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Top 10 most used desktop instant messaging tools [China Daily: Hong Kong Edition](China Daily: Hong Kong Edition Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) The China Internet Network Information Center reports that the number of Chinese netizens suprassed 632 million in June. Data published by internet research website iResearch in August showed that there are a large number of netizens using desktop-based instant message tools daily in China. iResearch was able to calculate the number through their iUserTracker research system. Here is a look at the top 10 instant messaging tools used by Chinese netizens in July. No 10 IPMessenger A free instant message software developed by Japanese developer Shirouzu Hiroaki, IPMessenger uses local area networks to connect people. Daily users on average in July: 400,000 IPMessenger's interface features user connections and usergroups, Sept 12, 2014.[Photo/chinadaily.com.cn] Top 10 countries with most gold reserveTop 5 richest people in Chinese mainlandTop 10 jobs for graduates with highest salary No 9 Renren desktop The desktop application of the Renren.com social platform, RenRen desktop allows users to send and receive messages from their accounts without the need to login to the webpage. Daily users on average in July: 760,000 An advertisement for Chinese social networking site RenRen.com is shown in a railway station in Chongqing, Sichuan province, May 24, 2014. [Photo/IC] Top 10 countries with most gold reserveTop 5 richest people in Chinese mainlandTop 10 jobs for graduates with highest salary No 8 Tencent Messenger Tencent Messenger, developed by Tencent in 2004 shares similar functions with Tencent's QQ messenger. This product is more likely to be used in offices. Daily users on average in July: 1,810,000 Tencent's Tencent Messenger is a very clean cut messenging application that can be downloaded for Windows based PCs Sept 12, 2014. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn] Top 10 countries with most gold reserveTop 5 richest people in Chinese mainlandTop 10 jobs for graduates with highest salary No 7 Microsoft Live Messenger Microsoft Live Messenger, also known as MSN, was developed by Microsoft in 1995. It has been reported that Microsoft will withdraw the software from the Chinese internet market by Oct 31 this year. Daily users on average in July: 2,120,000 The launch of Microsoft's MSN service in China in 2005 drew many guests, May 26, 2005. [Photo/IC] Top 10 countries with most gold reserveTop 5 richest people in Chinese mainlandTop 10 jobs for graduates with highest salary No 6 Skype The popular Skype messenger is a free to use multi-function communication application. Skype allows for internet voice calls and video messaging, the software also allows for internet to landline phone calls, which require payment. Microsoft purchased Skype in 2011. Daily users on average in July: 2,180,000 Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (right), and Skype CEO Tony Bates, shake hands during a news conference in San Francisco to announce Microsoft's acquisition of Skype, May 10, 2011. [Photo/IC] Top 10 countries with most gold reserveTop 5 richest people in Chinese mainlandTop 10 jobs for graduates with highest salary No 5 Tencent Real Time eXchange Another communication tool developed by Tencent Inc, Real Time eXchange is unlike QQ and other instant messaging tools. The application is mainly used internally within companies. It only provides inhouse communication among staff. Daily users on average in July: 3,270,000 Tencent's RTX messaging system was designed with corporate environments in mind, Sept 12, 2014. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn] Top 10 countries with most gold reserveTop 5 richest people in Chinese mainlandTop 10 jobs for graduates with highest salary No 4 Sina Weibo desktop Similar to Renren desktop, Sina Weibo desktop allows users of Sina Weibo to send and receive messages as well as refresh their homepages without logging into their accounts via a web browser. Daily users on average in July: 4,880,000 Screenshot of the tablelogin of Sina Weibo desktop, Sept 12, 2014. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn] Top 10 countries with most gold reserveTop 5 richest people in Chinese mainlandTop 10 jobs for graduates with highest salary No 3 Fetion Fetion is a communication tool developed by China Mobile Communications Corporation in 2007. Users can login in with their China Mobile cell phone numbers. Communication is free between users of China Mobile. Daily users on average in July: 9,970,000 A pedestrian uses their cell phone in front of a Fetion logo, March 30, 2013. [Photo/IC] Top 10 countries with most gold reserveTop 5 richest people in Chinese mainlandTop 10 jobs for graduates with highest salary No 2 TradeManager A tool developed by Alibaba (China) Technology Co Ltd in 2011, TradeManager is usually used by traders on Alibaba's Chinese online shopping website Taobao.com. Daily users on average in July: 40,840,000 Alibaba's TradeManager's logo is held under a magnifying glass in Nantong city, East China's Jiangsu province, May 28, 2014. [Photo/IC] Top 10 countries with most gold reserveTop 5 richest people in Chinese mainlandTop 10 jobs for graduates with highest salary No 1 Tencent QQ The most widely used communication tool in China, QQ messenger was developed by Tencent in 1999. Daily users on average in July: 218,730,000 A Chinese netizen is about to log onto to China's most poplular desktop messaging client, QQ messenger in Shanghai, China, Feb 5, 2014. 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