Tencent QQ

Tencent QQ

Ø  Introduction

"QQ" redirects here. For other uses, see QQ (disambiguation).

Tencent QQ

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Developer(s)     Shenzhen Tencent Computer System Co., Ltd.

Initial release    February 1999; 20 years ago

Stable release

9.0.4 (Microsoft Windows) / June six, 2018; ten months past

Operating system            Cross-platform

Available in        Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Laotian

Type      Instant messaging

License Proprietary

Alexa rank           Increase 8 (Global, June 2018)

Website              Official portal

Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Ø International

Tencent QQ (Chinese: 腾讯QQ), additionally referred to as QQ, is a second electronic communication code service developed by the Chinese school big Tencent. QQ additionally offers services that give on-line social games, music, shopping, microblogging, movies, and cluster and voice chat code. The logo of the code could be a winking sphenisciform seabird carrying a red scarf. It is the world's seventh most visited web site, per Alexa.

As of April 2014, over two hundred million coinciding on-line QQ users were recorded. At the top of June 2016, there have been 899 million active QQ accounts.

Ø  History

Tencent QQ was initial discharged in China in Feb 1999 beneath the name of OICQ ("Open ICQ", a relevance the first IM service ICQ).

After the threat of a trademark infringement case by the AOL-owned ICQ, the product's name was modified to QQ(with "Q" and "QQ" wont to imply "cute"). The code genetic existing functions from ICQ, and extra options like computer code skins, people's pictures, and emoticons.[citation needed] QQ was first released as a "network paging" real-time communications service. Other options were later side, like chatrooms, games, personal avatars (similar to "Meego" in MSN), on-line storage, and Internet dating services.

The official shopper runs on Microsoft Windows and a beta public version was launched for mack OS X version ten.4.9 or newer erst, 2 net versions, Web (full version) and WebQQ mini (Lite version), that created use of mythical being, were out there. Development, support, and availability of WebQQ Mini, however, has since been discontinued. On 31 July 2008, Tencent released an official client for Linux, but this has not been made compatible with the Windows version and it is not capable of voice chat.

In response to competition with alternative instant messengers, like Windows Live traveler, Tencent released Tencent Messenger, which is aimed at businesses.

Tencent QQ holds the Guinness record for the very best variety of concurrent on-line users on an immediate electronic communication program with 210,212,085 users on-line on July three, 2014

Ø Membership

In 2002, Tencent stopped its free membership registration, requiring all new members to pay a fee. In 2003, however, this call was reversed thanks to pressure from alternative instant electronic communication services like Windows Live traveler and Sina UC. Tencent presently offers a premium membership theme, where premium members enjoy features such as QQ mobile, ringtone downloads, and SMS sending/receiving. In addition, Tencent offers "Diamond" level memberships. Currently, there are seven diamond schemes available:

Red for the QQ Show service that options some superficial talents like having a coloured account name.

Yellow to get additional storage and decorations in Qzone—a diary service.

Blue to get special talents within the game-plays of QQ games.

Purple for getting special talents in games as well as QQ Speed, QQ Nana, and QQ Tang

Pink for having totally different boosts within the pet-raising game referred to as QQ Pet.

Green for exploitation QQ music—a service for users to stream music on-line.

VIP for having additional options within the chat shopper like removing advertisements

Black for gaining edges associated with DNF (Dungeon & Fighter), a multiplayer PC beat 'em up video game.

Ø QQ Coin

The QQ Coin could be a virtual currency employed by QQ users to "purchase" QQ connected things for his or her avatar and diary. Q Coins ar obtained either by purchase (one coin for one RMB) or by exploitation the mobile service. Due to the recognition of QQ among kids in China, QQ Coins are gradually becoming accepted by online vendors in exchange for "real" merchandise such as small gifts. This has raised considerations of exchange (and so "inflating") real currency in these transactions. The People's Bank of China, China's financial organization, says it's work the chance of cracking down on Q Coins thanks to individuals exploitation Q Coins in exchange for real world merchandise. Tencent claims the QQ Coin is a mere regular commodity, and is, therefore, not a currency.

Ø  QQ International

Windows

In 2009, QQ began to expand its services internationally with its QQ International shopper for Windows distributed through a fanatical English-language portal.

QQ International offers non-Mandarin speakers the chance to use most of the options of its Chinese counterpart to urge to bear with alternative QQ users via chat, VoIP, and video calls, and it provides a non-Mandarin interface to access Qzone, Tencent's social network. The shopper supports English, French, Spanish, German, Korean, Japanese and Traditional Chinese.

One of the most options of QQ International is that the ex gratia and automatic AI altogether chats.

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