Baidu Expands Mobile Search With Apps That Aren’t Downloaded
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Baidu Inc., owner of China’s largest search engine, is expanding with mobile applications that don’t need to be downloaded as it competes with Tencent Holdings Ltd. for users in the world’s biggest smartphone market.
Mobile users can access so called “lite apps” for transportation, travel and entertainment information through Baidu’s search program on smartphones, Li Mingyuan, a vice president, said today in Beijing. Baidu is also offering mobile payment services for developers to commercialize their applications, he said.