今日科技：Facebook有意收购Skype；思科重组

    · 据报道，Facebook和谷歌（Google）正分别与Skype洽谈合作事宜，而Facebook同时还在考虑收购这家免费通话应用程序开发商。Skype的收购价可能在30亿到40亿美元之间，这比该公司即将在首次公开募股（IPO）中获得的10亿美元要高出很多。[路透社（Reuters）]

    · 日前，思科（Cisco）将在全公司范围内进行重组，以“精简”销售服务和工程部门。思科将把重心放在五大领域，从路由器、交换机和服务等“核心”业务到数据中心虚拟化和云计算，都是其调整目标。在此次重组计划宣布后不到一周时间，思科就会发布其最新一季的财报。（All Things D）

    · 日前，互联网巨头美国在线（AOL）的首席执行官蒂姆•阿姆斯特朗解释了该公司为何连续两个季度在超本地新闻中心上投资4000万美元。（Business Insider）

    · 从今年秋天开始，苹果（Apple）可能将为威瑞森（Verizon）版iPhone提供“无线”软件更新功能。这样一来，软件更新将直接下载到用户手机上，而无需用户再将iPhone连接到计算机上，通过iTunes下载更新。（9 to 5 Mac）

    · 另一则关于苹果的小道消息是，该公司将发布其桌面和软件操作系统的最新重大升级版——OS X Lion，此次发布将通过应用程序商店（App Store）进行，而无需任何实体介质。（Apple Insider）

    · 来自Android前沿的消息，两家调研结构预测，“Android市场”中应用程序的绝对数量将在今年8月份超过苹果应用程序商店。（TechCrunch）

    · 日前，谷歌语音（Google Voice）联合创始人兼前首席执行官克雷格•沃克创立新创企业孵化机构Firespotter，并获得谷歌投资（Google Ventures）300万美元的注资。沃克向TechCrunch表示，这笔资金足以帮助四到六家新创企业。（TechCrunch）

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    · Facebook and Google are each reportedly negotiating a partnership with Skype, though Facebook is also considering buying the free calling app-maker altogether. Any such deal would hypothetically be valued at between $3 to $4 billion, significantly more than the $1 billion Skype's impending initial public offering (IPO) would raise. (Reuters)

    · Cisco just announced a company-wide reorganization that will "streamline" the sales service and engineering divisions. Now the priority is five big areas, from its "Core" business, including routing, switching and services to data center virtualization and cloud. The move comes less than a week before Cisco reports its latest quarterly earnings. (All Things D)

    · AOL CEO Tim Armstrong on why the Internet giant invested $40 million into the hyper local newspaper hub for the second quarter in a row. (Business Insider)

    · Starting this fall, Apple may provide "over-the-air" software updates to its iPhones running on Verizon, so instead of having to hook up your iPhone to a computer to download updates via iTunes, software updates will download directly onto the phones themselves. (9 to 5 Mac)

    · In other Apple rumors, the Cupertino-based company could release the next major upgrade to its desktop and software operating system, OS X Lion, via the App Store with no physical media necessary. (Apple Insider)

    · Over on the Android front, two research firms predict the sheer number of Android apps in its marketplace will overtake Apple's App Store come August. (TechCrunch)

    · Google Voice co-founder and former CEO Craig Walker just launched Firespotter, a start-up incubator with $3 million courtesy of none other than Google Ventures. As Walker tells TechCrunch, that's enough money to help out between four and six companies. (TechCrunch)