Pay Attention, Snapchat! China’s WeChat Messaging App Does E-Commerce Well.

Smartphone sales, in-app gaming and sticker packs! Can American companies learn a thing or two about monetization from Asian messaging services?

We Still Don’t Know Snapchat’s Magic User Numbers (But Here’s a Bunch of Other Interesting New Stats, Including About Norway!)

CEO Evan Spiegel talks monetization, growth and international at a recent conference.

AllThingsD Week in Review: Snapchat’s Many Suitors, and Finding the Fastest 4G LTE Signal

The Top 10 stories that powered AllThingsD this week, in one convenient post.

Could Google or Tencent Beat Facebook to Buying Snapchat?

And will the messaging startup sell, or continue to push ahead and build out a business?

How Do You Get VCs to Invest in a New Videogame? QuizUp Did It With “Twilight.”

And no, VCs does not mean “vampire capitalists.”

Amazon Builds the Spheres, While Google Opts for the Hulk

Analog is the new digital.

Snapchat Is Mulling Another Huge Round at a $3.5 Billion Valuation

Yes, we know: Cray cray.

Sina CEO Charles Chao on How Weibo Is Changing China

Weibo is “a check and balance in society, which makes Chinese society much, much better,” Chao said.

Loom Gets $1.4 Million in Seed Funding From Google, Tencent to Build a Better Photo Library

Actor Will Smith and DC Shoes founder Damon Way are also among the Y Combinator grad’s early funders.