China's prime search engine, Baidu has announced today that the company is currently working on a newest operating system for smartphones and tablets dubbed as "Baidu Yi", which will be based on Android OS, report revealed.
Bloomberg is reporting this morning that Chinese search giant Baidu is being sued by eight Chinese residents of New York. According to the report, they assert that Baidu is helping the Chinese government censor political opinion online, and that this violates the U.S. constitution.
in the area of brand value growth we were surprised to see Chinese search company Baidu take second place overall with 141% growth, while Facebook was way ahead of the pack at 246%. Baidu now becomes the 29th most valued brand with a $22.56 billion value, up from 75th position in 2009.
Baidu has fully launched its own Twitter-like platform, with its new Baidu Shuoba (说吧 meaning 'Talk') site. But it arrives late to a very crowded microblogging party in China
Here's a first look inside the upcoming licensed music player from Baidu - to be called Baidu Ting (百度听 in Chinese; 'Ting' meaning 'listen'), which is due to open later this month.
Illinois Senator Dick Durbin has written an open letter to Robin Li, CEO of Chinese search giant Baidu.com, urging the company to take "immediate and tangible steps to protect human rights."
Call it Duanwu, Dragon Boat or Dumpling festival: Both search giants, Baidu and Google are celebrating the festival today with doodles on their front pages.
Baidu, the leading search engine in China, accounted for 77.6 percent of the total search market revenue in Q1, a whopping $382 million. Google, in second place, took 19.7 percent, at $97 million.
Chinese search was under attack for at least 4 hours by some cyber army called "Iranian Cyber Army". They call it themselves. Baidu users were redirected to a site claiming a political banner having message in Persian.
Following Senator Dick Durbin's letter to Baidu last week expressing his concerns about censorship in China, the US State Department has announced plans to set aside $19 million to fight internet censorship overseas.