Mobile Search Engines
8/20/2009
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Part of TCBN's Geeks on a Plane Event Series
President and founder of Kongzhong and Wukong.com turns to another venture - the mobile search engine. In this video, filmed at the Beijing Startonomics session during Geeks on a Plane, Nick Yang discusses the challenges and joys of his new startup Wukong.com.
Nick Yang, after receiving fame and fortune from his first two startups, including NASDAQ-listed Kongzhong, decided to start another company to achieve something he felt passionate about: the mobile search engine. Yang is aware of the difficulties he may encounter, especially against China's major search engines Baidu and Google, but he is extraordinarily optimistic about his eventual success. As people depend more on their mobile devices, a more effective means of search and problem solving will arise, and its form is in
Wukong.com.