* Groupon是眼下IT领域发展最为迅速的一家公司，它拥有7,000多名员工，最近又提出首次公开募股（IPO）申请。但是，该公司的业务模式迄今对多数人来说仍是个迷。本文或可帮助你初步认识该公司。如果需要深入了解的话，不妨读读《为何Groupon身价高达250亿美元》以及《Groupon事实上已破产》。自Groupon提出首次公开募股申请后，业界对其观点可谓截然相反，上述两篇文章集中反映了两派观点。[唐•德罗奇（Don Drodge）论《下一个大人物》（The Next Big Thing），史蒂夫（Steve）的网络日志，以及金融商业网站Minyanville]

    * 6月6日晚些时候，苹果公司（Apple）在该公司的年度全球开发人员大会（WWDC）上隆重推出iCloud服务。为何iCloud对MobileMe而言就像iPhone与流产了的牛顿（Newton）平板电脑系统的关系一样？同时，亚马逊（Amazon）已经开始提供史蒂夫•乔布斯（Steve Jobs）的授权传记《iSteve：乔布斯传记》（iSteve: The Book of Jobs）的预定，这比该书的正式发行日期2012年3月提前了8个月。（《财富》）

    * 下面条报道不必完全信以为真：日本媒体《日本经济新闻》（Nihon Keizai Shimbun）报道，任天堂公司（Nintendo）的下一个视频游戏机会于6月7日早晨，在E3大会上发布。该款游戏机的控制器将搭载一个6英寸的触摸屏、照相机、以及可充电电池，在它上面玩游戏感觉就像在“平板电脑上一样”灵活自如。（《日本经济新闻》）

    * 视频游戏机的市场统治地位摇摇欲坠？[《洛杉矶时报》（LA Times）]

    * 美国电话电报公司（AT&T）首席执行官拉尔夫•德•拉•维加（Ralph de la Vega）论哪些智能手机终将赢得市场。[《数字化大会》（All Things D）]

    * Twitter上的一张淫秽照片为何可能终结安东尼•维纳（Anthony Weiner）的政治前途。[《纽约每日新闻》（New York Daily News）]

    * Instagram及照片共享应用在日常生活中日益普及的深度分析。《纽约时报》（New York Times）

    *为什么说 Facebook将终结谷歌（Google）。[《数字季刊》（Digital Quarters）]

    * With 7,000 employees and a recently-filed initial public offering (IPO), Groupon is one of the fastest growing companies in tech right now, but it's business model remains a mystery to most. Here's a primer, and for further reading, check out two opposing critical view points that have emerged since the IPO filing summed up in "Why Groupon is worth $25 billion" and "Groupon is effectively insolvent." (Don Drodge on The Next Big Thing, steve's blog, and Minyanville)

    * Why Apple's impending iCloud service, which will probably get a big unveiling later today at the company's annual Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC), will be to MobileMe what the iPhone was to the failed Newton tablet. Meanwhile, Amazon already has Steve Jobs' authorized biography, iSteve: The Book of Jobs, available for pre-order eight months before its March 2012 release date. (Fortune)

    * Take this with a grain of salt: the Japanese publication Nihon Keizai Shimbun reports that Nintendo's next videogame console, to be unveiled tomorrow morning at an E3 conference event, will feature controllers packing a six-inch touchscreen, camera and rechargeable battery giving games "tablet-like controls." (Nihon Keizai Shimbun via Joystiq)

    * Are video game consoles' dominance crumbling? (LA Times)

    * AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega on which smart phones are winning. (All Things D)

    * How a lewd Twitter photo may have derailed Anthony Weiner's political future. (New York Daily News)

    * An in-depth look at Instagram and the rise of photo-sharing apps in every day life. (New York Times)

    * How Facebook can put Google out of business. (Digital Quarters)