In an extraordinary advancement for China’s burgeoning tech industry, Alibaba’s communication platform, DingTalk (China’s answer to Slack), has hit a monumental user base of 700 million by the end of 2023.
DingTalk
Founded in 2014, DingTalk, or Dingding, is an enterprise communication and collaboration software from Alibaba Group. Its main features include:
- Contacts list
- Messaging
- Video conferencing, up to 302 participants with recording
- Screen and file sharing
- Live streaming
On January 16, 2015, DingTalk launched the testing version 1.1.0.
On May 26, 2015, V2.0 was released, adding Ding Mail, Smart OA and shared storage.
On September 19, 2016, V3.0 was released, focusing on B2B communication and collaboration.
On January 15, 2018, DingTalk launched the English version of its application in Malaysia, its first market outside of China (although it can be downloaded and used in other markets such as India, US, etc.).
At the same time, DingTalk noted that in November 2017 it had launched hardware devices such as the “smart receptionist” that enables employee check-in by fingerprint or facial recognition.
During the 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, the app was the target of rating spam after it was used to send homework to quarantined school children.
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