On Friday 2 September Baidu launched its new Android-based mobile OS called “Baidu Yi” (Yi meaning Simple) at the Baidu World event in Beijing. Because it is based on Google’s Android OS it has kept most of the same core … Read More
Twitter is now available in an additional 5 languages, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Hindi, Tagalog and Malay, meaning that the microblog is now available in a total of 17 languages. It also plans to increase add six more languages: Swedish, … Read More
Baidu, China’s top online search engine, teamed up with Dell to integrate the Yi OS, an Android alternative, into Dell’s smart phones and tablets manufactured in China. Baidu’s Yi OS has some tough competion in China with Nokia and Alibaba. … Read More
Yandex has launched a new approach to its search engine results pages. Following experiments which have been carried out during the summer, Yandex now has “Infinite Scrolling” search results pages. The way this works is that there is an additional … Read More
Internet users prefer sharing content than creating it, is a key message to come out of the latest GlobalWebIndex report, which surveys web users in 27 markets around the world. When asked “Which online activities have you done in the … Read More
As the internet becomes more ‘international’ each day, will the ability to hold onto one’s national language increase or decrease over time? And how would a nation be able to track this? One possible solution may be to track how … Read More
Google Adwords has seen many developments lately: from the adwords video to adwords express. If you check your Google mail account you see adwords ads in gmail on top of the menu bar and on the right hand side of … Read More
South Korea has long been one of the most advanced web markets, with high internet penetration and fast connectivity. It is also one of the few markets where Google has failed to make an impact, with local search engine Naver … Read More
The beginning of August saw Google announcing that Google+ now has more than 25 million users (though the activity declines). It is too soon to tell whether Google+ will be a serious contender, but since it is a Google product, it has a good chance of succeeding.
In light of Google’s success, it is interesting to see how the other players are doing. And in particular, how is Facebook doing in The Netherlands? … Read More
2011 has been a big year for Russian search engine Yandex. In May it launched an IPO which saw it achieve over $1bn in investment and it has seen its share of the 2nd largest search market in Europe grow … Read More
Today sees the start of the Yahoo-Microsoft Search Alliance roll-out into Europe, with Yahoo! organic search results in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK and Ireland being powered by Bing. This change has already been implemented in the US & … Read More
Yahoo!, SoftBank and Alibaba Group jointly announced that they have reached an agreement on Alipay. Under the agreement, Alibaba Group will continue participating in Alipay’s future financial performance, including a future IPO or other liquidity events. The agreement structures the … Read More
Google has officially launched AdWords Express, a new, easy Pay Per Click service for local businesses. Initially launched as Google Boost in October 2010, AdWords Express is an faster and easier way to start advertising online via AdWords: five minutes … Read More
Baidu has announced that its Q2 net profit has almost doubled compared to the same period last year and is predicting a further increase in Q3. Baidu is benefiting from the increasing number of advertisers investing heavily in the world’s … Read More
Yahoo Japan announced that their year on year net profit rose 7.69% in last quarter (April-June) in advertising revenue. When Yahoo Japan decided to adopt Google’s technology in its web searches in last December, many expressed their concern that it … Read More
