今日科技:亚马逊推出云端阅读器
* 智能手机制造商HTC计划向Beats电子公司注资3亿美元,Beats公司曾推出了Beats by Dr.Dre系列音响器材。据报道,HTC计划未来将Beats公司的技术整合到自己的手机产品里。(科技资讯网站All Things D) * Twitter更新了两新功能。原有的“@提到”(@Mentions)功能被两个新的功能取代了,一个是“@用户名”(@username),另一个是“活动”。像“@提到”一样,“@用户名”也可以显示别人回复给你的推文。如果别人关注了你,或者某个用户喜欢你的推文,“@用户名”也可以显示出来。与此同时,“活动”功能则可以显示你所关注的Twitter用户的此类信息。(科技博客TechCrunch) * 人们是否正在对美国在线(AOL)失去耐心?【《华尔街日报》(The Wall Street Journal)】 * 美国反垄断监管机构继续对谷歌(Google)进行调查,核实网络巨头谷歌是否向自己旗下的谷歌地点(Google Places)、谷歌购物(Shopping)和谷歌财经(Google Finance)等服务提供了超越第三方产品的特殊待遇,以及是否从竞争对手那里获取信息,却又在搜索结果中排挤它们的服务。【《华尔街日报》(The Wall Street Journal)】 * 亚马逊(Amazon)推出了新的云端阅读器,这是一款基于HTML5的网页应用,用户可以通过网页浏览器阅读和购买Kindle的电子书。考虑到苹果应用商店里的Kindle阅读器最近刚刚取消了购买功能,因此亚马逊此举还是可以理解的。【亚马逊(Amazon)和《连线》杂志(Wired)】 * 惠普(HPQ)TouchPad平板电脑狂降100美元,16GB版的价格跌至399美元。(科技资讯网站This is my next) * 面向儿童的团购网站Zulily在7亿多美元的估值上募集到了4,300万美金。(科技资讯网站GeekWire) * 新闻集团(News Corp.)去年第四财季在MySpace身上亏损了2.54亿美元,之后这家由社交网络转变而来的娱乐网站终于被交易出手。(商业模式资讯网站PaidContent) * 从谷歌的搜索到网飞(Netflix)的推荐,互联网成长到今天,最离不开的11个关键算法是哪些?【《商业内幕》(Business Insider)】 译者:朴成奎 |
* Smartphone maker HTC is investing $300 million in Beats Electronics, the same company that releases various Beats by Dr. Dre audio products. HTC reportedly plans to incorporate the technology into future handsets. (All Things D) * Twitter is updating the social network with two new features. Replacing the "@Mentions" tab are two new ones: "@username" (your user name) and "Activity." Like @Mentions did, @username will display when shows Twitter replies to you, but also include things like when someone follows you or when a user favorites your Tweets. Meanwhile, the Activity tab will show that type of information but for all the Twitter users you currently follow. (TechCrunch) * Is patience with AOL (AOL) wearing thin? (The Wall Street Journal) * U.S. antitrust regulators continue to look at Google (GOOG) and whether the Internet giant is giving its own products -- Google Places, Shopping results, and Google Finance -- preferential treatment over third-party offerings and also taking information from competitors and then pushing their services further down in Google search results. (The Wall Street Journal) * Amazon (AMZN) released its new Cloud Reader, an HTML5-based web app that lets users read and buy Kindle e-books via web browser. The move makes sense considering the company only just recently pulled the Kindle purchase feature from its apps for Apple's iOS. (Amazon and Wired) * HP (HPQ) cut $100 off its TouchPad tablet, bringing the 16 gigabyte version to $399. (This is my next) * Kids-focused daily deal site Zulily raised $43 million in funding at a whopping $700 million-plus valuation. (GeekWire) * News Corp. (NWSA) lost $254 million on MySpace during its fourth quarter, before the ailing social network-turned-entertainment hub was sold off. (paidContent) * From Google search to Netflix (NFLX) recommendations, 11 essential algorithms that make the Internet work. (Business Insider) |