Report: China's Baidu Gaining Search Market Share on Google

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Mark Hefflinger
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Boston – Chinese search giant Baidu (NASD: BIDU) is continuing to gain
ground on market leaders Google (NASD: GOOG), Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) and Microsoft (NASD: MSFT), according to new research
by Boston-based Strategy Analytics.

Capitalizing on Google’s retreat from
China, Baidu’s global revenue market share rose 1.4% to 4.6% in the second
quarter.

Google, meanwhile, saw its share dip 1.4% to 69.7%. Both Yahoo (5.4%)
and Microsoft (4.8%) remained fairly stagnant.

"Google’s dispute with the
Chinese government, and subsequent withdrawal from the Chinese market, has
given Baidu the advantage of unrivalled growth in the world’s largest Internet
market," said Jia Wu, an analyst with Strategy Analytics’ Digital Consumer
Practice.

 

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http://tinyurl.com/23dvuap

Yahoo Japan

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Mark Hefflinger
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Yahoo Japan Dumps Microsoft, Signs Search Deal With Google

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Mark Hefflinger
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Sunnyvale, Calif. – Yahoo Japan, a joint venture between the
company and Softbank, has signed a deal to switch from using Microsoft’s (NASD:  MSFT) search
results to Google’s (NASD:  GOOG), All Things D reported. Under the terms, Yahoo Japan will use
Google’s search results, in addition to Google’s search ad technology platform.

Yahoo (NASD:  YHOO), which owns 35% of Yahoo Japan, said in a statement that the joint
venture’s deal with Google "does not impact the global rollout and
implementation of the Yahoo search alliance with Microsoft, except in the
Japanese market."

All Things D notes that Microsoft is likely to lobby
regulators to thwart the deal in Japan.

"[The deal] means there will be no
search competition in Japan and that Google will end up controlling all
personal search information for all Japanese consumers and businesses,"
Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith told Dow Jones.

 

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/23dxl92
(All Things D)

http://tinyurl.com/2ddvv4k
(Dow Jones)

http://googlejapan.blogspot.com/2010/07/yahoo-japan.html

Apple: Jailbreaking iPhone Will Still Void Your Warranty

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Mark Hefflinger
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Cupertino, Calif. – Apple (NASD:  AAPL) has responded to the U.S.
Copyright Office’s ruling that consumers aren’t violating the law when they
"jailbreak" their iPhones by noting that the act will still void
their warranties, Cult of Mac reported. "Apple’s goal has always been to
insure that our customers have a great experience with their iPhone and we know
that jailbreaking can severely degrade the experience," the company told
Cult of Mac in a statement.

"As we’ve said before, the vast majority of
customers do not jailbreak their iPhones as this can violate the warranty and
can cause the iPhone to become unstable and not work reliably."

The Copyright Office said yesterday that jailbreaking an iPhone does not violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.


Poll: Do you agree with the government ruling to
allow "jailbreaking" for iPhones?

 

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/2fvd498
(Cult of Mac)

http://tinyurl.com/28wuo2g
(DMW previous coverage)

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3743

GameStop to Acquire Online Games Publisher Kongregate

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Mark Hefflinger
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Grapevine, Texas – Video game retail store chain GameStop
announced on Tuesday that it will acquire online game publisher Kongregate.

Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Founded in 2007, San
Francisco-based Kongregate currently offers more than 30,000 free-to-play social
games, which attract 10 million monthly players who spend a collective 23
million hours per month on the site.

The company shares revenue from ads and
virtual goods with over 8,500 developers who have uploaded games to the site.

Kongregate
has received funding from backers including Greylock Partners, Bezos
Expeditions and Reid Hoffman.

"Kongregate advances GameStop’s digital
strategy by providing a gaming platform for casual, mobile and browser games
that can be promoted and played by our existing gamers," said GameStop CEO
J. Paul Raines.

 

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/24stusp

http://www.gamestopcorp.com

http://www.kongregate.com

Knewco Secures $1.2 Million for In-Text Ad Platform

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Mark Hefflinger
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Bethesda, Md. – Knewco, a developer of in-text advertising
technology aimed at helping advertisers more accurately target potential
clients, has raised $1.2 million in a new round of equity funding, according to
a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

The backing came
from three undisclosed investors.

Launched in 2006, Bethesda, Md.-based Knewco
is the operator of KnowNow, a service that helps advertisers target relevant
content to readers of online publications based on the concepts on the page,
instead of just keywords.

The company, which also has offices in the
Netherlands, last year raised nearly $2.7 million in its second round of funding,
led by Omni Capital Group.

Other investors include GIV Venture Partners and
Alfred Berkeley, the chairman of Pipeline Trading and former president of the
Nasdaq Stock Market.

 

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/2cqpzwv
(SEC filing)

http://www.knewco.com  

Triangulate Gets $750K for 'Wings' Facebook Dating App

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Mark Hefflinger
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Palo Alto, Calif. – Triangulate, the developer of a social
dating application for Facebook called Wings, has raised $750,000 in new
funding from Trinity Ventures and Rick Thompson, chairman of social games
publisher Playdom.

Founded in 2009, Palo Alto, Calif.-based Triangulate said
its Wings data-driven dating application is now featured on Facebook’s
Application Dashboard.

The company will use the funds to bring its Wings
application to market and for further product development.

 

Related Links:
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/07/prweb4285964.htm

http://www.triangulatecorp.com

http://www.facebook.com/wings

Blog Ad Network BuzzLogic Raises $8.8 Million

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Mark Hefflinger
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San Francisco – BuzzLogic, the operator of a blog ad network
and provider of conversational media marketing services, announced on Tuesday
that it has raised $8.8 million in a second round of funding.

Adams Capital
Management led the investment round; Ackerley Partners also participated.

Founded
in 2005, San Francisco-based BuzzLogic said its network now reaches 78 million
unique blog readers monthly.

The company launched a new ad unit, BuzzRoll,
which aims to encourage blog readers to share social content.

BuzzLogic will
use the new funds to scale its national sales team and invest in additional
product development.

 

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/2wlxtvv

http://www.buzzlogic.com

Elemental Technologies Nabs $7.5 Million for Video Services

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Mark Hefflinger
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Portland, Ore. – Elemental Technologies, a provider
massively parallel video processing solutions, announced on Tuesday that it has
raised $7.5 million in its second round of financing, led by Disney-affiliated
Steamboat Ventures.

Previous backers General Catalyst and Voyager Capital also
participated.

Portland, Ore.-based Elemental helps customers including CBS
Interactive and ABC News customize and multiply video for delivery to an array
of viewing platforms and devices.

The company will use the funds to expand its
business in the U.S. and internationally.

 

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/2auxwau

Colleges to Test iPad as Educational Tool in the Fall

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Mark Hefflinger
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Los Angeles – Ars Technica has published a rundown of the
colleges and universities that plan to experiment with Apple’s iPad as a
learning tool this fall, which include Oklahoma State University and the Illinois
Institute of Technology. Every full-time student at Seton Hill University will
receive an iPad this fall, while students at George Fox University will have a
choice between a MacBook and an iPad. Other schools testing iPads as
educational tools include Duke University, the University of Maryland and Reed
College.


 

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/2abz9am
(Ars Technica)

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