Tencent+QQ

THE CONMMUNICATION FASHION IS COMING!!! Tencent QQ, generally referred to as QQ, is the most popular free instant messaging computer program in Mainland China, and the number of simultaneous online QQ accounts exceeded 100 millions.Just like MSN in Foreign country. In April 2010, QQ.com ranked 10th overall in Alexa's internet rankings. The program is maintained by Tencent Holdings Limited owned in part by Naspers.Since its entrance into Chinese households QQ quickly emerged as a modern cultural phenomenon, now being portrayed in popular culture. Aside from the chat program, QQ has also developed many subfeatures including games, virtual pets, ringtone downloads, etc.

The original name of QQ was OICQ ("Open ICQ"). The name was based on an already existing IMS (Internet Message Service), "ICQ".ICQ is one of the first modern IMS programs. The acronym "ICQ" came from the fact that the letters sound like "I seek you". Q coin is a virtual currency used by QQ users to "purchase" QQ related items for their avatar and blog. Q coins are obtained either by purchase, one coin for one RMB, or for using the mobile phone service. Due to the popularity of QQ among young Chinese, Q coins are now accepted by gradually more and more online stores and gaming sites in exchange for "real" merchandise such as small gifts, and raised the concern of replacing (and thus "inflating") real currency in these transactions. The Peoplel's Bank of China, China's central bank, says it is investigating the possibility of cracking down on Q coin, due to people using Q coins in exchange for real world goods.Tencent claims the Q coin was merely a regular commodity, and thus not a currency.

[]= THE FASHION OF QQ CULTURE IS SWEEPING ACROSS THE GLOBE In addition to its release QQ messenger internationally through its IMQQ portal, in 2008, QQ began to expand its services internationally, working with partners throughout Asia and the USA. In India, Tencent has partnered with ibibo to bring such services as chat, mail and game to the developing Indian Internet sphere. In Vietnam, Tencent has struck a deal with VinaGame to bring the QQ Casual Gaming portal as well as the QQ Messenger as an addition to the already thriving Vietnamese gaming communities. In the USA, Tencent has partnered with AOL to bring QQ Games as a contender in the US social gaming market. Launched in 2007, QQ Games comes bundled with the AIM installer, and competes with AOL's own games.com to provide a gaming experience for the AIM user base.

In Italy QQ has released an Italian language version, QQITALY translated by Sonky.

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