Baidu Japan Launches Twitter News Feature on Simeji Keyboard App
June 26 2019 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Feature Allows Users to Stay Up-to-date on
Trending Topics without Switching Apps
Baidu Japan Inc. has launched a Twitter news feature on Simeji,
Japan’s most popular third-party emoji keyboard app, to provide
users with breaking news updates based on the topics they are
discussing or searching.
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This new feature allows users to stay up-to-date on trending
news, like and retweet content, as well as compose original tweets
without leaving the app they’re in, such as in a text message,
social post or direct message.
Utilizing Twitter’s application programing interface (API),
Simeji keyboard users are prompted with a breaking news
notification in the suggestion bar if they input a keyword that is
currently trending on Twitter. Once users opt-in to this feature,
they can effectively turn any app into a Twitter feed to gain
real-time insight on news relevant to their interests.
“We are excited to integrate Twitter’s API into Simeji to give
our users a more comprehensive media consumption experience,” said
Mr. Jiang Feng, director of Baidu’s Global Business Unit. “Twitter
is one of the most highly used news platforms in the world. With
this new feature, Simeji moves beyond its function as a keyboard
app and becomes a platform for consuming information, enabling
users to stay up-to-date on the latest trending news in
real-time.”
Twitter’s API provides broad access to public Twitter data,
including tweets, replies, profiles and ads. This feature is
currently available on the Simeji app, and may be introduced to
Baidu’s Facemoji Keyboard in the future.
The latest version of Simeji is available via the Google Play
Store and the App Store. Follow Simeji on Twitter at
https://twitter.com/Simeji_pr or on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/Simeji.me.
About Simeji
Simeji is the No. 1 free keyboard app in Japan on both iOS and
Android, with over 36 million downloads. With Simeji, people can
express themselves like never before with kaomoji, animated
stickers, customized keyboard skins and more.
About Baidu Japan
Baidu Japan was established in December 2006. Currently, we are
striving to further popularize “Simeji,” the Japanese language
keyboard application for smartphones that has achieved 36 million
downloads. We are also putting our efforts toward expanding other
businesses, such as providing business support in China through
search advertising and marketing on Baidu.com.
About Baidu
Baidu, Inc. is the leading Chinese language internet search
provider. Baidu aims to make a complex world simpler through
technology. Baidu’s ADSs trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market
under the symbol “BIDU.” Currently, 10 ADSs represent one Class A
ordinary share.
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