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| Industry | Internet |
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| Founded | 2004; 21 years ago (2004) |
| Founder | He Xiaopeng Liang Jie |
| Headquarters | , China |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Yu Yongfu (President) |
| Products | mobile web browser, mobile search engine, etc. |
| Parent | Alibaba Group[1] |
| Website | www.ucweb.com |
UCWeb Inc. (also known asUC Mobile[1]) is a Chinese mobile Internet company that offers products and services that include mobile browser,UC News, and search engine services. Its flagship product,UC Browser, topped theChinese,Indonesian andIndian markets in 2013.[2][3]
UCWeb was founded in 2004 as a mobile browser maker. Over the past decade, it diversified to areas such as mobile search, mobile gaming, mobile reading, etc.[4][5] According toiResearch, in 2014, the company's UC Browser was the most popular browser of its kind in China, with more than 66% market share.[6] It's available in 11 languages (English, Hindi, Russian, Indonesian, Vietnamese, etc.) and on all major mobile OS platform (iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Java ME, Blackberry, etc.). As of March 2014, UC Browser had over 500 million users around the globe.[7]
In April 2014, UCWeb andAlibaba Group jointly announced the formation of a JV namedShenma Inc. (Chinese:神马搜索;pinyin:Shénmǎ Sōusuǒ) that offers a mobile-only search engine in China.[8][9]
In June 2014, UCWeb was acquired by Alibaba Group in the largest Chinese Internet merger deal. This will see UCWeb form the Alibaba UC mobile business group by assimilating and consolidating part of mobile-related businesses within the Alibaba Group.[10][11] After the merger, under the leadership of Yu Yongfu, chief executive of UCWeb since 2006, the Alibaba UC mobile business group will oversee the browser, search, location-based service, app store, mobile gaming, and mobile reader operations.[12][13][14]
In 2015 it was revealed as part of theSnowden leaks that UCBrowser leaks sensitiveIMSI,IMEI andMSISDN data, which was used by intelligence agencies to track users.[15][16]
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