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With "Baidu Inside," the Chinese firm takes aim at hardware market |
April 22, 2014
Printers, air quality monitors, and weighing scales aren’t exactly in the realm of Baidu, China’s largest search engine. But that’s starting to change under a new company initiative that seeks to bring Baidu technology to smart devices, including household appliances.Called “Baidu Inside”, the company’s latest project is to offer hardware vendors access to Baidu’s technologies in cloud storage, voice assistants, facial recognition, and mapping, among others. And already, the company is promoting a growing number of products.On Monday, one of Baidu’s partners, electronics maker Haier, demoed an air quality monitor that can synch remotely with a smartphone over a Wi-Fi connection. Other products shown include fitness wristbands and a wireless printer built using Baidu tech.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2146620/with-baidu-inside-the-chinese-firm-takes-aim-at-hardware-market.html#tk.rss_all
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