You can also change your search provider to Bing, if you're in the mood for something different.
Baidu is the leading online search provider in China and it derives around 60% of its revenues from search advertising.
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But, if they are really clever, they will acquire a search provider, such as Yahoo, and then fork Android, cutting out Google.
Users do not need to change the settings - a new search provider can easily be picked at a click for each specific search.
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Perhaps the more interesting part of the announcement, though, is that Motorola is adding the capability to choose a non-default (read: non-Google) search provider on these phones.
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Baidu , the Chinese Web search provider, posted strong earnings in its latest quarter, doubling net income in only 12 months as it continued to add online marketing customers.
He adds that Microsoft can play kingmaker here, given its pivotal role as the provider of search services on the site.
Qihoo, originally an anti-virus provider, launched its search tool on 16 August.
And the company said it has acquired Krillion, a provider of location-based product search services.
With its current features, the Graph Search by Facebook is really no match for online recommendations provider Yelp, but it can potentially disrupt its business in the long run.
Among other factors, Baidu shares have been under pressure from growing concerns about loss of market share to Qihoo 360, the leading Web browser provider in China, which recently entered the Internet search market.
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As a provider of a popular Web browser, Qihoo was well positioned for a rapid takeoff in the search sector, and in fact appears to be causing considerable trouble for sector leader Baidu.
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