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Maxthon International, developers of the Maxthon 2 Internet
browser and the first Chinese company with a worldwide presence, is
providing free help services for visitors to the International Olympics in
Beijing.
More than 300 Maxthon users have signed up to staff Maxthon's Online Volunteer Web site. They are using
PCs and chat software to answer Olympic tourists' questions about Olympic
scheduling and locations, housing, restaurants, entertainment, and shopping.
The volunteers are providing chat services in English, Chinese, Dutch,
French, Russian, and Spanish.
Through Aug 3, the site is open from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., Beijing time. From
Aug. 4 to Aug 30, the volunteer center provides help from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
every day. The page also has a digital bulletin board where visitors can
leave and read messages. The board is open 24 hours a day.
"We have such a large number of users in all countries, and with the
Olympics being held in the same city where Maxthon is based, it just seemed
right for us to do something to help people from around the world," said
Jeff Chen, CEO of Maxthon.
Maxthon 2.0 is a free Internet browser. It has been downloaded nearly 160
million times just from Maxthon's own site . In China, Maxthon has about 30 percent of the browser market, beaten only by Microsoft Internet Explorer. The company has only recently begun to actively market the browser in the United States.
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