Baidu is allocating $30 million for a joint company with Youzan, one of China’s largest third-party providers of in-app retail services, as the search giant looks to accelerate the development of its mini-program ecosystem.
Why it matters: Mini-programs, lightweight alternative to apps, are fast becoming a key channel for merchants to engage with users.
First introduced on Tencent’s WeChat, most of China’s tech players, including Alibaba and ByteDance, are aggressively exploring their potential.
The market for software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendors that help companies to set up and maintain mini-programs is also booming.
Monthly active users (MAU) of Baidu mini-programs hit 250 million in July this year, just one year after their introduction on its search app.
In comparison, WeChat mini-programs boasted 400 million MAU as of April last year.
Those enlisted on the Internet and New Media course at Henan University of Economics and Law in Central China's Henan Province, have been set the undertaking as a component of a web-based life the board module.
WeChat is the equal to WhatsApp in China - and with more than one billion month to month clients - it is the nation's most famous online life stage.
Chinese media Understudies at the college
Understudies at the college started reaching Chinese media about the task, with one informing Pear Video to advise them of the "very requesting course".
Another understudy, who needed to stay mysterious, stated: "I've had WeChat for a long time and just have about 100 companions [crying emoji].
Accordingly, an instructor at the college stated: "The class studies new and online media, this class is a center module, we're stating that thereafter, when these understudies go searching for work, they will have the essential aptitudes for this kind of web-based social networking task."
Those enlisted on the Internet and New Media course at Henan University of Economics and Law in Central China's Henan Province, have been set the undertaking as a component of a web-based life the board module.
WeChat is the equal to WhatsApp in China - and with more than one billion month to month clients - it is the nation's most famous online life stage.
Chinese media Understudies at the college
Understudies at the college started reaching Chinese media about the task, with one informing Pear Video to advise them of the "very requesting course".
Another understudy, who needed to stay mysterious, stated: "I've had WeChat for a long time and just have about 100 companions [crying emoji].
Accordingly, an instructor at the college stated: "The class studies new and online media, this class is a center module, we're stating that thereafter, when these understudies go searching for work, they will have the essential aptitudes for this kind of web-based social networking task."
Those enlisted on the Internet and New Media course at Henan University of Economics and Law in Central China's Henan Province, have been set the undertaking as a component of a web-based life the board module.
WeChat is the equal to WhatsApp in China - and with more than one billion month to month clients - it is the nation's most famous online life stage.
Chinese media Understudies at the college
Understudies at the college started reaching Chinese media about the task, with one informing Pear Video to advise them of the "very requesting course".
Another understudy, who needed to stay mysterious, stated: "I've had WeChat for a long time and just have about 100 companions [crying emoji].
Accordingly, an instructor at the college stated: "The class studies new and online media, this class is a center module, we're stating that thereafter, when these understudies go searching for work, they will have the essential aptitudes for this kind of web-based social networking task."
Those enlisted on the Internet and New Media course at Henan University of Economics and Law in Central China's Henan Province, have been set the undertaking as a component of a web-based life the board module.
WeChat is the equal to WhatsApp in China - and with more than one billion month to month clients - it is the nation's most famous online life stage.
Chinese media Understudies at the college
Understudies at the college started reaching Chinese media about the task, with one informing Pear Video to advise them of the "very requesting course".
Another understudy, who needed to stay mysterious, stated: "I've had WeChat for a long time and just have about 100 companions [crying emoji].
Accordingly, an instructor at the college stated: "The class studies new and online media, this class is a center module, we're stating that thereafter, when these understudies go searching for work, they will have the essential aptitudes for this kind of web-based social networking task."
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Snapchat is trying to come up with the new tactics to allure the more users after WhatsApp gone a hit by cloning its story feature.
This quarterly report isn't satisfying for the Snapchat and the company knows the key to make a comeback in the market.
This time the American company is trying to go through the hardware feature and in talks to buy drone maker Zero Zero Robotics.
A couple of months back the Snapchat bought the Zenly for $250 million, which is the highest amount spent by the company to date.
The Zero Zero Robotics is best known for its Hover Drone camera which is built to take the aerial selfie.
The drone was launched in October last year and the Apple sold it for $500 through both online channels and retail stores.