OMG! BuzzFeed Opens WeChat Official Account

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Two weeks ago, WeChat launched its official account with Buzzfeed! You can now get hilarious, viral and interesting articles that you can read on WeChat. There are several “share-worthy” content on WeChat as its first international messaging app partner.

BuzzFeed, the it-place for “share-worthy” content, has just announced its partnership with WeChat to bring news and entertainment to WeChatters around the world. The partnership is the media company’s first major collaboration with an international messaging app – a big step in broadening the perception of messaging apps as content platforms.

"As we start to see an increase of readers share content via private messaging, coupled with the rapid growth of mobile, we're looking for new ways to distribute news and entertainment to our thriving international audience,” said Scott Lamb, VP of International at BuzzFeed. “WeChat’s innovative technology and strong international user base is a natural fit for our first major partnership with an international messaging platform.”

BuzzFeed currently has a readership of 175M globally with 50M readers each month outside the US and 50% of traffic from mobile. WeChat, the fastest growing mobile social communications app, has also seen significant growth this past year with a user base of over 468M monthly active users and young demographic who already enjoy BuzzFeed content.

Aquabest Joins 4th QCIM Night Run

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Aquabest recently joined thousands of runners and Quezon City residents in celebrating the city's 75th anniversary by supporting the 4th Quezon City International Marathon (QCIM).

The company set up hydration stations along Quezon Avenue where it offered free water to the marathon participants. It also gave away awesome prizes to the 21k runners at the Quezon Memorial Circle. The QCIM is being held to honor and celebrate the 75th founding anniversary of Quezon City.

The event gathered 9,000 professional and amateur runners and marked the first time the global marathon event was held at night.

The TechBox Mega Sale is On at the Mega Gadgets Sale

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Techbox Philippines, the fastest growing gadget retail chain in the country, is giving a treat to its customers with its Mega Gadgets Sale from December 12-15 at 2299 Pasong Tamo Extension, Makati.

Techbox is a retail chain that offers original handsets, tablets, and accessories. Techbox offers superior handset brands such as Apple, Lenovo, Nokia, and LG, as well as cellphone accessories in over 25 stores in NCR and Luzon. It is a subsidiary of Tao Corporation, a company which focuses on supply-chain services. Founded in 1995, Tao Corporation is among the Philippines’ Top 500 Corporation with annual revenue of PhP30 Billion.

With over 4,440 employees, Tao aims to provide innovative ways of making the latest in mobile phone technology readily available through Techbox.

The Techbox Mega Gadgets Sale will feature staggering discounts of up to 80% from sought-after brands such as Apple, Lenovo, LG, Nokia, Sony, and others.

Techbox Philippines is known for selling original gadgets at a lower price. The last Techbox Mega Brands Warehouse Sale happened last June 13-15 and grossed over P10million on the first day alone.