A LIFE CHANGER  

作　　者：Ma Miaomiao 

机构地区：[1]不详

出　　处：《Beijing Review》2021年第7期16-17,共2页北京周报（英文版）

摘　　要：Had Zhang Xiaolong gone out and played pool that fateful night 11 years ago instead of sitting down to write his boss an e-mail about developing a new social media platform,the lives of millions would have been different today.Zhang got the inspiration for the innovation from Kik,a Canadian messaging app that appeared in October 2010,offering people free chats on their mobiles.The result of the inspiration,WeChat,the instant messaging app developed by Tencent in 2011.

关 键 词：offering millions INSTANT 

分 类 号：F49[经济管理—产业经济] F274