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[Mobile App Review]- New WeChat Upgrade Put the Social Back into Gaming

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Everyone has probably heard of WeChat or even used WeChat to communicate with family members and friends but do you know, with the new WeChat upgrade, the communication app is now making it easier to enhance your social life.

With the latest software upgrade, the app has more new features now and it makes connecting even more enjoyable.

And the best part?

You can now challenge your friends to a host of fun and addictive WeChat Games!

WeChat Games is a place where you can challenge your friends with fun and addictive games while you’re on the move. You can pit yourself against the best around your neighbourhood with WeChat’s location-based service, find competitors nearby, and beat the top scorers.

For starters, get the fun on with ‘Wreckless Racer’, ‘Gunz Dash’, ‘Craz3 Match’, ‘2Day’s Match’ and ‘Pencil Pilot’.

Wreckless Racer [coming soon]

Gear up and kick start your engines with Wreckless Racer, a new speed racing game with cutting-edge graphics and heart-pounding actions for the ultimate thrill to the finishing line!

Gunz Dash

Choose your favorite hero and embark on an exciting adventure in a fantasy universe. Speed through worlds and collect coins for a high score in this thrilling 2D animated, endless running game!

Craz3 Match

An easy-to-play but addictive game! Line up animals of the same kind for spectacular effects and speed up to the next level!

2Day’s Match

Match two tiles of the same kind in this brand new casual puzzle game to clear your way to the top rankings! Challenge yourself and win the Crown!

Apart from the exciting games that WeChat 5.1 has to offer, here are some new features that the app can make connecting more enjoyable:

  • Edit ‘Favorite Messages’

Save your favorite text and voice messages, photos and videos to ‘Favorite Messages’ – the first cloud-based storage service on mobile social communication apps – to view and share again anytime. With WeChat’s Favorite Messages feature, you can edit and add new content to saved messages in any way you want. It’s time to kiss the hassle of scrolling through chat history to dig out important messages, photos and videos goodbye!

  • Register with Email Address

Expand your social network without compromising your privacy. A phone number is not a must – you can register with your email address to start chatting with friends.

  • Gmail Contact Integration

Link WeChat to your Google account to find out who else is using WeChat and add them to your friends list.

  • Supports Latest Smartphone iOS Platforms

WeChat 5.1 is optimized to support the latest versions on both iOS and Android.

If you haven’t started using WeChat, give it a go and let us know what you think about the app!

The latest WeChat 5.1 and StoryCam for WeChat are now available for both Android and iOS users. For the latest information and updates, you can visit WeChat’s Official Website

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Tring Tring! Hello Hello!

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No, I am not making a phone call nor am I receiving a phone call but this blog entry definitely has got something to do with the phone.
I’m not sure if anyone has heard of this but 313@Somerset recently launched the first mall-branded, location-based, mobile app known as Tring 313 and with this app, you can receive information such as current promotions that the stores at 313@Somerset are having and also the latest events happening at 313@Somerset.

From Tring 313 2012

In case you’re wondering, Tring 313 is only available on the Apple App Store and there are plans in the pipelines to develop an Android version of the App.

So how does Tring 313 works?

Well, Tring 313 is designed to send push notifications to shoppers within a 500 metres proximity of the mall and shoppers can choose to “follow” selected brands in 313@Somerset which will allow them to receive notifications of the brands’ promotions even when they are outside the defined proximity.

In conjunction with the kickoff of Tring 313; Forever 21, HMV, and Malones Irish Restaurant & Bar are having exclusive offers where shoppers can download the coupons via the Tring 313 app and redeem it by presenting the coupons at the respective retail stores.

From Tring 313 2012

Some of the interesting exclusive offers are as follows:

•High street fashion brand Forever 21 is featuring exclusive offers till 31 Dec 2012! 10% off all shoes and a Lip Gloss Bundle Buy going for 3 at $7 (U.P. $9).

•HMV allows music lovers to save $3 with every $25 spent from 29 Nov – 31 Dec. Alongside this, free exclusive HMV mobile phone screen cleaners are also up for grabs without any minimum spending! Shoppers only need to present the coupon for redemption.

•Wine and dine at Malones Irish Restaurant & Bar – from 29 Nov – 31 Dec, shoppers will be able to enjoy any 2 full pint Archipelago beers at $18++ (U.P. $28).

What We Think of the App:

As we frequently shop online and offline, we personally feel that more could be done to improve the app. In fact, only selected brands are listed in the app and not all brands/stores are included; thus, posing somewhat of a limitation. Some of the paid coupons do not really appeal to us either. With that being said, there really are rooms for improvement. Some of the improvements could be having more brands/stores listed, have a loyalty programme where shoppers can “check-in” to the brand/store and gain points which they could use to redeem for vouchers, or even better still, have a feature where shoppers can take a snapshot of their receipts and from there, convert their spending into points which they can use to redeem for goodies at the Information/Concierge Desk.

The Difference Between Transactional Coupon and Non-Transactional Coupon

From Tring 313 2012

All isn’t that bad though. The current exclusive offers by Forever 21, HMV, and Malones Irish Restaurant & Bar are worth checking out and if you happen to frequent Orchard/Town, do download the Tring 313 app and see if you could find any other exclusive offers!

Stay tuned to more updates from us!

God bless!

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