Pushing Back the Boundaries of the Known World
Pacific Epoch reports:
Online map services offered by Sohu’s (Nasdaq: SOHU) search engine Sogou (map.sogou.com) and Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) China (ditu.google.cn) reveal confidential Chinese geography, reports People’s Daily. The report said eight Chinese ministries including the Ministry of Industry and Information (MII), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, and Ministry of Public [...]
Microsoft: They Still Haven’t Found What They’re Looking For
China Tech News reports:
Ma Weiying, principal researcher and research area manager for Microsoft (MSFT) Research Asia in Beijing, says that Microsoft has arranged a large team for the development of search engines in China and expects to make some achievements in the field in the coming years.
Ma told local media that though Microsoft’s Internet and [...]
Google in China: Mobile Search Means Mobile Ads
Shanghai Daily reports:
GOOGLE Inc, trailing Baidu.com Inc in China’s online search market, expects to process more local Web queries through mobile phones than computers by 2011, aided by an alliance with the nation’s largest wireless carrier.
“In some quarters, our mobile traffic will double, whereas it will take perhaps a year to double on the [...]
Baidu is NOT the Google: Too Bad
China Tech News reports:
Chinese Internet search engine Baidu.com (BIDU) has signed a deal with China Netcom (CN) to provide search results on pages when users accidentally mistype or visit incorrect website URLs.
“We are determined to become the leading provider of broadband communications and multimedia services in China,” said Fang Yiming, CNC’s general manager of media [...]
Journey Without Maps
People’s Daily reports:
The Chinese government is to crack down on illegal online map and geographical information websites, claiming they threaten state security, said an official of the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (SBSM) on Tuesday.
Eight departments, including the SBSM, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Public Security, said they would tighten [...]
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