

Tencent to hold India's biggest PUBG MOBILE tournament

Students across 1000+ colleges in 30+ cities of India to compete for Rs50 Lakhs in prize money including scholarships

13 Sept 2018 3:30 PM IST