WeChat, part-social networking, part-payment platform, allows merchants to accept customers' money via Tenpay, the third-party payment tool run by Tencent Holdings Ltd.
Not everything is that grim. There are some businesses that are seeing brisk sales thanks to the pollution. Let's take a look at some of them.
Shanghai will ban the use of taxi-hailing apps during rush hours after controversies over the software pointed to it disturbing market order and impeding social justice.
Chinese insurance companies are looking to mobile apps as a new means for business expansion. Some insurers are embracing mobile chat app WeChat as a way to capture customer attention.
Sina Weibo, China's version of Twitter, is planning a stock market listing in New York "relatively soon", a source told Xinhua on Tuesday.
Amazon.com Inc launched its high-end Kindle tablets in China on Tuesday in a bid to win over young buyers and compete with Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd in the world's top mobile electronics market.
Baidu launched a real-time migration map during the Spring Festival travel rush, which the Ministry of Transport estimates will witness 3.62 billion trips before it ends on Feb 24.
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, China's e-commerce giant, officially launched an independent website to allow overseas brands and merchants to sell directly to Chinese online shoppers.
The tie-up is aimed at fostering the "leading online-to-offline ecosystem in China", leveraging Dianping's high quality offline merchants' network and Tencent's social communications platforms.
The global internet giant Google is acquiring SlickLogin, an Israeli developer of sound-based password alternative, in an "acqui-hiring deal" .
Cabbies can pick up passengers who use taxi-booking apps in a designated area at Beijing Capital International Airport.
Intel Capital, the mergers and acquisitions arm of US-based chip manufacturer Intel Corp, announced investments on Tuesday in three Chinese companies in a move to further extend its chain of cloud services in China.
As people make trips to South Korea and see the latest line-ups or make big purchases, they are eager to 'share' instantly via Weibo or WeChat.
Chinese online shopping business Alibaba on Monday announced it has invested in TutorGroup, a leading online education platform and largest English-language learning institution in the world.
A series of pictures reportedly of iPhone 6, the upcoming version of Apple's smartphone device, was released on Thursday morning by Australian blogger Sonny Dickson on sonnydickson.com.
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is set to launch a US e-commerce website through its subsidiaries Vendio and Auctiva, which are in turn part of the Alibaba.com business group.
Getting a taxi in a metropolitan can often be quite challenging. Standing on the sidewalk in the cold winter night, waving your hand in vain, not knowing when or if you will get one.
Alipay, a leading Chinese third-party payment platform, announced Saturday it has become the largest mobile payment provider in the world.
The Japanese company said on Thursday the restructuring will cut 5,000 jobs and trim 100 billion yen ($988 million) a year.
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