Blog Tag - Baidu

2020 Year in Review: The Tech News That Kept Us Distracted, Excited, and Confused
The 20th year of this millennium has been the longest yet, and boy are we ready to say goodbye. But hey, if we had to spend it anywhere, then Beijing...
"We Want to See Robin Li!" Baidu Waimai Agents Protest in Front of Headquarters
Baidu Waimai, a takeaway service previously owned by Baidu and now under Alibaba’s Ele.me, is facing protests from its commercial agents. More than...
Vivo Nex Phone Users Say Baidu Is Recording Their Conversations
After users reported that the new pop-up selfie camera on vivo’s flagship NEX has been popping up by itself and taking unwanted selfies, users have...
Baidu’s Autonomous Cars Have to Be Taken Over by Humans Every 41 Miles
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode. Baidu and other autonomous driving technology developers testing vehicles on public...
Baidu Back in the Dock Accused of Illegally Obtaining User Data
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode. Chinese search giant Baidu is being sued for illegally obtaining user data such as...
Baidu's Facial Recognition Solution Under Testing at Beijing Airport
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode. Chinese search giant Baidu has signed a strategic partnership with Beijing Capital...
That’s a Wrap: 2015’s Top China Film Stories and Trends
It's been another great year for cinema in China, and our content partners over at China Film Insider have put together this list of the top trends...
How to Use Baidu Wallet for Uber Payments
After successfully setting up Alipay, I planned to start using it on the Uber car-sharing app instead of my foreign credit card. However, I was told...
Baidu Using Crowd Sourced Funds to Create Chinese 'Gone With the Wind'
TechInAsia reported that Baidu has just launched a personal investment fund that lets users collectively bankroll potential movies and television...
Baidu Launches Street View Maps, Beijing Still Has Soso
Another web service has jumped on the bandwagon to offer people the street view navigation of Chinese cities that Google can't. We're just waiting...
How To Baidu Beijing Bus Routes
When there’s no taxis in sight or no subway stop near your destination, hopping on a bus can make any journey around Beijing a little easier....
News You Might Have Missed: Roads, Rodeos, and Imitation
Beijing's roads are being crushed while rodeo dreams are not. Meanwhile Apple and Google are being copied in China, like it or not. There’s a new...
Silicon Hutong, a.k.a. Beijing-based corporate communications consultant David Wolf, has a post summing up a chorus of skepticism about Facebook’s...
Publish And Be Damned: Baidu in Hot Water?
Chinese internet superpower Baidu has been feeling the heat from Chinese authors claiming that the site is stealing their work. In this AFP article...
Zuckerberg Touches Down in Beijing
Last week we posted a link referencing a TIME story confirming that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was coming to China. It now seems Zuckerberg is...