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UCWeb, a
portfolio company of Alibaba Mobile Business Group, announced today that
it has launched “News Hub”, a brand new product for its Pakistani users
with cooperation of top local news portals including Hamariweb.com.
Equipped with powerful algorithm, News Hub is a news aggregator that is
set to change the traditional way of content acquisition. The big data
enables accurate news pushing, making the right news to find the right
reader, thus enhancing the efficiency of daily information acquisition
to each user.
News Hub was officially launched on July 3rd on UC Browser for Android
version. Becoming immensely popular among UC Browser users, News Hub has
attracted more than 2 million users within 1 month in Pakistan. News Hub
provides national and international news in different fields including
politics, technology, entertainment, sports, lifestyle and latest
trends. It is also an ads-free product with fast streaming and browsing
experience. To celebrate this achievement, UCWeb will hold a campaign
with the participation of celebrities from different fields.
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News Hub: Smart, Fast and User-friendly
Differentiating it with other traditional news sources, Mr Sihai Yao,
product manager of UC Browser in Pakistan, said : “News Hub serves
customized news meeting user’s interests, vastly differentiating from
traditional news sources, based on big data and algorithm technologies
of UC Browser. Besides, with the help of UC Browser push notifications,
users can instantly receive breaking news that they are more likely to
be interested in. For our users, this means no need to filter through
pages of spam and instant news relevant to the things they care about.”
The advanced cloud acceleration and data compression technologies behind
UC browser ensure fastest loading of news compared to any other browser.
Combining this with the powerful ad-blocking function, users are
presented with a minimal reading environment free of distracting and
irrelevant ads unlike traditional news websites.
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Talking about the expectation of News Hub and future plan, Howard Liang,
business director of emerging markets, UCWeb, Alibaba Mobile Business
Group, said: “Capitalizing on unique features, UC Browser keeps
improving mobile browsing experience to its users. The launching of News
Hub in Pakistan is a new step for us to make UC Browser from tool to
content. Improvement of content consumption experience will be next
important task for UCWeb and Alibaba Mobile Business Group.” |