Posted by: Sarah Wu on Apr 16 2010

Online game accelerator Sichuan Xunyou Network Technology has received first RMB 40 million of a fresh round of financing worth RMB 100 million from four investors including Trustbridge Partners and ICON Dongli, Sohu reported April 16 citing company CEO Yuan Xu...

Posted by: Kiki.yang on Jan 22 2010

Beijing-based management software company UFIDA Software (600588.SH) plans to acquire Guangzhou-based business intelligence software company Shangnan Technology for RMB 30 million, 163.com reported January 21...

Posted by: Sijia Xie on Jan 13 2010

Online software "The World Browser" announced January 12 that it has received an investment in the tens of millions to develop a new product, reported 163.com. The funding comes from a free software plan, part of an investment project in Internet start-ups initiated by Qihoo, Sequoia Capital and Highland Capital.

The browser uses an Internet Explore engine, and has been downloaded more than 300 million times and installed in 30 million computers, said the report...

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Jan 04 2010

Beijing-based Internet company Qihoo is about to complete its latest round of fundraising worth $60 million, the last round of financing ahead of an initial public offering (IPO) on Nasdaq, qq.com reported January 4 quoting an unnamed insider...

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Nov 25 2009

Negotiations between Kingsoft (3888.HK), Shanda (Nasdaq:SNDA) and The9 (Nasdaq:NCTY) over the co-operation of Kingsoft's in-house developed 3D martial arts MMORPG JX Online 3 have broken down, TechWeb reported quoting an unnamed insider...

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Nov 09 2009

China Yahoo, online video and advertising company VODone (0082.HK), real estate website Soufun and Beijing-based Internet company Qihoo were among the ten companies cited by the China Internet Illegal Information Reporting Centre (CIIRC) on November 6 as the latest carriers of content that "violates social morals" and "harms the physical and psychological health of young people" on their wireless application protocol sites, people.com reported on November 6.

CIIRC announced its first batch of 19 violating sites, including Baidu (Nasdaq:BIDU), Google (Nasdaq:GOOG[b]) China, Sina (Nasdaq:[b]SINA), Sohu (Nasdaq:SOHU), Tencent (0700.HK) and NetEase (Nasdaq:NTES) in January.

Posted by: Melody Jiang on Sep 16 2009

Qihoo's security software subsidiary 360Safe plans to release a free anti-virus mobile software in October, capable of blocking spam text messages and phone calls, reports TechWeb.com.cn quoting company President Zhou Hongyi...

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Sep 10 2009

Matrix Partners China has completed first-round funding of RMB 30 million in Beijing-based graphics software developer Keniu, reports Ccidnet.com. The venture firm announced that it was the sole investor on Wednesday but did not confirm the funding amount...

Posted by: Jessica Jin on Sep 02 2009

The Ministry of Public Security announced September 2 it will "restore" eight online advertisement agencies, including Beijing-based Internet company Qihoo's advertising union, for running advertisements for porn sites.

Qihoo Union has posted a notice on its website at union.qihoo.com saying it has temporarily suspended operations due to a business adjustment.

Posted by: Jessica Jin on Aug 10 2009

360 Safe, the anti-virus subsidiary of Beijing-based Internet company Qihoo, earns millions of yuan in quarterly profit, reports Southern Metropolitan News quoting company shareholder Tu Hongchuan.

Posted by: Jessica Jin on Jun 08 2009

Sohu's (Nasdaq:SOHU) Sogou Pinyin input software has been installed more than 80 million times since it was released three years ago, reports DoNews quoting a Sohu announcement on June 5. China has roughly 120 million PCs, and software updates and third-party statistics show that Sogou input software captures about 70% of the market, Sohu said...

Posted by: Cherry Zhang on Apr 24 2009

Online game and software company Kingsoft (3888.HK) may pre-install its in-house developed 2D MMORPG JX Online World in all consumer PCs by Lenovo Group (992.HK) in a rumored revenue-sharing deal, Sina reports quoting an anonymous insider...

Posted by: Jessica Jin on Jan 23 2009

Beijing-based Internet company Qihoo's anti-virus subsidiary 360 Safe announced on Wednesday that its downloadable anti-virus software "360 Safe" had been installed nearly 200 million times by the end of December 2008, reports 163.com...

Posted by: Jessica Jin on Jan 05 2009

China Yahoo told JLM Pacific Epoch on Monday that it has abandoned its "real domain name" service 3721.com. Yesterday, a Sina report said the site was already inaccessible. Former Alibaba Group and China Yahoo vice president Jasmine Shen said in early December that China Yahoo planned to shrink its business and focus on daily life information site koubei.com, which it merged with on June 1.

Yahoo (Nasdaq:YHOO) acquired 3721.com, established by Qihoo president Zhou Hongyi, with $120 million in November 2003; the site was taken over by China Yahoo in 2005...

Posted by: Sophia Fu on Dec 29 2008

Former 360Safe, Qihoo's security software subsidiary, general manager Fu Sheng said on December 27 that he has joined Matrix Partners China, reports newhua.com. Fu left 360Safe in August amid rumors of conflict with Qihoo president Zhou Hongyi...