On the 17th episode of ZemachFM, we are discussing about social media companies that are coming from the eastern part of our world rather than the west. TikTok and WeChat will be our main focus in this episode. Both are social medias that spawned out of china. They also have made a significant impact on the rest of the world, specially TikTok is becoming one of the mainstream social media out there with over 800 Million active users globally (Datareportal, 2020). This and more points will be discussed on today’s episode, have a nice week !!

Episode Timeline

02:20 Reminder on what we discussed last time

03:00 This episodes discussion highlights

05:20 Introduction to WeChat and the how it’s operating in the Chinese market

06:27 Which category does WeChat belong too ?

07:00 Features of WeChat

09:00 Concept of mini programs on WeChat

12:35 Why is WeChat successful in china

This week in tech

15:35 Starship SN9 test flight news

17:40 Neuralink human trial to start this year

22:10 Starlink’s plan to go global at the end of 2021

25:23 Jeff bezos planning to leave amazon at the end of this year.

27:07 Google’s new fast fiber optics cable connecting Virginia to France with a speed of 250 TBPS

29:10 Ethereum’s value going up

30:49 TikTok in Ethiopia and it’s user base

31:50 Why TikTok grew so fast within a short period of time

34:40 TikTok and it’s time consumption

36:15 TikTok houses

40:00 More reasons why TikTok is gaining more users

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