Tag archive: Baidu

Since 2006, the Office of the Unites States Trade Representative has identified so-called “notorious markets”—online and physical marketplaces that specialize in the sale and distribution of counterfeit or pirated goods. Earlier this year, the USPR started issuing out-of-cycle reports on notorious markets, and the most recent update (PDF) lists the usual spate of Torrent sites, deep linkers, and online lockers, along with infamous… Read More

Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba says it is preparing to launch an English-language version of its new Aliyun mobile operating system, Reuters reports from a press event in Hangzhou. Rather than go with a widely-used mobile operating system like Android, Alibaba opted to roll its own Linux-based mobile operating system with deeply integrated support for cloud-based Alibaba services and products like email, maps, and news—although, to… Read More

Computer maker Dell will be partnering with China's Baidu search engine to make smartphones and tablets based on Baidu's new Android-based Yi operating system, according to Reuters. Neither company has announced any timeframes for the devices, but Chinese media as reported that the first Dell/Baidu devices could be on the market as soon as November. Baidu Yi is Baidu's new entry into the mobile operating system market.… Read More

At its annual Baidu World event in Beijing, leading Chinese search engine Baidu announced it will be offering its own Android-based mobile operating system, dubbed Baidu Yi—”Yi” translates as “Easy.” The mobile OS builds on Google's Android operating system, but directly integrates Baidu service offerings, including Baidu's mapping service, an ereader, a location-savvy business directory, and Ting,… Read More

China's Baidu search engine may have just inked an English-language search deal with Microsoft, but the search engine firm is looking to compete with Microsoft on another front: browsers. Baidu has launched a beta version of its own Web browser, with a design that looks a lot like Google Chrome and an app marketplace that enables users to pick and choose custom modules and content. Like Chrome, the Baidu browser features a unified… Read More

China's leading search engine Baidu has inked a deal with three of the four major music labels—Sony Music, Warner Music, and Universal Music—to launch a new digital music service in China. One-Stop China will be operated as a joint venture between the companies, and the three labels will be licensing their catalogs and new releases—including material in Cantonese and Mandarin—as well as international tracks. And… Read More

An anonymous source “at a fund that buys stock from Facebook employees” told BusinessInsider that China wants to buy a considerable amount of Facebook. How much exactly? Enough “to matter.” Other rumors say that two independent wealth funds are trying to buy $1.2 billion worth of Facebook stock, and one of them also happens to be from China. There’s been plenty of back and forth about whether or not this matters, what China’s motivations for… Read More

Technology giant Microsoft has signed a deal with Baidu, China's leading search engine, to power the company's English-language searches—and, presumably, censor them to comply with Chinese government policies. According to The New York Times, the deal should be in place by the end of 2011. Financial terms of the arrangement were not disclosed, but typically a back-end search engine provider handles keyboard-based advertising… Read More

A handful of New Yorkers are suing Baidu, China’s largest search engine, for censoring search results. According to Reuters, eight New York residents are claiming Baidu collaborates with the Chinese government to restrict pro-democracy content – which the suit considers to be violating the US Constitution. “We allege a private company is acting as the arm and agent of a foreign state to suppress political speech, and permeate US borders to… Read More

Leading Chinese Internet company and search engine Baidu has been ordered to pay a fine of 550,000 yuan (about US$85,000) for distributing pirated copies of five novels, according to a report in the Shanghai Daily. The Luwan District People's Court ruled that Baidu pay compensation to Qidian.com, which owns online rights to the books. Qidian sued Baidu in March 2010 over the novels, claiming users could use Baidu to find links to pirated… Read More

A Facebook lobbyist recently said that perhaps the site was allowing “too much free speech” in countries that were not used to the luxury. The statement sounded something like a hint that the social networking site would be willing to make concessions in certain situations – certain situations like a market of 450 million Internet users who are subject to strict government censorship. The Facebook-China rumor mill has been churning for years… Read More

Google’s relationship with China has been fraught with complications. Despite the tension, Google recently told Bloomberg that it’s “confident” it will be able to make an impact on the Chinese market. It does not appear that China feels the same way. Chinese publication TechWeb reports that Yueguo Feng, general manager of Chinese Internet giant Baidu’s wireless business unit, just announced that it will be integrating its search engine into… Read More

According to China's official state news agency Xinhua, China's ministry of culture plans to “punish” more than a dozen Web sites—including China's leading Internet portal and search engine Baidu—for providing illegal music downloads to site visitors. According to Xinhua, the sites continued to provide access to illegal downloads even after repeated warnings from the culture ministry. The nature of the… Read More

The rumors about Facebook somehow breaking through China’s infamous firewall have ramped up lately. It was reported that the social networking site had signed a deal with Baidu to launch some sort of joint social project, and the popular Chinese search engine is apparently desperate to make a successful go at this platform. Inevitably though, the concern about the Chinese government interfering with the site were raised. And now a recent report… Read More

There’s been a lot of speculation lately regarding Facebook’s possible involvement with Chinese Internet giant Baidu. Word has it that the site will work with Baidu to create a new social network in place of an actual Chinese extension of Facebook. Which is why it seems odd that Baidu is taking steps to break into social on its own. A new report from Digicha says that the Chinese press is abuzz with news that Baidu will be relaunching Baidu Talk… Read More