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Google Takes Browser Stake
By Mark Evans | April 10, 2007
Before anyone gets too excited about the possibility of the much-anticipated GBrowser, Google has bought a stake in Maxthon - ostensibly to strengthen its competitive position in the Chinese online market. Maxthon, a browser based on Internet Explorer, is extremely popular in China, and according to TechCrunch, it may account for as much as 25% of Baidu’s traffic. Baidu is the most popular Chinese search engine.
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