今日科技要闻：网飞的“家庭计划”要来了
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•Twitter是本月《财富》杂志封面故事的主题，据报道Twitter正在洽谈收购第三方应用程序TweetDeck，收购价格在5000万美元左右。社交网络Twitter现在正在努力走向主流，此时收购TweetDeck大有深意。（《华尔街日报》） •沃尔玛（Wal-Mart）斥资3亿多美元收购了按话题组织内容的社交媒体平台Kosmix。（Kosmix最出名的产品可能是实时社交媒体过滤工具TweetBeat.）（All Things D） •网飞公司（Netflix）计划今年晚些时候推出若干项附加的即时流媒体方案。其中至少一项方案将允许一个Netflix账户同时在多台设备上播放流媒体内容。（GigaOm） • 《纽约时报》（The New York Times）名记伊芙琳•鲁斯丽带你见识一下MySpace创始人克里斯•德沃尔夫的新公司MindJolt，这家在线游戏公司是德沃尔夫上个月才买下来的。上周德沃尔夫又收购了社交游戏网络（Social Gaming Network）和Hallpass Media两家公司，以扩充员工，并且在公司的网络产品线中增加了移动游戏的内容。（《纽约时报》） •苹果（Apple）因专利问题起诉三星。苹果称三星的Galaxy智能手机和平板电脑侵犯了苹果的几项专利权，并要求三星停止侵权，支付实际损害赔偿和惩罚性赔偿金。一位苹果的代表对All Things D.表示：“三星的最新产品从硬件外观到用户界面，甚至到包装，看起来都很像iPhone和iPad，这绝非巧合。”当然，三星也决不会轻易认输，它也将通过适当的法律措施回应苹果的指控。（All Things D、法新社） • 今天还有其它关于三星的消息，这家韩国跨国巨头宣布与美国希捷公司（Seagate）进行一项价值13.75亿美元的“战略联盟”，这将从根本上扩展两家公司的现有关系，使他们更好地应对竞争对手西部数据公司（Western Digital）。作为协议的一部分，三星与希捷将合并他们的硬盘部门。（TechCrunch） • Dropbox是一家广受欢迎的从事在线存储服务的初创公司，在短短15个月内，它的增长超过了500%，用户从400万达到2500万。它是如何将病毒式营销做到这种地步的？（《财富》） 译者：朴成奎 |
• Twitter, the subject of Fortune's cover story this month, is reportedly in advanced talks to buy third-party application TweetDeck for around $50 million. The potential acquisition comes at a time when the social network is trying to go mainstream. (Wall Street Journal) • Wal-Mart paid over $300 million to buy Kosmix, maker of a social media platform that organizes content by topic. (Its most well-known product is probably the real-time social media filter TweetBeat.) (All Things D) • Netflix is planning additional Instant streaming plans for later this year. At least one of those will allow an account to stream content to multiple devices at the same time. (GigaOm) • Over at The New York Times, Evelyn Rusli takes a look at MySpace founder Chris DeWolfe's latest effort, MindJolt, an online game company he bought last month. Last week, he scooped up Social Gaming Network and Hallpass Media to augment staff and add mobile games to the company's Web products. (New York Times) • Apple filed a patent suit against Samsung, claiming the company's Galaxy smartphones and tablets infringe on several patents and asking for injunctions, actual damages and punitive damages. "It's no coincidence that Samsung's latest products look a lot like the iPhone and iPad, from the shape of the hardware to the user interface and even the packaging," an Apple rep told All Things D. Of course, Samsung won't take this lying down -- it will respond to Apple's allegations with appropriate legal measures of its own. (All Things D and AFP) • In other Samsung news, the South Korean giant announced a "strategic alignment" worth $1.375 billion with Seagate that will basically expand the two companies' existing relationship and better position them against competitor Western Digital. As part of the agreement, the two will combine hard drive operations. (TechCrunch) • Popular file-syncing start-up Dropbox grew more than 500% in 15 months, from 4 million to 25 million users. How's that for viral marketing?(Fortune) |
