US EUROPE AFRICA ASIA 中文
    Business / Product

    Microsoft cries 'murder' after suspension of Xiaobing robot

    By Gao Yuan (China Daily) Updated: 2014-06-03 07:12

    According to Eric Jing, head developer of the Xiaobing project, Microsoft wanted to use the WeChat-based chatting tool to tap into the mobile searching market.

    "We will be able to provide search results via WeChat to smartphones that do not have Bing installed once our search functions are fully available on Xiaobing," Jing told China Daily earlier. He said it is also possible to add more language skills to Xiaobing's "resume" in the future.

    Microsoft may find it isn't wise to challenge Tencent on its own turf, because WeChat is the only sizable social-based instant messaging platform in the country.

    WeChat's user numbers had soared above 600 million as of last year.

    By contrast, Bing has been a bit player among search engines in China since its official launch in 2009. Its April market share was a scant 0.9 percent. Even Google Inc, which has no official search service on the Chinese mainland, has a larger market share, according to Internet data keeper cnzz.com.

    Local search providers, including Baidu Inc, so.com and sogou.com, controlled nearly 98 percent of market share as of April, said cnzz.com.

    Analysts said Bing must vigorously expand in the mobile market, which they said wasthe last slim chance for Bing and other small search providers to survive.

    "New entrants will find it extremely difficult to shake the top four providers in the market, especially when every player knows mobile Internet is the future," said Zhang Xi, an analyst at Beijing-based iResearch Consulting Group.

    Online search providers reaped more than 11.6 billion yuan ($1.9 billion) in revenue during the first quarter of this year, an increase of 56.6 percent year-on-year, according to iResearch. Baidu took more than 80 percent of the industry revenue, while Bing's earnings were next to nothing, data showed.

    Microsoft cries 'murder' after suspension of Xiaobing robot

    Microsoft cries 'murder' after suspension of Xiaobing robot

    Termination of Windows XP Fans' love affair with Windows XP faces divorce

    Previous Page 1 2 Next Page

    Hot Topics

    Editor's Picks
    ...
    ...
    中文字幕亚洲图片| 少妇人妻综合久久中文字幕| 中文字幕极速在线观看| 亚洲欧洲美洲无码精品VA| 波多野结衣中文在线播放| 国产精品99无码一区二区| 亚洲色无码一区二区三区| 最近2019好看的中文字幕 | 中文字幕一区二区三区久久网站| 熟妇人妻无码中文字幕| 一二三四在线播放免费观看中文版视频 | 久久av高潮av无码av喷吹| 亚洲av无码不卡一区二区三区| 久久久久亚洲精品中文字幕| 日韩va中文字幕无码电影| 99无码熟妇丰满人妻啪啪| 色窝窝无码一区二区三区成人网站 | 无码一区二区三区| 日韩AV无码一区二区三区不卡毛片| 天堂а√在线中文在线最新版| 国产午夜无码专区喷水| 国产精品无码日韩欧| 无码精品国产VA在线观看| 无码国内精品人妻少妇蜜桃视频| 国产成人无码区免费内射一片色欲| 最好看最新的中文字幕免费| 最近中文字幕高清字幕在线视频| 免费无码中文字幕A级毛片| 亚洲伊人成无码综合网| 亚洲成av人片不卡无码久久 | 亚洲精品无码成人片在线观看 | 国产亚洲精品无码拍拍拍色欲| 无码无套少妇毛多18p| 无码无套少妇毛多18PXXXX| 色综合AV综合无码综合网站| 无码人妻精品一区二区三区99仓本| 亚洲国产精品无码专区在线观看| 国产成人无码一区二区三区在线| 中文字幕无码不卡免费视频 | 未满小14洗澡无码视频网站| 亚洲av无码一区二区乱子伦as|