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Is Baidu Out of Growth Ideas?

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By Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool

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Are there any original ideas left? Months after Google made Glass an official product you could buy for $1,500, Baidu this week teased “Baidu Eye,” a Glass copycat.

Or at least that’s how it looks. In confirming the Eye’s existence in an interview with Mashable, a spokesperson insisted that the two devices are functionally distinct. Nevermind that neither product was selling on the mass market as of this writing.

Is Baidu making a mistake copying Google like this? In the following video, Tim Beyers of Motley Fool Rule Breakers and Motley Fool Supernova comments on the company’s approach, and how it differs from what we’ve seen to date. Please watch and then leave a comment to let us know what you think of Baidu’s prospects.

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Baidu's Keeping an Eye on Google Again

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By Rick Munarriz, The Motley Fool

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Baidu makes no bones about following Google‘s lead.

If something works for Big G, it’s a safe bet that Baidu will find a way to introduce it into China itself.

  • Google rolls out a search engine. Baidu launches.
  • Google establishes the AdWords keyword bidding program. Baidu follows with Phoenix Nest, a similar pay-per-click platform.
  • Google champions a mobile operating system in Android. Baidu joins the fray, this time building on top of Android.

China may not be ready for self-driving cars, YouTube, or a treasure trove of April Fool’s Day jokes, but something as crazy as Google’s high-tech specs may be Baidu’s next copycat move.

Sources are telling Sina Tech that China‘s leading search engine is working on Baidu Eye. The glasses are voice controlled and can recognize images and perform basic computing functions through an LCD display.

If this sounds a lot like Google Glass, step up and take a prize out of Big G’s broom closet.

The report is detailed enough to claim that Baidu is already working with Qualcomm to devise a chip that gets at least 12 hours of battery life.

Whether or not Baidu Eye is real, we know for a fact that Google is making a play in wearable computing with Google Glass. Would it really be a surprise to learn that Baidu is going along for the ride?

Baidu is already taking a hit because the perception out there is that China‘s undisputed champ of desktop search may struggle to make the transition to mobile. Baidu’s push into the smartphone space has yet to bear fruit, so why not take a chance on wearable computing?

Baidu can even beat Google to a commercial launch for a change.

Google recently revealed that it chose 8,000 winners of its contest to don Google Glass prototypes. They will have to pay a steep $1,500 for the early adopter privilege. As Google stretches this out, Baidu can rush to the market with a cheaper pair of specs.

Technically Baidu is once again copying Google, but that may not hold true if Baidu actually beats it to the starting line.

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Baidu, China’s Google, Is Developing Product Similar To Google Glass

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By The Huffington Post News Editors

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Baidu Inc , China‘s largest search engine, is developing prototype digital eyewear similar to Google Inc’s Google Glass that will leverage Baidu’s strengths in image search and facial recognition, a Baidu spokesman said on Wednesday.
Internally known as project “Baidu Eye“, the glasses are being tested internally and it is not clear whether the product will ever be commercialized, said Kaiser Kuo, Baidu’s spokesman.
Kuo said the device will be mounted on a headset with a small LCD screen and will allow users to make image and voice searches as well as conduct facial recognition matches.
“What you are doing with your camera, for example, taking a picture of a celebrity and then checking on our database to see if we have a facial image match, you could do the same thing with a wearable visual device,” Kuo said.
Baidu’s first foray in wearable technology will draw comparisons to Google’s Google Glass product, which is a piece of electronic eyewear that can live-stream images and audio and perform computing tasks. Earlier this year Google launched the Google Glass Explorer program, opening up the eyewear for early enthusiasts to test.
Kuo said comparisons to Google Glass were premature as Baidu has not decided whether or not to commercialize the product.
“We haven’t decided whether it is going to be released in any commercial form right now, but we experiment with every kind of technology that is related to search,” Kuo said. Kuo declined to comment on the other functions of the Baidu Eye or whether Baidu is working on other forms of wearable technology.
Wearable technology is the latest technology initiative with many firms, including Google and Apple Inc , set to roll out devices based on the belief that users will increasingly seek to stay connected without being tethered to a desktop, laptop or tablet computer.
Apple is experimenting with a device similar to a wristwatch that would operate on the same platform as the iPhone and would be made with curved glass, the New York Times reported in February.
(Reporting by Melanie Lee; Editing by Matt Driskill)

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