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China's Technology Innovators
The end of 2010 welcomed the debut of several mobile instant messaging tools. Interactive Technology launched “iGexin” on November 7th, 2010. Tencent set up the project of “WeChat” on November 20th. Xiaomi Technology introduced “Miliao” on December 10th.
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- Title
- Case II: Micro Platform, Major Innovation—WeChat-Based Ecosystem of Innovation
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5388-7_2
- Author:
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Xiaoming Zhu
- Publisher
- Springer Singapore
- Sequence number
- 2