Postbar to be opened to third-party apps

Baidu plans to bring in around 100,000 partners to
provide apps for Postbar in the next three years. The
site is expected to draw revenue of RMB 100 million by
then.

There is also a rumour Baidu has canceled its outsourcing
contract with 178.com and has revived the original,
inhouse, version of the channel. This is consistent with
Goldman Sach's note that, with competition in China's search
market done, Baidu will be freer to look at other parts
of the Web experience.