Category: Fun

Sticker Story – Meet Man (and Woman’s) Best Friend, Coco Puff!

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Our WeChat Sticker Gallery is constantly growing with new characters to love and share. To give you a glimpse into the lives of some of our newest fun and quirky stickers, we give you Sticker Stories, exclusively for Chatterbox! Get to know the wide range of characters that make you smile, laugh and help you express your emotions.

 

Most dogs can be found chewing and slobbering over your favorite shoe or marking their territory on every bush and fire hydrant they can get their paws on. Not this dog. Born in San Francisco, California, Coco Puff is a sassy and well-kempt pooch who loves people, treats and her pink bow. Mastering her puppy dog face and tricks are all in a day’s work for this Pomeranian!

 

Just give her a ball and she’ll play fetch with you all day long, but throw her a bone and it’s a one-way trip on the #strugglebus.

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6 Ways to Simplify Your Life with WeChat

6-Tips-To-Simplify-Your-Life-With-WeChatSummer is almost over, which means it’s time to kick things into high gear. With work, school and a social life to juggle, sometimes we all need a little help. Lucky thing you have WeChat to make your life a whole lot easier. Here’s how:

 

1. Make group chat your best friend

Why have 25 separate chats when you can just form one group chat and communicate with everyone simultaneously? Think about it – one chat to coordinate everything from deciding what flick to see, to sending directions to the theater. You can even avoid those long work email chains!

 

2. Simplify your chat messages

Next time you’re spending hours drafting a long text message, think about sending a WeChat voice message instead.  You just press and hold the “Hold to Talk” button to record and release to send. Or you can send an animated sticker that perfectly sums up your emotion with one tap.

 

3. QR codes = boss business cards

You know the routine. Go to a meeting, exchange business cards, enter contact information into phone, then email to follow up.  With WeChat, you can consolidate this into two easy steps. Each WeChatter has a personalized QR code and scanner.  Just scan each other’s QR code after your meeting to add them as a contact then start chatting instantly!

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The Art of Posting WeChat Moments

Since the advent of smartphones, the quest for the perfect pic has changed. From the classic skinny-arm pose and oh-so obnoxious duck face, to the omnipresent #selfie and the mouth-watering albums of food porn, cell phone snapshots have become an art form unto themselves. So when you’re using the WeChat Moments feature, how can you take photos that capture moments in all their knee-slapping, tear-jerking glory? Here are our top tips for transforming your moments into masterpieces.

 

First Thing’s First: Snap a Mobile Masterpiece

Start by cleaning your phone’s camera lense. It sounds basic, but your lense attracts a lot of dust, dirt and smudges, so wiping it clean can be a great way to boost photo quality. Plus it gives your t-shirt another purpose in life.

 

Next is a secret from the pros called the “Rule of Thirds.” Just visualize a 3X3 grid over your screen, dividing it into nine equal parts. To masterfully compose a shot, make sure important elements are placed along these lines or at their intersection.

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Also, try not to use your flash. Instead, find an alternate light source or try adjusting your camera’s brightness settings. Just don’t touch that lightning icon because no one looks attractive after a flash. NO ONE.

 

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Sticker Story – Meet Grandma Eul-nyoun

Our WeChat Sticker Gallery is constantly growing with new characters to love and share. To give you a glimpse into the lives of some of our newest fun and quirky stickers, we introduce to you Sticker Stories, exclusively for Chatterbox! Get to know the wide range of characters that make you smile, laugh and help you express your emotions.

 

Now gather around, it’s time for a sticker story featuring the sassy Grandma Eul-nyoun!

 

Sitting in her rocking chair in her cozy Seoul, Korea apartment, Grandma Eul-nyoun may seem like an ordinary cookie baking grandma.  But that is where you would be mistaken! Ever since her son and his family grew up, she has ditched her usual hobbies of cooking, knitting and passing down words of wisdom to start anew. Now with an uncovered foul-mouth and crazy personality, nobody can stop this nana from doing what she wants, not even her husband, Grandpa Eul-nyoun.

 

On Fridays and Saturdays, it’s off to the bars they go…

 

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…where Grandma Eul-nyoun will drink shot after shot until there is nothing left but a headache and fuzzy memory. Her favorite is soju, so watch out if she has that drink in hand!

 

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6 Summertime Smartphone Travel Hacks

Ah, summer, the perfect time to pack your bags and get your travel on. But sometimes, trips don’t go as planned. Group vacations and traveling abroad can be stressful, plus there’s the added pressure of digitally documenting your adventures for friends back home. The good news is there’s an app for all of that – WeChat! Just follow these six easy travel hacks to turn your smartphone into the ultimate travel buddy.

 

Avoid Overseas Overages

Traveling far and wide shouldn’t require going over on minutes. Instead, use WeChat’s free calling feature to dial anyone on your contact list, free of charge. This also includes video calling. Free is better, simple as that.

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