Baidu’ Qunar with plans of US IPO

The travel site Qunar.com of Chinese search engine (Baidu) prepares for a US Initial Public Offering.

As per the latest media news report, Qunar is in discussion with Goldman Sachs [Investment banking company] and Deutsche Bank [the global banking and financial services company] for sale.

For a majority stake in Qunar, the Chinese search engine Baidu paid about $306 million in 2011 to capture the mobile travel app market.

Qunar generates revenue mostly through advertising. The CEO Zhuang Chenchao said the company expects to double sales, this year to about $163 million.

The company even prepares for a recruitment drive and will hire many software engineers, corroborates the CEO.

Yandex browser goes mobile

The Russian Internet company launched Yandex browser for mobile gadgets. Be it web searches or images - now, everyone with an iPad or Android Smartphones can look for things online, through their touch-screen devices.

The browser takes into consideration particulars of mobile Internet and helps everyone find quick and relevant results, suited to different search queries.

If small screens of mobile devices are drawbacks for many, then Yandex browser solves this problem by supporting with a voice search feature.

On Yandex mobile browsers, one can even navigate through favorites and frequently visited websites, at ease.

Mobile phone users can load Yandex browser through Google Play, Yandex and App Stores. Downloads available for iPad - iOS5 and higher and Android Smartphones - 4.0 and higher versions.

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