Android is One of the Most Successful Acquisitions for Google
In a panel earlier at GMIC, Ming Guang Yong, New Business Development Manager at Google China shared the search engine’s investment criteria. In 3 quick points: – Growth stage: Fast growth companies are […] Related posts: Tencent to Launch Android Smartphone. Google Smiles It was rumored that Tencent is set to build it’s… DCM Launches […]
China Hits 64 billion Online Search Queries
China’s web search hit 64.02 billion queries in Q4 2010, up 18.6% from Q4 2009, and down 3.8% from Q3 2010, according to iResearch. Popular events such as the World Cup and the […] Related posts: Twitter Has 24 Billion Search Queries Per Month Search engine has taken a new form, where results are… Xinhua […]
China’s Twitter sites Censor ‘Egypt’ Search
The word ‘Egypt’ (??) was censored today by several micro-blogging sites in China, the AFP reported. I did a search on Egypt on China’s largest microblog site Sina Weibo (in Chinese of course) and got the following in return: “According to relevant laws, regulations and policies, the search results have not been shown.” It was […]
Who earns the most in China’s Online Search Market?
We say ‘google it’ but China says ‘baidu it’. iResearch released its annual report on China’s online search market and Baidu emerged as the top earner. Baidu owned 71.6 percent of the total online search engines revenue at $1.2 billion. While Google, at second placing, owned 26 percent at $433 million. The rest are shared […]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Visits China
Every business wants a piece of China. Now, Facebook has made its move as CEO Mark Zuckerberg toured the offices of China’s top search engine, Baidu on Monday. This visit again signals Mark Zuckerberg’s intention to establish Facebook in China. The TIME’s 2010 Person of the Year has been studying the Chinese language and its […]
State of Cloud Computing [VIDEO]
Cloud computing seems like a new concept. But it really isn’t. In this video, it is shared that the idea of cloud computing first originated in the 1960s. It wasn’t technically possible back then. It was only until the rise of the Internet, that the concept of cloud computing started to see light. Unless you […]
Baidu CEO: 99% of China Uses Our Search Engine
The CEO of Baidu, one of China’s largest and most powerful Internet companies, believes Baidu is China’s largest search engine, doubled in value since January and is worth just as much as Facebook and eBay. It has been kicking Google’s…