public traded as nyse cmcm industry mobile apps mobile gaming internet security founded 2009 headquarters beijing china key people sheng fu ceo revenue 568.8 million 2015 1 operating income us 80.6 million 2015 net income us 76.0 million 2015 total assets us 483.7 million 2014 number of employees 1 178 parent kingsoft website www.cmcm.com cheetah mobile inc is a chinese mobile internet company headquartered in beijing china . it is best known as the developer of the battery doctor clean master duba anti virus and for purchasing quickpic gallery from the original developer . it has more than 568 million monthly active users as of november 2015 . 2 contents 1 history 1.1 formation 1.2 initial public offering 1.3 post ipo 1.4 acquisition 2 products 2.1 computer applications 2.2 games 2.3 mobile applications 3 controversies 4 references 5 external links history edit formation edit the company was established in 2010 as a merger of kingsoft security and conew image 3 and grew to be the second largest internet security software provider in china according to iresearch . 4 the company is located at 1st yaojiayuan south rd chaoyang district beijing china . initial public offering edit in 2014 cheetah mobile launched an ipo selling 12 million american depositary shares at us 14 per share and thereby raised us 168 million . 5 the ipo was managed by morgan stanley jp morgan chase & co. and credit suisse group . 6 kingsoft and tencent are major investors in cheetah mobile holding 54 % and 18 % respectively . 7 post ipo edit in the late 2015 cheetah mobile announced that it had entered into a global strategic partnership with yahoo . the company incorporated yahoo s search and native advertising platforms within its own apps . as a result of this cheetah mobile stated that its revenue generated from yahoo increased by 30 percent daily within the first two weeks . 8 in february 2016 cheetah mobile and cubot launched the cheetahphone 9 an android 6.0 marshmallow based smartphone at mwc in barcelona spain . 10 acquisition edit on august 2 2016 cheetah mobile announced its acquisition of a french startup news republic for 57 million . news republic is a news aggregator . 11 12 products edit cheetah mobile s products include computer applications edit clean master pc for personal computers claims to improve performance by erasing junk files and optimizing device memory . the app is available for pc and other smartphone platforms without any cost but forces users to see spammy ads and usually slows down the system more than it claims to speed it up . 13 games edit big bang 2048 similar to 2048 but with numbers replaced by animals . 14 just get 10 a puzzle where players tap adjacent tiles with the same number which will then pop up . tapping again merges the position to where it was tapped . 15 don t tap the white tile players must avoid white tiles . 16 piano tiles 2 halloween ghost tiles halloween version of don t tap the white tile . 17 rolling sky a fast paced game where players must roll a ball through different levels . mobile applications edit battery doctor extends smartphone battery standby time . 18 clean master claims to improve smartphone performance by erasing junk files optimizing memory and providing full protection from viruses trojans and other malware but is actually unable to do that and is considered by most android geeks as virus spam itself . 19 20 21 22 23 cm backup a cloud backup service . 24 25 cm browser a smartphone web browser with added security . 26 cm flashlight a flashlight with built in compass . 27 cm launcher an android launcher only compatible with phones . 28 cm locker an android lockscreen app with added security . 29 cm security antivirus software for both computers and mobile smartphones . 30 file manager popular for android bought in early 2014 from rhythm software which is based in haidian beijing prc . 31 photo grid for photo editing built to foster creativity . users can create unique effects with any combination of photographs . 32 quickpic gallery a photo gallery application . 33 controversies edit despite the popularity of its clean master android app it was reported in 2014 that ads promoting clean master manipulate android users with deceptive tactics when browsing websites within the app s advertising framework . in april 2014 ferenc l szl nagy from sophos labs captured some pop up ads that led to clean master warning the device had been infected with a virus . 34 in july 2014 cheetah mobile encouraged users to uninstall google chrome and replace it with cheetah mobile s own browser during clean master s clean up and optimization process . this rogue practice allowed cheetah mobile to gain unfair position in the marketplace and led to a google crackdown . 35 references edit cheetah mobile announces fourth quarter and fiscal year 2015 unaudited financial results . cheetah mobile . 2016 03 15 . retrieved 2015 04 05 . company profile cheetah mobile . cheetah mobile . retrieved 2015 04 05 . company information . cmcm . retrieved 2015 04 05 . cheetah mobile about us . cheetah mobile . retrieved 2015 04 05 . company ipo overview cheetah mobile inc. cmcm ipo . nasdaq . nasdaq omx group . retrieved 2015 04 05 . picker leslie may 9 2014 . cheetah mobile gains in trading debut after 168 million ipo . bloomberg business . bloomberg l.p. retrieved april 5 2015 . ipo preview cheetah mobile . seeking alpha . may 7 2014 . retrieved april 5 2015 . yeung ken 2015 11 17 . cheetah mobile says its yahoo search and advertising partnership shows early promise . venturebeat . retrieved 2015 11 20 . phone hands on video . 2016 03 01 . retrieved 2016 03 18 . cubot and cheetah mobile unveil the cheetahphone headed to europe for 199 . gsm arena . 23 february 2016 . retrieved 18 march 2016 . dillet romain 2016 08 02 . cheetah mobile acquires news republic for 57 million . techcrunch . retrieved 2016 08 02 . cheetah mobile to accelerate move into content after news republic acquisition . south china morning post . retrieved 30 august 2016 . shad khan s answer to is the clean master app for android really useful quora . www.quora.com . retrieved 30 august 2016 . big bang 2048 . just get 10 . don t tap the white tile . piano tiles halloween . battery doctor . cheetah mobile . retrieved november 16 2014 . clean master . cheetah mobile . retrieved november 19 2014 . clean master . quora . retrieved august 3 2016 . clean master . reddit . retrieved august 3 2016 . clean master . android central . retrieved august 3 2016 . clean master . android forums . retrieved august 3 2016 . 10 best free backup apps for android phone & tablet popular mobile apps review . popularmobileappsreview.com . retrieved 30 august 2016 . cm backup . cheetah mobile . retrieved november 19 2014 . cm browser . cheetah mobile . retrieved november 19 2014 . cm flashlight in google play store . retrieved may 28 2015 cm launcher in google play store with ksmobile package name retrieved may 28 2015 . cm locker . cheetah mobile . retrieved july 16 2016 . cm security . cheetah mobile . retrieved november 19 2014 . file manager in google play store with rhmsoft package name retrieved in march 2015 . photo grid . cheetah mobile . retrieved november 16 2014 . quickpic gallery google takes aim at deceptive advertising of play store apps . sophos . retrieved 2015 04 30 . a potential impaling blow to cheetah mobile as flagship product removed from google s app store rankings . seeking alpha . retrieved 2015 04 30 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cheetah mobile & oldid 736996782 categories information technology companies of chinasoftware companies of chinasoftware companies based in beijingcomputer security software companiesvideo game development companiestechnology companies established in 2009companies based in beijingchinese brandscompanies listed on the new york stock exchangemobile softwarehidden 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