Alibaba Ditches WeChat For Weibo

By  |  August 2, 2013
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Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba banned sellers from using WeChat, the popular messaging app of online search provider Tencent, TechCrunch reported on August 1.

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    Shortly after this announcement, Alibaba inked a new agreement with Chinese microblogging platform Sina Weibo.

    For more on the surprising switch, read the full report here.  


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