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History[edit]
WeChat began as a project at Tencent Guangzhou Research and Project center in October 2010.[17] The original name of the app, "Weixin", was invented by Xiaolong Zhang, and named by Ma Huateng, Tencent CEO.[18]
In May 2011, WeChat had 4-5 million users,[18] and by the end of 2011, it had 50 million users.[19] WeChat had more than 100 million users by March 2012.[19]
In April 2012, Weixin re-branded as WeChat for the international market.[20] |
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