In iPhone deal, Baidu to share search revenue with Apple

By Christian Zibreg on Jun 14, 2012

In what could only be called a major agreement, the dominant Chinese search engine Baidu will share its search revenue with Apple for making it the default choice for Chinese iPhone users, it’s been confirmed.

Though Baidu also shares revenue with Google on Android handsets that use its search engine, strong sales of Apple’s devices in the 1.33 billion people market are bound to maximize opportunities for both companies… Read More

 

Aiming at Google, Apple to make Baidu default iOS search choice for Chinese

By Christian Zibreg on Jun 7, 2012

Citing “two people familiar with the matter”, Bloomberg reports that Apple is said to add Baidu as a default iOS search engine in China. Since Baidu commands a lion’s share of search queries in the world’s biggest smartphone market, this decision is thought to have potentially serious repercussions for Google’s biz in China… Read More