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Baidu buys control of streaming video portal iQiyi, raises stakes in China’s media wars
Author: Charity Woods
The merger of China’s video giants Youku and Tudou this August must have struck a nerve over at Baidu: the search engine simply bought out equity company Providence’s controlling stake in iQiyi, a currently large video clip service constructed solely around streaming professional motion pictures and TV programs. Should the bargain wrap up as planned in the fall, Baidu plans to keep its new partner as a different badge however weave its material throughout mobile websites and search outcomes. The company is unsurprisingly taking a Google-like approach to ensure it isn’t left on the sidelines as searchers go elsewhere for video. Pragmatism aside, its bargain might represent much more for China as a whole– when hundreds of millions of people are exposed to commercially-oriented video clip as a matter of course, it can tip the balance in a method that we didn’t see with YouTube rentals.
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Google shutters Music Search in China, concedes battle to Baidu
Author: Tech Blogger
Google has had a rough go of it in China. The company appears to fall farther and further behind the home-grown search powerhouse Baidu. The latest struggle Mountain View has been forced to concede is in the world of songs. Google New music Search launched in 2009 as a legal option to Baidu’s very own tool that showed up mainly illicitly shared results. The service never took off, also with the backing of a local partner, and things just got worse when the web giant ended censoring outcomes and took it wares to Hong Kong. The deadly blow came last year when Baidu signed a licensing deal with One-Stop China– a joint venture of Universal, Warner and Sony BMG. Because that day, you can suggest that Google has actually only been postponing the inevitable. Today’s statement formally starts the countdown, and on October 19th Google Popular music Search will close its doors for really good in China.
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Baidu and Apple Reach Agreement on Ad Sales
Author: Jack Schmidt
Chinese search engine company, Baidu, stated Apple will definitely be entitled to a share of marketing sales. That’s after Baidu’s search-engine was included as part of a software program upgrade for iPhones in China. The revenue-sharing agreement with Apple follows comparable commercial terms between Baidu and suppliers of mobiles that make use of Google’s Android operating system.
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Bloomberg: Apple to offer Baidu search to Chinese iPhone users
Author: Stacey Cook
Apple is reportedly lining up Baidu to join the search engines available on iOS devices when the sixth iteration of the operating system is detailed next week. Baidu serves around 80 percent of queries in the country and the move will serve Cupertino’s twin goals of placing Google at arm’s length and gain more traction in Asia. It’s not likely to replace Mountain View’s place at the top of the menu, but users will be able to make a switch in the settings menu. Whatever happens, we’ll be there to catch every revelation when Tim Cook takes to the stage next week.
Bloomberg: Apple to offer Baidu search to Chinese iPhone users originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Dell Streak Pro D43 launched in China, where Yi shall find some Baidu love
Author: Brandon Zimmerman
Just as rumored and teased earlier this week, yesterday Dell unveiled the world’s first Baidu Yi-powered smartphone dubbed Streak Pro D43. We won’t bore you with the hardware details again (the D43′s identical to its Japanese Android counterpart 101DL), but it’s worth noting that this quadband HSPA phone focuses on features and services tailored for Chinese users, including some seemingly basic Mandarin voice control (no pressure on Siri just yet), contacts synchronization, Baidu Chinese input, Yi’s own app store and 100GB of free cloud storage that supports multimedia upload and secure file sharing. Essentially, the Yi platform’s basically just another Chinese bastardized Android OS sans Google services — much like Alibaba’s Aliyun, China Mobile’s Ophone and Lenovo’s LeOS; but if you already reside in China and are cool with Baidu’s offering, then get a Micro SIM ready and look out for a China Unicom deal soon.
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Dell Streak Pro D43 launched in China, where Yi shall find some Baidu love originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Baidu, Dell join forces to produce line of smartphones and tablets in China
Author: Eric Moss
Just a few days after introducing its own Android-like OS, Baidu is now looking to expand its mobile reach to the hardware front, with the help of Dell. According to Reuters, the Chinese search giant has joined forces with the PC manufacturer to produce a line of tablets and smartphones within China, in the hopes of capitalizing on a market of more than 900 million mobile subscribers. A Dell spokeswoman declined to offer a launch date for the new line of products, but sources close to the matter say they could launch as early as November. Details on the devices remain equally opaque, though Dell seems intent on resurrecting its tablet / handset unit, following the demise of the Streak 5. “We have a partnership with Baidu and you know we have the Streak 5 tablet, so the partnership will be in that space,” the company’s rep explained, adding that future releases would involve Baidu’s mobile app platform, as well. Today’s announcement also comes after Dell’s Chinese sales grew by 22 percent during the first quarter of this year, though it remains to be seen whether or not this alliance will have much affect on a market currently dominated by Apple and Lenovo.
Baidu, Dell join forces to produce line of smartphones and tablets in China originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Sep 2011 06:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Baidu Browser tips hat to old Steve Jobs’ quote, steals Chrome’s special sauce
Author: Jade Kim
Could this be a case of Baidu’s browser in Chrome’s clothing? The Wall Street Journal seems to think so and the Chinese company isn’t exactly dismissing the KIRF claims. Announced back in April, the recently beta-released Baidu Browser brings a “sleek, stripped-down interface” eerily reminiscent of Google’s web-surfing entry to an otherwise Internet Explorer 6-loving Chinese population. The copycat similarities don’t just end in the looks department: there’s also an app store, fast-tab functionality and familiar menu icon placement. In its defense, the company claims its 30,000 plus free app offerings, in addition to China-specific entertainment features are enough to set it apart. Sure, this may seem like a case of the Asian search giant that doth protest too much, but it’s the company’s desire to drive traffic to its own engine that has us seeing Google.
[Thanks, Hardy]
Baidu Browser tips hat to old Steve Jobs’ quote, steals Chrome’s special sauce originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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